NEW YORK _ This was not a four-point game.
When they add up all the win-loss totals at the end of the season Monday afternoon’s Blue Jays opener at Yankee Stadium holds the same weight as the May 29 game against the Minnesota Twins.
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Read MoreMONTREAL- It goes without saying, Russell Martin is excited to be coming home.
Having signed a five-year, $82M contract with Toronto last November, a deal that effectively ranks the Canadian-born veteran as the highest paid free agent signing in franchise history, home is exactly where the Blue Jays intend on keeping him for the foreseeable future.
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And it was the …
Ah … it the worst of times.
It was 20 years ago when the Who Jays gathered at Grant Field.
They were replacement players, part of former commissioner Bud Selig’s legacy, along with inter-league play and huge TV deals.
Read MoreDrew Hutchison has made 43 starts in the majors.
His 44th comes Monday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
They call it opening day.
Hutchison is the perfect symbol to start for the Toronto Young Jays, who will have six rookies on their opening day roster:
Read MoreRussell Martin (Montreal, Que.) of the Toronto Blue Jays is one of the major leaguers reciting “People Will Come” from Major League Baseball’s Field of Dreams ad in advance of the opening week of the 2015 season.
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