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  Toronto Blue Jays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toronto had been mentioned as a major league city several times in the previous century and had been home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League from 1930 to 1967.
Toronto was one strike away from winning in the bottom of the 9th inning, 2-1, but Jeff Blauser singled in the tying run off Blue Jays' closer Tom Henke.
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.
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 Toronto Blue Jays (1977-Present)
The Blue Jays were still experiencing expansion pains posting a 53-109 record, and finishing in last place, but the future continued to develop as SS Alfredo Griffin took home a share of the Rookie of the Year award, while batting.287 with 179 hits and 21 stolen bases.
The Blue Jays put together another solid 89-73 season, which was camouflaged by the Detroit Tigers running away with the AL East title from the start of the season.
However the Jays would recover to finish the season on a strong note as Halladay was nearly unhittable in September finishing with a 22-7 record to claim the Cy Young award as the Jays finished in 3rd place with a solid 86-76 record.
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 ► Toronto Blue Jays Discount Sports Tickets
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Toronto Blue Jays is the first team which is from outside the United States and won the worlds series.
The Toronto Blue Jays came into existence in 1976 as one of two teams slated to join the American League for the next season and the other teams was the Seattle Mariners.
Toronto Blue Jays, is the team which witnessed so many changes in the performance.
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 Toronto Blue Jays: 2006 Preview | CBC Sports Online
For many playoff-starved Canadian baseball fans, even for some hardened pundits, this is The Year: the year the Toronto Blue Jays shed their latter-day reputation as a perennial also-ran and reclaim their original image as a well-run ball club that had plans to still be in action come October.
Adams, the Jays’ first-round pick in 2002, was among the top five AL rookies in hits, walks, doubles, triples, stolen bases and RBIs in 2005.
Beloved former Blue Jay Ernie Whitt is back as Toronto's bench coach, fresh from his stint as coach of Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic, while Bruce Walton is entering his forth season as Toronto's bullpen coach.
www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/baseball_features/blue_jays.html   (1885 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays began play in 1977 and have had their share of success both on the field and at the gate before sliding back into relative obscurity since the 1994 cancelled season.
The Blue Jays were even with the Yankees in the standings at the time of Halladay's injury and as long as he stays healthy and Burnett and Ryan pitch to their potential Toronto should climb well above.500 if not into outright contention for a playoff spot.
While optimism is at a 15 year high in Toronto the fact remains that the Blue Jays are chasing the Yankees and Red Sox and are bringing in a lot of new faces and pieces that must gel and come together.
www.sbgglobal.com /sportsbook/mlb-team-listings/Toronto-Blue-Jays   (820 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays - Deadspin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Jays' manager John Gibbons didn't offer to fight anyone, as he did on Wednesday with Hillenbrand, who was designated for assignment in part for writing 'The ship is sinking' on the team bulletin board.
The Blue Jays are promoting an event on June 27 in which fans will be given bottles of cologne which are named after pitcher Gustavo Chacin.
The Blue Jays do not have one of the strongest blogging networks, and now that hockey's coming back, one wonders if it will pick up in the next few years, when the team is expected to improve.
www.deadspin.com /sports/toronto-blue-jays   (1650 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays have purchased the contract of infielder Luis Figueroa and have re-called lefthanded pitcher Brian Tallet from Syracuse of the International League.
He was signed by the Blue Jays on November 21, 2005 as a minor league free agent.
Even if the Blue Jays fail in their efforts to make the playoffs next season, they will undoubtedly be more competitive than in previous years.
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 BlueJayWay.ca
The Toronto Blue Jays badly needed someone to step up with a big game to stop their losing streak, today AJ Burnett was that guy.
Toronto is facing a Boston squad with no Ortiz, no Ramirez and tonight they lost Papelbon as well but still the Jays could not manage a win.
Jay's fans will want to keep their eyes to the future as in a few years the Toronto outfield might be patrolled by a few gems.
www.bluejayway.ca   (761 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays 2003 Page
Following are graphs and commentary regarding the 2003 season of the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Blue Jays had the second or third best offense in the league (depending on which park factors you use).
Although the offense "regressed to the mean" in the second half, their pitching and fielding improved (that's the leftward drift of the point) and their overall position between the two halves, relative to a.500 record, was about the same.
www.baseballgraphs.com /teams/bluejays.html   (588 words)

  
 Baseball Almanac - Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto continued to be heard from in the ensuing years with Bell winning the 1987 Most Valuable Player Award (forty-seven home runs, one-hundred thirty-four runs batted in,.308) and Stieb going 16-8 in 1988, a season in which he lost two no-hitters with two outs in the ninth inning.
On July 20, 1984, the Toronto Blue Jays set a team record for runs scored during an inning with eleven (11) in the ninth inning versus the Seattle Mariners.
The Toronto Blue Jays, on August 9, 1999, set a team record for hits during a game with twenty-five (25) versus the Texas Rangers.
www.baseball-almanac.com /teams/toro.shtml   (1016 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays @ Bare Baseball - Baseball MLB Blog
TORONTO -- The kind of media circus that typically follows the Yankees around was in full force at the Rogers Centre on Thursday.
Toronto ace Roy Halladay threw 7 2/3 gritty innings, during which the right-hander was touched for three runs, but he escaped some jams thanks to a pair of inning-ending double plays.
Toronto's starting rotation and its bullpen were tops in the division in ERA last year, and that was before strengthening the front end with Burnett and adding an All-Star closer in Ryan.
torontobluejays.barebaseball.com   (5481 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In 1998 the Blue Jays lost to the Baltimore Orioles, 7-1.
The Blue Jays officially became a team on November 5, 1976 in an American League owners meeting.
Toronto hosted its first major league game on April 7, 1977, as the Blue Jays defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-5.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /teams/AL/bluejays.htm   (436 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays Tickets, Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Tickets at Tickco
With a healthy budget a healthy lineup and a new playing surface designed to keep that lineup healthy, the Toronto Blue Jays are looking to make their mark on the tough AL East in '06.
Blue Jays management decides if the dome stays opened or not during the regular-season.
As Toronto ticket brokers, we specialize in premium Toronto Blue Jays tickets as well as tickets to some of the the biggest events in the world.
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 MLB Team History - History of MLB Baseball Teams, MLB History
The Blue Jays rose to prominence soon after joining the AL as an expansion team in 1977.
In 1993 Blue Jay stars Roberto Alomar, Paul Molitor, and John Olerud became the first teammates in 100 years to finish the season ranked first, second, and third in batting average.
When the San Francisco Giants abandoned plans to move to Toronto in 1976, a group of Toronto business people was awarded an AL franchise for an expansion team; the Toronto Blue Jays joined the league the next year.
www.hollywoodsportsbook.com /baseball_history/toronto_blue_jays.cfm   (662 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays News
Alex Rios' fielding blunder in the seventh inning gave Alex Cora a go-ahead two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox held on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-4, in the opener of a four-game set at Fenway Park.
The TORONTO BLUE JAYS are pleased to announce minor league outfielders ADAM LIND and TRAVIS SNIDER have each been selected as the winner of their respective league MVP awards.
With the Blue Jays staggering along after losing the opening five games of their road trip, the club needed someone to step up and halt...
www.topix.net /mlb/toronto-blue-jays   (755 words)

  
 ESPN.com: MLB - Season preview: Toronto Blue Jays
But the Blue Jays still plan on him being their regular right fielder in the regular season.
A former catcher, Phelps will primarily be the Jays' DH because the team fears his knees won't hold up behind the plate.
The Jays hope they can bounce back, but middle relief should still be pretty shaky in Toronto this season.
espn.go.com /mlb/spring2003/preview03/tor.html   (1002 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays Depth Chart | MLB Baseball at CBS SportsLine.com
Toronto rookie Shaun Marcum allowed one run on four hits over 6 1/3 innings, walking five and striking out four in his ninth career start in a no-decision on Wednesday at Cleveland.
Toronto 3B Troy Glaus left Friday's game at Boston in the bottom of the fifth with a sinus infection and was replaced by John Hattig.
INF Aaron Hill, who led the Blue Jays with a.361 average in July, had only eight hits in his last 45 at-bats (.178) entering Wednesday.
cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/teams/depth-chart/TOR   (605 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays Tickets, Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Tickets at StubHub!
The Toronto Blue Jays are on the verge of recapturing their championship tradition.
Rogers Centre/Skydome is situated near Toronto, so among MLB tickets, Blue Jays baseball tickets are perhaps the most entertaining day of using sports tickets in baseball.
Toronto is right up the street, so tourists can spend time taking in all that such a cosmopolitan city in Canada has to offer in addition to using prime MLB tickets for Blue Jays games.
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 Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays were playing the Chicago White Sox.
The Blue Jays scored one run in the bottom of the 13th, but couldn't get the tieing score across.
Toronto's First Post Office, first opened in 1833 is still operated as a postal and philatelic outlet.
www.baseballroadtrip.net /Major/American/Toronto/Toronto.html   (638 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
TORONTO -- John Cerutti, a local broadcaster and former Blue Jay, passed away on Sunday at the age of 44.
Long before that, he was intimately involved in the community: Cerutti was a first-round draft pick in 1981 and spent six of his seven big-league seasons with the Blue Jays.
Cerutti went 49-43 with a 3.94 ERA in the big leagues, and all but three of his victories came as a Blue Jay.
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 FOX Sports - MLB - Toronto Blue Jays Team Front
The Blue Jays' slide on the road moved to five consecutive games and counting Friday with a 2-1 loss to Boston.
The Jays, 28-39 on the road, have dropped eight of their past 11 games away from Toronto.
The Jays will likely be too busy upgrading from John McDonald to also consider replacing Hill in the offseason, but it wouldn't hurt to bring in additional competition for next spring.
msn.foxsports.com /mlb/team?categoryId=71600   (422 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays Playoff Tickets at StubHub!
MLB tickets in Toronto have always been a hot commodity, and MLB playoff tickets have been a regular reward for the loyal fans of the Blue Jays.
The Blue Jays are the only remaining MLB team in Canada, and fans come from far and wide to use their Blue Jays tickets and cheer for their team.
The Blue Jays began play in 1977, and they've given their fans plenty to cheer about over the years.
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 Toronto Blue Jays Report Card -- The Hardball Times
The Jays seem to be holding their own (22-13), and despite being in fourth place, they’re just 4.5 games out of the lead.
Interestingly, Toronto, while just seventh in the AL in ERA, are first in the East [in ERA] a full half run better than the Orioles.
On the other side of the equation, the Jays are also in seventh in the AL in runs scored but are fourth in the East.
www.hardballtimes.com /main/article/toronto-blue-jays-report-card   (1103 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays Preview 2004
The Jays racked up the most K’s in the AL except for Detroit, and were dead last in the majors in steals with a pitiful 37 (and 25 caught stealing).
For the Jays to win big, the offense must come close to last year’s numbers (perhaps with certain overachieving players aiding the cause), because this team is really lacking in the fundamentals.
In any case, the Jays look to be competitive for the near term, and if further spending is possible, they might be able to acquire needed extras to make the AL East a true beast for years to come.
www.athomeplate.com /jays.shtml   (1600 words)

  
 Pro Sports Daily: Toronto Blue Jays News
It may not be the best marketing message for Blue Jays fans to hear, but last night Ricciardi said that is the only shot the team has at either re-signing Vernon Wells or being a legitimate contender along with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the American League East.
The Blue Jays left-hander becomes a free agent at the end of the season.
Toronto Star (registration required): "'It was kind of a reaction play,' a dejected Rios said in Toronto's clubhouse after a 6-4 loss to a Red Sox team as shorthanded and reeling as it's been all season."
www.prosportsdaily.com /mlb/blue-jays   (709 words)

  
 Beyond the Box Score :: A Sabermetrics Blog
The Toronto Blue Jays were not brought down by the monetary war fought further south in New York and Boston in 2005.
This was a good year for Toronto though; first of all, if not for the Roy Halladay injury that brought a halt to Toronto's playoff chances, they most likely would have led the American League East in Run Differential.
The good news for the Jays pitching staff is that they may have found perfectly capable starters for the other three spots in the rotation.
www.beyondtheboxscore.com /story/2005/11/28/125939/69   (2048 words)

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