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New Skipper in Dunedin

The Dunedin Blue Jays have a new manager for the 2018 season he’s Casey Candaele.  Candaele played nine years in the show, three with the Montreal Expos as an infielder but that isn’t his strongest Canadian connection.  You see his mother  Helen Callaghan St. Auben is from Vancouver, BC and along with his aunt are […]

Bad Sign, Eh?

Sorry for the poor Blue Jay bird but it did meet its end right in front of the Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Fl. the spring training home of the Toronto Blue Jays.  But a sign might still be here as it seems that the residents of the stadium had to be informed […]

Urena Rehabbing in Dunedin

Blue Jays SS Richard Urena (rib) played short on Friday against the Yankees during an extended spring training game in Tampa.  According to Urena, “I will start playing for Dunedin (Class-A) on Monday.”

Lightning Defeat the Devils 5-3 in Game 2

     

Lightning Rollercoaster their Way to Victory against the Sabres

  The Tampa Bay Lightning and their fans went on a scoring journey on Friday night while still trying to keep control of first place in the Atlantic division. The Buffalo Sabres were in town and it was another score fest at Amalie Arena with the Bolts getting on the scoreboard 30 seconds into the […]

Dunedin Citizens getting Checks from the Blue Jays?

 Well it’s understood that the Toronto Blue Jays want to take over the Louis A. Vanech Complex in Dunedin to expand their complex.      Now here is the big question since the complex was given to the city for the use by its citizens for recreational use who is going to pay the owners […]

ENGELBERT RV PARK?

Yours truly stumbled on this earlier in the week but this morning I figured a photo and article would be appropriate.      It seems that someone from somewhere has parked their fairly new RV behind field one at the Englebert Recreational Complex, spring training home of the Toronto Blue Jays and its minor league […]

Blaise Maris

Blaise Maris, grandson of the first man to break Babe Ruth’s home-run record in in 1961 Roger Maris, faces the St. Petersburg Trojans on Wednesday night.  Playing for South Florida State College out of Avon Park, Blaise is shown here hitting a single to right at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater.

Lightning Collapse Against The Coyotes

The Lightning were without two of their top stars on Monday as they faced the Coyotes at Amalie Arena. Steven Stamkos sat out the game which was described as a lower body injury but more specifically for body maintenance. Andrei Vasilevskiy was also out for the Lightning as Louie Domingue got the start against his […]

Bo’s Back

Right-hander Bo Schultz made his first appearance in a major league game on Monday four days short of a year since he had “Tommy John Surgery” last March 29th.   Schultz went one inning in relief allowed just one hit and facing only three batters.  According to sources with the Pirates, Schultz is ahead of […]