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Toronto Blue Jays fans probably thought their team went all in last month when they clipped the alarm system, slid in through a back window and flat out robbed the Miami Marlins of shortstop Jose Reyes, and pitchers Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, among a few other pieces. In most baseball circles it signaled Toronto, who hasn't played a playoff...

Dec 17, 2012, 4:51 pm EST via thecheapseats.ca

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Orlin Wagner Despite five World Series rings as a coach with the New York Yankees and virtually universal respect across Major League Baseball, Corunna, Ont., native Rob Thomson is still looking for his first job as a big league manager. The 49-year-old Canadian, who was reportedly interviewed by the Toronto Blue Jays before John Farrell was hired...

Oct 27, 2012, 2:19 am EDT via thecheapseats.ca

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Elise Amendola Disappointing is the word that I’d use to describe John Farrell’s two-season tenure as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. Trumpeted as one of the brightest managerial prospects available when he arrived in Toronto, Farrell had a reputation as a tough but likeable baseball man who was able to coax the best out of his...

Oct 21, 2012, 6:41 pm EDT via thecheapseats.ca

Photo Credit: Otto Greule Jr., Getty Images Sport If I'm Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos, one of my first calls this off-season is to former Montreal Expo and National League stolen base champion Tim Raines. After another week of inexcusable baserunning gaffes, it's time for the Blue Jays to enlist the help of the man who collected the...

Oct 1, 2012, 3:43 pm EDT via thecheapseats.ca

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell confirmed yesterday that the club plans to give Anthony Gose an extended audition for the 2013 left field job in the team’s remaining eight games. The speedy 22-year-old, who was primarily a centre fielder in the minors, will have an opportunity to impress at the position in the team's...

Sep 27, 2012, 12:00 am EDT via thecheapseats.ca

Photo Credit: Getty Images, Tom Szczerbowski It’s difficult to criticize the way the Toronto Blue Jays have handled the controversy created by the message that Yunel Escobar wrote under his eyes for Saturday’s game that many have construed as homophobic. Just prior to 3:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the club announced that they have suspended Escobar for three games and...

Sep 19, 2012, 12:05 am EDT via thecheapseats.ca

A photo of Yunel Escobar from Saturday's game with the controversial message in his eye black.(Photo Credit: Getty Images, Tom Szczerbowski) Just when the Toronto Blue Jays probably thought things couldn't get any worse for them this season, a potentially homophobic message written in Yunel Escobar's eye black for Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox has created a media...

Sep 18, 2012, 11:01 am EDT via thecheapseats.ca

Photo: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson If you’re searching for a feel-good story in this disappointing Toronto Blue Jays season, look no further than Steve Delabar. Selected in the 29th round by the San Diego Padres in the 2003 draft, this six-foot-five right-hander failed to advance beyond Class-A before being released by the Padres. Fighting for his professional baseball life, Delabar latched...

Sep 10, 2012, 11:44 pm EDT via thecheapseats.ca

Due to a Rogers Centre roof malfunction, Blue Jays fans were forced to watch some of last night's game against the Baltimore Orioles in the rain. (Photo: Canadian Press/ Aaron Vincent Elkaim) What else could possibly go wrong for the last-place Toronto Blue Jays this season? Well, that question was answered last night when the Rogers Centre's retractable roof became...

Sep 5, 2012, 10:56 am EDT via thecheapseats.ca

Photo Credit: AP Photo/ Nam Y. Huh It’s the trade that Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos lost. Since assuming the GM reigns in October 2009, the 35-year-old wunderkind executive has landed Brandon Morrow, Yunel Escobar, Carlos Villanueva and Colby Rasmus for little of consequence. But now that more than a year has passed since he swapped Aaron Hill...

Sep 4, 2012, 12:20 pm EDT via thecheapseats.ca