toronto.bluejays.mlb.com - 11/24/2008
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TORONTO -- With a fresh layer of snow covering Toronto, it's the perfect time for Blue Jays fans to begin thinking about the warm Florida sun and Spring Training. On Monday, the team made that a little easier by releasing its upcoming spring schedule. From the end February and into early ...
nj.com - 11/19/2008
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nj.com —
Getty ImagesCC Sabathia is the most sought-after free
agent this offseason. Things don't move as quickly this...
time of year as we all hope they would or think they should. The Yankees offered CC Sabathia $140 million for six years...
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Yankees-Sabathia: What's the holdup?
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Florida sounds real good right about now
The Tao of Stieb —
We're freezing our nuts off, and it isn't even December yet. Can anybody explain to us what the hell our forefathers were thinking when they settled on this land of slush and sleet and snow? This is no sort of climate for a self-respecting baseball fan. It's this time of year that reminds us of what a sound decision Papa Tao made when he purchased his fifth-wheel trailer and started heading down to Florida for the winters. It doesn't matter that it costs him a small fortune to haul that beast down there, or that he's chosen to live in what Vic Chesnutt called "the redneck Riviera". At least he's not spending his stretch run shivering and shoveling. And speaking of the good life ...
Bored Much?
Drunk Jays Fans —
What a productive day! Somewhere among the thirty-seven times I refreshed my Google news search for the Toronto Blue Jays today I learned a few things. First, I found out that the Jays 2009 Spring Training Schedule consists of not one, but two trips to Port Charlotte. Wow. Then, I came across a short story about the Montreal Expos last home game that almost turned my soul into a bored black hole for adrenaline. Fortunately, I stopped reading after the first paragraph and focused my attention on gnawing off my left arm just to avoid slipping into some sort of strange suspended state of hibernation. (Seriously, if anyone can actually read the entire story and ...
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