A ceremony was held at the Compass Community Church in London on the weekend to say one final goodbye to the late Gentleman Jim Fanning, who passed away last month at age 87.
Read More“Running in I looked and there were two sections cheering one down low (White Sox wives and family) and another higher up (front office staff, they were cheering like crazy,” said Buehrle.
Read MoreRHP Chase De Jong pitched six innings as the class-A Lansing Lugnuts edged the West Michigan Whitecaps allowing one run on three hits and two walks.
Read MoreWhat does it say about the Blue Jays rotation — when R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle, Drew Hutchison (above) and Aaron Sanchez, have higher ERAs than the starters at triple-A Buffalo Randy Wolf, Scott Copeland, Andrew Albers and Chad Jenkins?
Read MoreBlue Jays LHP Mark Buehrle knows the bullpen in left centre at Minute Maid Park in Houston. It’s where he picked up his only save — Game 3 of the 2005 World Series for the Chicago White Sox.
Read MoreThe Houston Astros with former Blue Jays Jake Marisnick, Colby Ramus and Luis Valbuena are off to their best start since 1986 and own the best record in the American League … 12 games over .500 after sweeping the Blue Jays in a four-game series.
Read MoreOF Chris Colabello was an independent league for year after year and now plays every day with the Toronto Blue Jays, while LHP Ricky Romero was an an all-star and is now starting over with the San Francisco Giants.
Read MoreRyan Schimpf homered twice as the triple-A Buffalo Bisons lost 4-3 to the Toledo Mud Hens on a day when all four Blue Jays affiliates lost.
Read MoreR.A. Dickey struggled with a case of flat knuckleballs as the Jays fell 8-4 to the Houston Astros.R.A. Dickey struggled with a case of flat knuckleballs as the Jays fell 8-4 to the Houston Astros.
Read MoreSix outs to go, a two run lead and the Houston Astros took the lead in Aaron Loup’s first 10 pitches to win the opener of the four-game series at Minute Maid Park.
Read MoreJ.D. Davis helped the class-A Lansing Lunguts to an 8-6 win over the South Bend Cubs going 3-for-4 with a homer, three stolen bases, two RBIs and four runs scored. Photo: Jay Blue
Read MoreRockin’ Rowdy Tellez was 4-for-5 with three doubles and a home run, to go with his three RBIs as the class-A Lansing Lugnuts edged the South Bend Cubs 6-4. Photo: Jay Blue.
Read MoreTrips to the Lone Star state city of Houston have not been kind to the Blue Jays, who are 2-8 lifetime against the Houston Astros. Drew Hutchison starts the opener of the four-game series Thursday night.
Read MoreBuffalo Bisons 6, Durham Bulls 2
The Bisons stretched their win streak to two games (making it now an official “streak”) with a 6-2 victory over Durham. Miguel Castro starter and had another mixed outing, allowing an unearned run without allowing a hit but he walked three and struck out three in two-plus innings of work. Todd Redmondhad a great follow up with just one run allowed over five innings with three strikeouts. Greg Infante struggled with two walks and a hit while getting just one out and Cole Hynes and Bo Schultz finished up the game.
OF Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) is at triple-A Buffalo hoping to return to the Rogers Centre.
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