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Elliott: Yesavage, Hoffman, Delfino -- East Carolina Pride

Toronto Blue Jays’ World Series Game 1 starter Trey Yesavage and closer Jeff Hoffman are East Carolina University graduates. They share their East Carolina pride with national team alum and current Fieldhouse Pirates coach Lee Delfino. Bob Elliott has the story, as well as the details about the Blue Jays’ 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the Fall Classic.

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ICYMI: Recounting Joe Carter's walk-off World Series-winning homer

Thirty-two years ago today, Toronto Blue Jays slugger Joe Carter belted the second walk-off, World Series-winning home run in major league history. It’s an unforgettable moment in Canadian baseball history - one that wouldn’t have happened, as Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott recounts in this 2015 article, if Carter had signed with the Kansas City Royals, as the outfielder almost did at the 1992 winter meetings.

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Elliott: Brash young reliever an anchor of Mariners' bullpen

“The Blue Jays drew 44,814 fans to Rogers Centre for Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday.

Yes, it was a sellout.

No, the building was not 100% full of Blue Jays fans.

“I’d rather see Matt win a World Series ring, he trumps the Blue Jays for me,” said Randy Casford, Matt Brash’s former coach with the Kingston Thunder.

Casford was in section 115 along with his two sons -- Cole and Kyle, former Brash teammates -- plus Jamie and Sandra Brash, proud parents of the Mariners’ outstanding reliever.”

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Elliott: Quick Naylor, Junior National Team’s top hitter, arrives with M's

“In 2012 we saw for the first time the young player we had heard so much about.

On a night off, I was helping coach Andy Lawrence with his Mississauga Bengals bantams.

One night we played the Mississauga Tigers at Rivergrove Park and up stepped Josh Naylor. He homered first time up. He hit a ground-rule double second time up.

When he came up the third time with first base open, I asked Lawrence what he wanted to do.

“We’ll pitch to him, he can’t hit every ball over the fence,” Lawrence said.”

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