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Great start from Drew Hutchison, Blue Jays beat Brewers
A Canada Day Win.Brewers 1 Blue Jays 4In a streak of good starts, we, finally, don't waste one. Nice to get a well pitched win on Canada Day, in front of a great crowd.Drew Hutchison went 7 innings,...
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Game #86 Preview: Blue Jays vs. Brewers
The second half of this mid-week two-game set with the Brewers kicks off today at 12:37 as Wily Peralta takes on J.A. Happ. The Dominican right-hander has been the Brewers second-best starter this year...
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Edwin Encarnacion plays left field today
Words I thought I'd never type again, Edwin Encarnacion is playing left field for the Blue Jays today. That moves Melky Cabrera over to right field and lets Bautista DH and Lind play 1B.I'm not a fan...
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The Blue Jays have signed two international free agents:Juan Meza as a 16 year old pitcher from Venezuela. He's 6'3", 190 pounds. He throws a low 90's fastball. Baseball America has him as the 10th...
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Walk-off Homer by Edwin Encarnacion
Brewers 4 Blue Jays 7 Walk-off win.This game deserves a longer recap, we'll revisit it later. The good news is that Edwin Encarnacion hit a game winning home run in the bottom of the 9th. 2-on, 2-outs,...
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Melky Cabrera Is Who We Thought He Was
When Melky Cabrera was signed it was hard to know exactly what to expect given his PED use, but in 2014 he is proving to come as advertised. 591 days ago the Toronto Blue Jays signed Melky Cabrera to a...
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Brett Cecil to rejoin the Blue Jays Friday
Barry Davis had this:Brett Cecil is en route to Oakland tonight and will rejoin the team for tomorrow's game. #bluejays will need to clear a spot on 25 man — Barry Davis (@SNBarryDavis) July 3, 2014 I...
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Athletics protest game with Jays over instant replay run
A tag that was and a force play that wasn't cost the A's a run on Thursday, and there was nothing they could do about it.The Athletics and Blue Jays played a game of woulda, coulda, shoulda in the...
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Game #85: Sonny Gray dominates Blue Jays, A's win 4-1, baseball is weird
This game was weird. Good weird, in that the A’s managed to pull a win out of it. Bad weird, in that I have no idea what the hell got into baseball for the first few innings. Baseball is almost always...
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Blue Jays lose a strange one
Blue Jays 1 A's 4So that was the strangest thing thing I've seen. In the top of the second, . Blue Jays had the bases loaded, Gose grounds out to first, the first baseman, Nate Frieman, tags the runner...
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A special July 4th
It's not every Independence Day that the A's get to play a team from Canada.Normally, baseball on July 4th is the American tradition that out-traditions all American traditions. You have two American...
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Game #88 Preview: Blue Jays @ Athletics
After the mess of last night's game, the Blue Jays don't have to wait long to get a chance at redemption as today's game gets underway at 4:00pm EST. Lefty Tommy Milone gets the ball for Oakland...
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The Weekly Walk, Volume 3: BABIP Bonanza
Every day, week, month, and year in baseball, we can see something happen that doesn't happen often (or, in some cases, ever). I'm here to chronicle as many of these oddities as I can.Note: z-scores...
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Around The Nest Blue Jays Minor League Question Thread - Week 14
The folks at Around The Nest don't rest, even on America Day! The weekly live podcast hosted by the Lansing Lugnuts' Jesse Goldberg-Strassler will be broadcast today at 5 pm Eastern and will feature...
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Reliance On The Live Call: Wake Up, MLB
In case you missed it, in last night's A's-Blue Jays game the Blue Jays had the bases loaded and one out when Anthony Gose hit a ground ball to first baseman Nate Freiman. Upon fielding the ball...
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What could the Miami Marlins receive for Giancarlo Stanton?
A speculative look at some prospects teams interested in Stanton might offer. As the information leaked about the Miami Marlin's trade conversations with the Houston Astros last season about Giancarlo...
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Brett Cecil activated from disabled list, Anthony Gose optioned to Buffalo
Reliever Brett Cecil will return to the Blue Jays roster in time for Friday's afternoon game against the Athletics as it was expected. To make space on the 25-man roster, outfielder Anthony Gose was...
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Blue Jays trade rumors: Toronto scouting Aaron Hill, Martin Prado
The D-Backs could unload either infielder to the Jays, who are actively looking for infield help.In their search for infield help, the Blue Jays are heavily scouting Diamondbacks' infielders Aaron Hill...
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That was long and it ended badly, Blue Jays lose in extras
Blue Jays 0 A's 1 (12 innings)Great pitching spoiled by no offence.I hate that Casey Janssen didn't pitch. There is no excuse to lose in extra innings with your best pitcher sitting in the pen. Or,...
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Blue Jays Trade Rumours: Favouring Martin Prado Over Aaron Hill is the Right...
Today's headline is probably the saddest one I've had to write in my time here at Bluebird Banter. If you're not aware, Aaron Hill is my favourite Blue Jays player off all time and is a big reason why...
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