Author | Morgan Campbell

Jose Bautista co-stars with Boston’s David Ortiz. The campaign to sell MLB jerseys is the latest stage in Blue Jay Bautista's evolution from power hitter to pitchman. ...

April 11, 2012, 1:33 pm EDT via thestar.com

NFL apparel sales should soar with Nike's new designs. Blue Jays sales up 100 percent since unveiling their new uniforms. ...

April 6, 2012, 12:56 pm EDT via thestar.com

Blue Jays fans impatient with the team’s inability to sign a star should know that waiting will maximize the return on their free agent investment. ...

February 24, 2012, 12:56 pm EST via thestar.com

This week billboards across the country are blaring a message some people have whispered ever since last season, when Jose Bautista began blasting home runs at a league-leading pace.

August 23, 2011, 9:25 pm EDT via thestar.com

Even after Vernon Wells was traded to the Angels his father wanted to commemorate Jose Bautista’s breakout 2010 season with a painting.

July 26, 2011, 11:29 pm EDT via thestar.com

A generation ago, a team's DH was also its biggest swinger and top option for home runs and RBIs.

July 22, 2011, 10:00 am EDT via thestar.com

Some people say pitcher-catcher tandems are like married couples, so attuned each must be to the others habits strengths and flaws. If that’s true, then each pitcher is allowed a little infidelity, given that catchers need days off, lowering the odds that one catcher and one pitcher will work together exclusively. Some catchers, however, work so well with certain pitchers to form a bond so solid that the issue of stepping out never comes up.

July 20, 2011, 11:00 pm EDT via thestar.com

More than any other position in baseball, the elements of being a catcher have remained unchanged.

July 20, 2011, 9:55 pm EDT via thestar.com

Randy Choate is at the forefront of baseball’s new breed of superspecialists: he’s a Left-handed One Out Guy.

July 19, 2011, 6:17 pm EDT via thestar.com

The Detroit Tigers’ ace pitcher can do things human beings shouldn’t be able to do — and it’s no accident.

July 19, 2011, 1:20 am EDT via thestar.com