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COWART AND CARRASQUILLO SWEET VICTORIES IN ORLANDO

with Chris Cook Ringside   Orlando, Fla.–Amos Cowart who I believe is a young and extremely talented fighter out of Florida. Cowart however,  finds himself in a Catch-22. He’s too dangerous for top lightweights, clearly you just get a feeling when he steps into the ring there,  lurks a fighter capable of beating many of today’s […]

NFL WEEK 6: the JJ RANKINGS

A tie. The Browns beating the Steelers. Injuries to Victor Cruz, Alex Mack, Stephan Ridley, Jarod Mayo, and other impact players. The Seahawks losing at home. Yep. Just another week in the topsy turvy, unpredictable NFL. This is why we watch. I can’t wait to see what next week has in store: 1 San Diego […]

NHL Opens Tonight and Atkinson takes another Hard Knock

Dunedin, Fla.–One day he is hit by a pitch another he makes his catching debut and on Wednesday and a fellow Canadian tries to run him over at the plate.  So goes the life of Blue Jays Instructional League catcher and fellow Canadian Justin Atkinson.  The Surrey, BC native Atkinson got the starting assignment on […]

JJ RANKINGS Week 5

Is this the year of the comeback or what? Another weekend, another slate of heart in your throat games, capped off by the Browns largest road comeback in NFL history. No lead is safe. Nothing is as it seems. Throw out everything you thought about this season in week 1, and throw out everything you […]

Debut for BC Native Atkinison

DUNEDIN, FLA.–Surrey, BC native Justin Atkinson made his catching pro debut for the Instructional League Blue Jays against the Phillies at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium on Friday October 3, 2014,  Atkinson caught four innings handling two different pitchers.  “He looks like he knows what he is doing,” said Vancouver Canadians pitching coach Jeff Ware, “He […]

Hard Knocks at Instructional League

DUNEDIN, FLA.–It seems that when a camera from Rocket Sports and Entertainment is leveled at a ball player they have a tendency to “Take One For The Team.”  It was no different on Wednesday October 1, 2014 at Grant Field when Blue Jays Instructional League catcher Matt Morgan took a glancing blow off his uniform.  […]

NFL JJ Rankings

F_ _ k NFL power rankings! This is the first of edition of the JJ Rankings. While most major outlets waste our time ranking teams in the early weeks of the season, I reserve judgment until the first month is complete. How do sites like ESPN and CBS rank teams in the preseason or after Week […]

SUPERBOATS in Clearwater

  CLEARWATER, FLA. — Superboat International made its annual stop off the beautiful white sand beaches of Clearwater, Florida for the 6th annual Superboat National Championship . Clearwater has long been a favorite stop for the race teams that compete regularly on the Superboat Championship circuit for it’s normally calm waters, and southern hospitality that the […]

Atkinson takes one for the Team

TAMPA, FLA.–Surrey, BC native Justin Atkinson gets ready to take one for the team when the Blue Jays Instructional League Squad took on the Yankees at Steinbrenner Field. The ball is coming  in on Atkinson and then hits him and goes straight up the bat. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTOS)

Scary Moment for Jagielo

TAMPA, FLA.–A 87-MPH fastball from Blue Jays LHP Grayson Huffman felled Yankees infielder Eric Jagielo on the right side of his head during an Instructional League game between the Blue Jays and Yankees at Steinbrenner Field on Saturday September 27, 2014.      Jaqielo did lay motionless on his back for about 10-minutes as Yankee trainer Alfonso […]