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  Dunedin Blue Jays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dunedin Blue Jays are a minor league baseball team based in Dunedin, Florida.
The club plays their home games at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field, which seats 6,106 fans.
The team, which plays in the Florida State League, is the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays major-league club.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dunedin_Blue_Jays   (156 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays (1977-Present)
However, one of the hits was a home run, and the only run of the game, as the Blue Jays finished in 2nd Place with a 96-66 that included a season ending 7-game losing streak that cost them what would have been their 2nd title in 3 years.
A new manager was not the only mid-season change for the Jays, on June 5th the Jays began a new era of baseball in Toronto with the opening of SkyDome the 1st retractable roof domed stadium in baseball history.
The Jays would play solid baseball the first 2 weeks of the season, but began to struggle with poor pitching, which was complicated by the fact Mike Sirotka, was injured before even being acquired from the White Sox, and would miss the entire season.
www.geocities.com /cyberclopedia1/al/torjays/bluejays.html   (3743 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays Ballpark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The first Toronto Blue Jays game ever was played there on March 11, 1977 when the Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 3-1.
In the fall of 2000, the Toronto Blue Jays signed an agreement to remain in Dunedin for an additional 15 years pending a $12-million renovation of their facilities which are expected to be ready on March 1, 2002.
After spring training is over, Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field becomes the home of the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Class A Florida State League.
bluejays.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/tor/ballpark/tor_ballpark_springtrain.jsp   (350 words)

  
 Blue Jay (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blue Jay Sailboat, a class of sailboat used primarily in the north-eastern United States
Dunedin Blue Jays, a minor league baseball team based in Dunedin, Florida, an affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays
Pulaski Blue Jays, a professional minor league baseball team in the Appalachian League, an affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Jay_(disambiguation)   (160 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays Bio, Pictures, News and RSS Feeds at BlinkBits.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Jays were able to translate their success in spring training into an excellent start -- the team led the AL East from early to mid-April and held their record around.500 until late August.
The Jays were hit with the injury bug when third baseman Corey Koskie broke his finger, taking him out of the lineup, but the club was pleasantly surprised with the performance of rookie callup Aaron Hill in his stead.
On July 8, just prior to the All-Star break, Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay was struck on the shin by a line drive from Texas left fielder Kevin Mench and was placed on the DL with a fractured leg.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/toronto_blue_jays   (5112 words)

  
 Knology Park - Dunedin, Florida
Knology Park (formerly known simply as Dunedin Stadium) was built in 1990 on the same site as Grant Field.
It is located in a residential area of Dunedin, which means parking is limited (and expensive at $5 - $10).
Overall, Knology Park is a serviceable venue, but certainly not as nice (or as interesting) as many of the other spring training parks that have been built since 1990.
www.ballparkreviews.com /dunedin/dunedin.htm   (201 words)

  
 Blue Jays Contend With Low Attendance: From The Tampa Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
DUNEDIN - The first clue that it's another slow night at Knology Park in Dunedin is ticket taker Therese Spezzano's crossword puzzle.
Spezzano, wearing Blue Jays earrings and a bracelet made with tiny baseball beads, has time to both solve the crossword and greet each of the 470 fans attending this Single A minor league game between the Jays and the Jupiter Hammerheads on a recent Thursday night.
Because of the dearth of fans, the Dunedin Blue Jays cope with a $200,000 annual deficit on a budget of $725,000, said Carson, the Toronto Blue Jays director of Florida operations.
www.tampatrib.com /MGBJFFOT3CE.html   (1340 words)

  
 Florida State League (FSL) Affiliated Baseball on OurSports Central
Dunedin Blue Jays 9 at Brevard County Manatees 5
Dunedin Blue Jays 0 at Brevard County Manatees 1
Dunedin Blue Jays 1 at Brevard County Manatees 2
www.oursportscentral.com /services/schedule?l_id=39   (3890 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays | MLB Baseball at CBS SportsLine.com
The Jays still don't have the pitching depth of the Yankees or Boston, though, so they're going to need a little help either via subpar seasons or bad breaks to a few other teams in their division.
During the offseason, the Blue Jays signed free-agent pitchers A.J. Burnett and B.J. Ryan, and acquired third baseman Troy Glaus and first baseman Lyle Overbay in trades.Hillenbrand, who hit.291 with 18 homers and 82 RBIs in his first season with Toronto, had asked for $6.7 million in arbitration and was offered $5 million.
Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi wants to move Frank Catalanotto from left field to right, where he'll platoon with Alex Rios, and bring Hinske from the infield to platoon with Johnson in left.
www.sportsline.com /mlb/teams/page/TOR   (1045 words)

  
 Ballpark Digest -- Ballpark Visits -- Knology Park / Dunedin Blue Jays / Toronto Blue Jays
As a result, there's not a lot of excitement surrounding a Dunedin Blue Jays game: the team is perennially next-to-last in Florida State League attendance (trailing the Lakeland Tigers), and the team doesn't exactly overwhelm their potential audience with a flood of promotions.
The Toronto Blue Jays opened their formal history by training at Grant, but Grant Park didn't keep up with the many new spring-training facilities that were popping up in Florida in the 1980s.
By 1989 the Blue Jays were working on a plan to replace Grant Field with a new stadium and spring-training facility.
www.ballparkwatch.com /visits/dunedin.htm   (849 words)

  
 Sports: Dunedin Blue Jays heat up in the second half
After starting the second half of the Florida State League season with a 1-6 record, the Dunedin Blue Jays have won 20 of their past 26 games to move into first place in the Western Division.
The Blue Jays can thank timely hitting and a pitching staff that has been the cornerstone of the team's success.
Dunedin ranks second in the league with a.263 batting average and fourth in ERA at 3.09.
www.sptimes.com /2003/07/25/Sports/Dunedin_Blue_Jays_hea.shtml   (473 words)

  
 Minor league scoreboard operator tossed - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
DUNEDIN, Fla. --Umpires heard enough from the Dunedin Blue Jays' sound man, and ejected James O'Brien from a minor league game.
O'Brien was ejected from Dunedin's 6-2 loss in a doubleheader opener against the Fort Myers Miracle on Thursday night for playing loud boos over the loudspeaker after a call went against his Blue Jays.
Dunedin manager Omar Malave argued that Whitrock had left the box, but after a meeting of umpires, the call stood.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/minors/articles/2005/08/26/minor_league_scoreboard_operator_tossed?mode=PF   (251 words)

  
 Scout.com: BMLN: Stats and Minor League Leaders
The six Blue Jays farm teams have combined for a 320-295 record, good enough for a.520 winning percentage.
The Pulaski Blue Jays are even with a 28-28 record, while the Lansing Lugnuts are 59-65.
Two Blue Jays rank among the minor league leaders in "total plate appearances/strikeout ratio." Jayce Tingler is fourth, striking out once every 15.71 plate appearances.
bluejays.scout.com /2/426876.html   (714 words)

  
 Spring Training 2006: Toronto Blue Jays
At that time the Blue Jays played in 3,417-seat Grant Field, which was one of the oldest stadiums used in the Grapefruit League, dating back to 1930.
In 2002 Dunedin spent $12 million on a new spring-training complex for the Blue Jays, which include new training facilities, offices, new hitting cages, and five full fields at the Cecil P. Englebert Recreational Complex.
As a result, the Blue Jays signed a 15-year lease to stay in Dunedin, as well as committing the Dunedin Blue Jays (Class A; Florida State League) to the ballpark as well.
www.springtrainingonline.com /teams/toronto_blue_jays.htm   (487 words)

  
 TSN.ca - MLB Blue Jays - Canada's Sports Leader
Once a player completes three minor-league seasons, he must be signed to a major-league contract and added to the 40-man roster or his team risks losing him in the Rule 5 draft.
The Blue Jays also outrighted right-hander Seung Song, claimed off waivers last week from the Expos, to triple-A Syracuse leaving them with 36 players on their 40-man roster.
Perkins, 23, is a Victoria native who spent the 2004 season with the Class A Dunedin Blue Jays, posting a 1-4 record in 13 games with nine starts and a 3.95 ERA.
www.tsn.ca /mlb/teams/news_story.asp?ID=105165&hubName=mlb-blue_jays   (288 words)

  
 BallParkWatch - SkyDome / Toronto Blue Jays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Its owners once were forced to file for bankruptcy, and the Blue Jays say that the stadium doesn't provide enough in revenues for the team to be compete adequately.
Ratings for the Jays on CBC really sucked last season, so they are planning on broadcasting a handful of games nationally and expanding their coverage of the Canadian Football League.
The Toronto Blue Jays fan club, which had 10,000 members at its peak in the early 1990s, is now down to 750 hardcore fans.
www.ballparkwatch.com /stadiums/skydome.htm   (815 words)

  
 The News-Press: Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
DUNEDIN — It was April 16, 2004, the last time Josh Gray earned a victory.
When Jay Sawatski entered the game in the bottom of the eighth, to relieve Gray, the Miracle led 10-3 and it was all but assured that Gray would get that win.
The Blue Jays sent 12 men to the plate and had the bases loaded with two outs when Julio DePaula entered the game.
www.news-press.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050628/SPORTS/506280449/1010   (581 words)

  
 BlueJayWay.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It is pretty difficult to predict 100 per cent accurately who will land where when the minor league season starts, due to injuries, late spring performance improvements and roster space.
Dunedin has the potential for a very nice lineup, although there does not appear to be a lot of power or a lot of speed.
BlueJayWay.ca is a non-profit fan site dedicated to the Toronto Blue Jays and their fans.
www.bluejayway.ca /features/on/on040105.php   (527 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
PERKINS, 23, spent the 2004 season with the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Florida State league posting a 1-4 record in 13 games with nine starts and a 3.95 ERA.
TABLADO, 22, hit.300 this season for the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Florida State League (A) with 28 doubles, 21 home runs and 76 RBI in 84 games.
The BLUE JAYS have also outrighted RHP Seung Song to Syracuse of the International League (AAA).
toronto.bluejays.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/tor/news/tor_press_release.jsp?ymd=20041119&content_id=914879&vkey=pr_tor&fext=.jsp   (457 words)

  
 TRANSACTION NEWS - Out of the Park Baseball Report
Mike Lieberthal was promoted from A Dunedin Blue Jays to the active roster.
Philip Stringer was promoted from A Dunedin Blue Jays to AA New Haven Ravens.
Donald Caulkins was promoted from A Dunedin Blue Jays to AA New Haven Ravens.
www.hostultra.com /~mlsb/ttrans5.html   (582 words)

  
 FOXSports.com - MLB- Toronto Blue Jays Team Front
New Toronto Blue Jays catcher Bengie Molina doesn't hold back when asked his opinion of how his former team treated him.
News: Bengie Molina, who was introduced as the Blue Jays' new catcher today, is upset with the way the Angels let him depart as a free agent.
Adams is probably the weakest hitter in the Jays' lineup.
msn.foxsports.com /mlb/team?statsId=14   (458 words)

  
 Blue Jays Farm Report
This site profiles the top prospects of the Toronto Blue Jays and has been developed in partnership with Batters Box where you will find daily and monthly updates on the minor league teams.
I spoke with Dane Johnson, the Blue Jays minor league roving pitching instructor.
Peterson was a third round selection by the Jays in 2002 and had been mentioned by JP as a potential future big league closer.
www.gerrymcdonald.ca   (991 words)

  
 Dunedin Stadium, Dunedin, Fla.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Dunedin Stadium is one of three minor league parks within close proximity to each other on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the others being in Clearwater and St. Petersburg.
I wasn’t disappointed, as the Dunedin Blue Jays beat the Fort Myers Miracle, 16-8.
In the spring, the field hosts the Toronto Blue Jays training camp; this means ads for Canadian businesses are on the wall here, and also that Canadian beer is served.
home1.gte.net /charliesballparks/stadiums/dunedin.htm   (196 words)

  
 Express Gay News Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Dunedin Blue Jays, a minor league baseball team affiliated with the American League’s Toronto Blue Jays, will host Equality Florida’s “Pride in Diversity Night” fund-raiser Aug. 13 at Knology Park in Dunedin, Fla.
In addition to a ball game between the Blue Jays and the Tampa Yankees, the fund-raiser will feature a concert, a silent auction and a VIP reception.
A VIP reception featuring Blue Jays officials, entertainers and city leaders will be held at 3 p.m., a Pride Concert is scheduled for 4:30 to 6 p.m.
www.expressgaynews.com /print.cfm?content_id=1746   (177 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays : The Official Site
Jays' Wells to play in WBC for Team USA
Check out photos of A.J. Burnett in his first press conference as a Blue Jay.
Blue Jays launch single game sales on Feb. 25
toronto.bluejays.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=tor   (128 words)

  
 Stuart Poe, DMD and Hugh Harmon, DMD - About the Dentist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Stuart Poe is a lifelong resident of Dunedin, having moved here as a child in 1968 when the sleepy rural town was little more then farms and orange groves.
After graduating from Dunedin High School in the top 5% of the nation, Dr. Poe attended the University of Florida, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry with a overall GPA of 3.98.
Hugh Harmon opened his Dunedin dental practice in 1968 and built it into a thriving and successful business.
www.drpoe.com /dentist.html   (181 words)

  
 Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Catching up with Omar Malave
Malave is a long time Blue Jay having been signed in 1980 as a free agent out of Venezuela.
In 1990 Malave joined the Jays team in Medicine Hat as a coach and he has been a manager at all levels of the Blue Jay system since 1991.
This is Malave’s second year managing the Dunedin Blue Jays in the Florida State League.
www.battersbox.ca /article.php?story=2005082209150264   (1228 words)

  
 Dunedin Blue Jays - Florida State League (FSL) Affiliated Baseball on OurSports Central
Dunedin Blue Jays 0 at Lakeland Tigers 1 (Playoff Gm.
Dunedin Blue Jays 8 at Clearwater Threshers 1
Dunedin Blue Jays 10 at Clearwater Threshers 1
www.oursportscentral.com /sports?t_id=369   (498 words)

  
 Somebody Cares Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay Body of Christ
Somebody Cares Tampa Bay is partnering with The Dunedin Blue Jays and the churches in North Pinellas County to do a Back-To-School Backpack giveaway on July 12th of this year.
Last year's event with the Blue Jay's was a true blessing to the Blue Jays and the community with just under 1000 Backpacks given away.
The combined youth of the area churches will be coming together to stuff the backpacks on Tuesday, July 8th followed by a youth rally.
www.sctb.org /articles_view.asp?articleid=268&columnid=502   (274 words)

  
 The Baseball Guru - Toronto Blue Jays Page
The Baseball Page presents the All-Time Blue Jays team and career leaders.
Blue Jays Abstract - Stephen Tomlinson, Stats, articles and more.
BJ Birdy Appreciation - Scott Frank, Former mascot of the Toronto Blue Jays.
baseballguru.com /mlb/bluejays.html   (384 words)

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