John Hirshbeck ejected Robbie Alomar on the final weekend of the AL pennant race, heated words were exhanged and early the next season the two became close friends. Hirshbeck along with Tim Welke, Bob Davidson and Jim Joyce retired from umpiring this week.
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Jay Blue: Examining MLB.com top 30 Blue Jays prospects starting off with Vladimir Guerrero, Sean Reid-Foley, Anthony Alford, Richard Urena and Rowdy Tellez.
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Joey Votto's former teammate RHP Mat Latos could be an emergency starter that the Blue Jays turn to this season.
Read MorePitchers and catchers have reported to spring training and, aside from the “Best Shape of His Life” articles and tweets that we’ve already started to get (like this one about Pablo Sandoval and this one about Noah Syndergaard), the other trope of baseball writing is that we get this time of year is the “Questions” article.
Read MoreWith pitchers and catchers reporting this week, winter has slowly started to release its icy grip on summer's favorite pastime, simultaneously exposing the light at the end of the offseason’s allegorical tunnel.
Read More@JaysGirlEmily thought it’d be fun to try and simulate some games with this rule in effect. Does it change the winner? Does it save any meaningful amount of time?
Read MoreBaseball America has released their Top 100 Prospects list and, unlike MLB.com, the Toronto Blue Jays have landed five players among the Top 100 prospects in the league.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays made another announcement on Thursday, finally announcing the signing of free agent relief pitcher Joe Smith and the designation for assignment of catcher A.J. Jimenez.
Read MoreApparently, Major League Baseball wants baseball games to be shorter.
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Welcome to the Blue Jays bullpen JP Howell and Joe Smith. They will join Jays closer Roberto Osuna, Jason Grilli and Joe Biagini
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays finally announced one of their two free-agent pitcher signings, designating a player for assignment in the process of adding him to the 40-man roster while also announcing a minor-league free agent signing.
Read MoreThe Power of Nice: How to Negotiate So Everyone Wins by Ron Shapiro deals with the game of attempting to obtain desired results, but getting those results with decency and kindness.
Read MoreHere’s Blue Jays From Away's take of how the final player who played for the Blue Jays contributed to their ALCS-appearing season.
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Jose Bautista is playing in the WBC for the Dominican, Marco Estrada and Roberto Osuna are with Mexico, Marcus Stroman and J.A. Happ with USA, while Shane Dawson (Drayton Valley, Alta.) and Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) are with Canada, Leonel Campos is with Venezuela
Jake Fisherman withh Israel and Jordan Romanao with Italy ... but no Russell Martin
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Kevin Glew's weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories.
Read MoreNow that the season is over, the crew at Blue Jays from Away will take a look at the Blue Jays one by one and review how each player’s season went. Today: Melvin Upton Jr.
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Elliott: ICYMI ... Remembering the anatomy of the behind-the-scenes goings on leading up to dealing Roy Halladay to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Read MoreNow that the season is over, the crew at Blue Jays from Away will take a look at the Blue Jays one by one and review how each player’s season went. Today: Troy Tulowitzki
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Roy Halladay and his baseball glove will be heard from in June thiis year ... not just Christmas when Gord Bamford's hit gets air time.
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One Toronto Blue Jays Cy Young winner -- Pat Hengten -- helped another Jays Cy Young winner -- Roy Halladay.
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