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Sports | Godfrey quits as Jays president
Shi Davidi THE CANADIAN PRESS Paul Godfrey stepped down as president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, ending an eight-year run in which his success on the team's business side was never matched by similarly strong improvements on the field. ...
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You Could Look It Up: The Best-Worst Blue Jays versus the Best-Worst Pirates by Steven Goldman
Does the search for the best fourth-place team of the divisional era have rival claimants for the title?
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 Longo Shields Rays from Sox!
Longo Shields Rays from Sox!
Simmer down now son. You know what was really refreshing about this game. It was the playoffs and the Rays still looked the same to me. Shields made a mistake early but still went deep into the game. Longo made being awesome look ...
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 Gaston's Return TBA
Gaston's Return TBA
Our lover Richard Griffin reports in today's Toronto Star that the Jays are preparing to announce that Cito Gaston has signed an extension for at least the next season. Griffin, never one to miss an opportunity to dump a medium brown on J.P. ...
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 Why are these men smiling?
Why are these men smiling?
Because Richard Griffin has employed his unparalleled skills in deductive reasoning to figure out that both of them will be back next year . We assume this means that Wednesdays with J.P. is going to be fierce tonight. With the paroxysms of rage ...
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 Sometimes you make me want to say so long...
Sometimes you make me want to say so long...
I'm not quite yet prepared to offer my comments on the weekend series that effectively ended the Jays season, so let us make do with a MLBTR report (via Jerry Howarth at The Fan) that Brad Arnsberg figures AJ Burnett WILL re-sign with the Jays. Not ...
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 Canadian Creampuffery: Blue Jays Wings Go Wonky
Canadian Creampuffery: Blue Jays Wings Go Wonky
There must a tariff on ligaments that JP Riccardi wasn't aware of because the Blue Jays just keep losing pitchers. Shaum Marcum is the latest recipient of a new tendon and year vacation courtesy of Dr. James Andrews. He joins Dustin McGowan , Casey ...
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Jays notebook: Burnett remains mum about off-season plans
TORONTO • A.J. Burnett brushed aside questions about whether his start against the Yankees next Wednesday will be his last in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform. During a media session after Friday night's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox, Burnett also insisted ...
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Price Makes His Pitch In Rays' 4-2 Victory Over Baltimore
Posted by ( BrooksMorgan ) on September 23, 2008 at 9:28 a.m. ( Suggest removal ) I can see Maddon's dilemna on how to utilize Price most effectively in the postseason. It's tempting to try him out as closer. However, you can't help but feel like ...
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 Whither A.J.?
Whither A.J.?
Negotiations haven't started, but both sides accept it will take a minimum of $15-million (all currency U.S.) a year to keep pitcher A.J. Burnett with the Toronto Blue Jays. "We will make him a competitive offer," Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said last night. "But it's his call."
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Burnett, Jays Talking Extension?
A.J. Burnett 's agent is in Toronto, and Jeff Blair of the Globe and Mail hints that preliminary extension talks may have begun. Blair says it'll take at least $15MM a year to sign Burnett, which the Jays will attempt to do before he opts out and ...
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Gaston will return
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays announced Thursday afternoon that Cito Gaston has agreed to a new contract as manager of the American League baseball club. The new deal will run through the 2010 season. No financial details were released. Gaston, 64, ...
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 Ricciardi returning as Jays' GM | bluejays.com: News
Ricciardi returning as Jays' GM | bluejays.com: News
TORONTO -- Paul Godfrey is a realist. The Blue Jays president and CEO is well aware that his announcing that general manager J.P. Ricciardi will be back for the 2009 season won't go over well in all circles. Godfrey and his critics will simply have to ...
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 Jason Giambi Could Be Heading North
Jason Giambi Could Be Heading North
With the Yankees season ending on Sunday, it will also signify the end of the Jason Giambi era in the Bronx. He'll be looking for a multi-year deal this offseason, and nobody expects the Yankees to be the team that offers him one. So with that in ...
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If you like failure, J.P.'s your man
Now that Gaston has signed on for two more years, then the connection is clear that J.P. Ricciardi will be along for the ride to finish his contract, if not the job.
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Thanks for playing
WaMu eats it . Or rather, JP Morgan eats WaMu at the government's behest.
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I've Got One Thing To Say To J.P. Ricciardi
Your BlackBerry has a vibrate function. During radio appearances it may be beneficial to keep it set to that function instead of the pseudo-24 ringtone that's constantly buzzing in the background. You're the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, ...
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The A.J. saga is just beginning and | Baseball | Sports
BALTIMORE -- Baseball's silly season is off to a rousing start. The will-he-or-won't-he saga concerning Jays right-hander A.J. Burnett is officially off and running following a report that the Jays were willing to offer him an additional $30 million ...