Empty seats don’t seem to bother the Rays, who have ridden an 11-1 home record to the top of the Power Rankings. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
With the second week of fantasy baseball action completed with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels Sunday Night Baseball showdown, the Major League Baseball season is in full effect. Several starting pitchers have struggled to get the season started, while others have had surprising success. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
LAKELAND, Fla. – Drew Smyly could finally relax on the mound Monday. Then again, he hasn’t looked nervous all spring. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
“Mr. Jones and me/playin’ with our Legos”
— Counting Crows (not really)
This awesome Chipper Jones Lego-like fellow is ready to take over third base for the Atlanta Braves now that the real deal has announced his retirement , effective at the end of the 2012 season. You’re not really a ballplayer, you know, until you have an action figure made in your likeness. And Legos are hot these days, so the OYO Sportstoys company probably has a good thing going with their Major League Baseball building block figures, which are being marketed as toys and collectibles.
[E]ach OYO has bendable knees, rotating forearms, and the ability to hold a ball, bat, or glove.
Seems like fun. All of the players are made from the same template, so they all kind of look alike, except for uniform details and things like facial hair and skin tone. (Note the trademark half-goatee on Chipper. Like a modern-day Shaggy.)
Roy Halladay, conversely, gets the RoyBeard:
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
The Toronto Blue Jays filled a major need on Tuesday when GM Alex Anthopoulos traded pitching prospect Nestor Molina to the Chicago White Sox for reliever Sergio Santos. The Blue Jays used Jon Rauch and Frank Francisco as closers during the 2011 season. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
TORONTO – Jeff Mathis can wait to get to work with the Toronto Blue Jays pitching staff. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
The Toronto Blue Jays acquired second baseman Luis Valbuena from the Cleveland Indians on Saturday in exchange for cash considerations. The 25-year-old Valbuena appeared in 17 games for Cleveland last season, batting .209 with one home run and one RBI. The left-handed hitter has played in 229 major league games over four seasons for Seattle (2008) and Cleveland (2009-11), with a .226 average with… View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
With the Boston Red Sox expected to announce Ben Cherington as their new general manager tomorrow, the first order of business for the new man in charge will be to hire a few field manager. Reportedly, the Red Sox may … Continue reading → View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
In the final weeks of the season, Blue Jays right-hander Brandon Morrow is stumbling toward the finish line. Edwin Encarnacion hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and Toronto rallied to deny Tim Wakefield his 200th career win, beating the Boston Red Sox 11-10 on Wednesday night. Shawn Camp (4-3) pitched one inning for the win and Frank Francisco survived a two-run ninth to record his 13th… View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
So confident in his sinkerball starter, Toronto manager John Farrell left Luis Perez in the game to get out of his own bases-loaded jam with the game on the line. Perez calmly took care of it — composed, as if he’d done this many times before. Perez pitched six brilliant innings in his first big league start and combined with Casey Janssen on a one-hitter, and Jose Bautista connected for his… View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News
