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I am not ashamed to admit it. Kelly Gruber is my favourite position player for the Toronto Blue Jays of all time. According to my baseball card, Gruber was “hard nosed and a fine athlete.” Kelly was a 5 tool player who played 6 positions. The following is my profile on the G ...
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Clarence Edwin Gaston
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Los Angeles Angels
Pat Gillick
What a douche.
“I love how some dudes hate me for dating their fantasy girl, as if they were going to if I hadn’t” - John Mayer
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Derek Jeter
Bartlett Giamatti
One more day. Yep, I keep telling myself that. Free Agency opens up on the 20th. Will the Jays be active? I don’t think so.
AA quote via Bastain regarding the Jays & Free Agency
I don’t think it’ll happen all in one offseason. There definitely is a plan. We have ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
Roy Halladay
Marco Scutaro
If you are a Jays fan, not too much. Adam Loewen, who struggled at single-A this season, struggled here. Brad Emaus improved upon his AA production - albeit against inconsistent competition. Reidier Gonzalez is good but how good? We don’t know, he pitched only a handfull of innings ...
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Seattle Mariners
Robert Ray
Arizona Diamondbacks
3 years ago Earl wrote a post on the infamous Dock Ellis . It is an interesting and fun read but now we have video to go along with the story which is an absolute treat.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
For once, I am not talking about Gregg Zaun. In this case I am referring to Detroit Tigers catcher Gerald Laird.
Today the American League Gold Glove awards were announced and at the Catcher position, Joe Mauer of the Twins was awarded the…. award.
Let’s be clear: ...
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Joe Mauer
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Gerald Laird
Minnesota Twins
Toronto Blue Jays Mike McCoy
On November 9th the Toronto Blue Jays acquired infielder Mike McCoy off of waivers from the Colorado Rockies and added him to the 40 man roster. Who is Mike McCoy and could he be the Jays new starting shortstop?
At 28 years old Mike McCoy has played 12 big ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
Marco Scutaro
As a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays, I took a particular interest in watching “ Sugar ” because of the Jays’ history of Dominican players and GM Alex Anthopoulos’s desire to focus on latin american scouting for the franchise.
Sugar debuted to much fanfare at Sundance ...
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Sammy Sosa
Pedro Martinez
Alex Rodriguez
JJ Hardy to Twins for Bag of Balls
Via ESPN
The Minnesota Twins completed a trade Friday to acquire shortstop J.J. Hardy from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for centerfielder Carlos Gomez.
I’ve never been as high on Hardy as fellow Jays bloggers over at Ghostrunner on First ...
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Carlos Gomez
Remember Sergio Santos? If you don’t, here is a refresher:
Santos was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. Between 2002 and 2005, Santos steadily worked his way up through the Diamondbacks’ farm system all the way to ...
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Adam Loewen
Sergio Santos
Robert Ray
“He throws 94-95 m.p.h. and his slider has depth. He’s never been able to put it all together. In all likelihood he might not be a guy in our bullpen, but our coaches have had success with reclamation projects,” Alex Anthopoulos said, referencing Scott Downs, Shawn Camp and Jesse ...
