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Say it’s Stro! Stroman, Jays Out-duel Phils

  The Philadelphia Phillies dropped a 5-3 decision to the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in both teams’ Grapefruit League debuts. The Phillies were victimized by a huge day from Toronto shortstop Darwin Barney, who collected three hits and knocked in all five of his team’s runs. The Blue […]

Jays vs. Jays, All Colabello

Chris Colabello homered in the top of the third inning off lefty Patrick McCoy’s first offering as the visitors beat the home team 8-1 in the Blue Jays inter squad game.  The home run was off the batters eye and coupled with a two run double in the first Colabello had four RBI on the […]

Phillies Spring is Here

The Philadelphia Phillies opened their 2016 Spring Training season with an 8-3 win over the defending NCAA Division II national champion University of Tampa Spartans Sunday at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida. The Phillies struck early against Tampa starting pitcher Christopher Williams, scoring three times in the bottom of the first inning. The Spartans […]

A MVP Text and Stretch

2015 AL MVP Josh Donaldson multi tasks while stretching at the Toronto Blue Jays Mattick Complex.  He appeared to get in all his stretching exercises and his text messages.

Blue Jays Minor League Staff

  MINOR LEAGUE STAFF Director, Player Development                                                             Gil Kim Director, Minor League Operations                                                      Charlie Wilson Field Coordinator                                                                               Doug Davis Senior Advisor                                                                                   Rich Miller Advisor                                                                                              Eric Wedge Coordinator of Instruction                                                                   Mike Mordecai Hitting Coordinator                                                                             John Tamargo Jr. (upper level) Kenny Graham (lower level) Hitting Coach                                                                                     Steve Springer Pitching Coordinator                                                                           Sal Fasano Senior Pitching Advisor                                                                      Rick Langford […]

Jays Spring Training: Colabello Balancing Act, Domonic Brown

Spring training is on. Chris Colabello shows some balancing skills on picture day, Dominic Brown, RA Dickey, Jose Bautista, Tulowitzki, Russel Martin, Michael Saunders all ready to go…                

Divorce in San Francisco

  Chip Kelly, Trent Baalke and Jed York need to do something and do it quickly. Time is running out for them to make the moves that could alter the entire outcome of the 2016 Draft. They hold the 7th pick in the Draft and have needs all over… Offensive Line, Wide Receiver, Defensive Backs, […]

Steph’s Historic Performance Buries Magic

The Orlando Magic fell victim to a historic performance by Steph Curry on Thursday night as the Golden State Warriors prevailed by a score of 130-114. Curry’s 51 points would tie for 5th most by any player against the Magic, and he would hit a blazing 20-of-27 from the field to get there. The Warriors […]

Domonic Brown with Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed outfielder Domonic Brown to a minor league contract with an invitation to attend Major League Spring Training. He appeared in 63 games for the Philadelphia Phillies last season posting a .228 batting average with five home runs and 25 runs batted in.  The 6-5, 225lb. left handed hitter has appeared in 493 […]

The Beginning Part 2

A couple of guys at work were throwing around the idea of playing golf over the weekend. They had heard that I also enjoyed the sport and invited me out with them. I was playing golf on the weekends still and made time to hit up the range after work before the sun went down […]