torontosun.com - 12/12/2008
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The Blue Jays came, saw, did not conquer and departed.
totalprosports.com - 12/16/2008
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totalprosports.com —
Total Pro Sports - The baseball winter meetings
have come and gone. Carsten Charles Sabathia decided to...
accept the 7 year 161 million dollar contract from the New York Yankees , only a couple days after telling Dodger GM Ned Colletti that he wanted to play for them. If anything it shows how ...
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Which Road Do The Jays Choose?
fannation.com - 12/20/2008
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fannation.com —
The Blue Jays have fielded a few trade
inquiries about star outfielder Vernon Wells , league sources...
said. It appears Toronto has financial constraints, and it might consider trading Wells, who has six years remaining on his seven-year, ...
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Blue Jays fielding inquiries about Wells
bjays.wordpress.com - 12/18/2008
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bjays.wordpress.com —
So the lip service from both the Blue
Jays and A.J. Burnett is finally over and the...
Jays’ biggest free agent splash of the last decade has duly shuffled over to the Evil Empire just over halfway through his contract, for a boatload more ...
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Bolting the Barn Door on Burnett
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Doom and Gloom
Bluebird Banter —
... Oh....speaking of Doom and Gloom....non-Hall of Fame writer Bob Elliott's tea leaves told him the team was for sale. No, he has no evidence other than Ted Rogers died. ...
Looking at the "For Sale" Signs in Major League Baseball
The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network —
... On December 02, Ted Rogers, the President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. passed away. Rogers Communications has owned the Toronto Blue Jays since September, 2000. At least two Toronto baseball writers have subsequently questioned if Rogers Communications will remain owner of the Jays. At the winter meetings, Bob Elliott quoted a “former Blue Jays employee”, “....the Toronto club looks to me like a team getting ready to be sold.” ...
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