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The Toronto Blue Jays started off an important home series with the division rival Baltimore Orioles on the right foot tonight with a 12-6 win in front of 21,446 fans at Rogers Centre. Kevin Gausman made his Major League debut for the Orioles. He pitched well early but left the game with an official line ...

May 23, 2013, 10:30 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com

Brandon Morrow (1-3, 5.16 ERA) vs. Kevin Gausman (2-4, 3.11 ERA*) *Denotes in AA for the Bowie Baysox. Kevin Gausman will make his first career MLB start tonight at Rogers Centre as part of the Baltimore Orioles injury-deleted rotation. He was the Orioles’ first round pick (4th overall) out of LSU in 2012. I’m not ...

May 23, 2013, 6:00 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com

Professional athletes are very superstitious. Sports fans are very superstitious. These facts are a part of the reason that there is a common superstition that closers in baseball don’t pitch as well in non-save situations. No one seems to have any solid reasons for why that is. Most people seem to think it’s because the ...

May 23, 2013, 2:53 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com

According to a Shi Davidi tweet, the Blue Jays are expected to call up Sean Nolin from AA New Hampshire to start Friday’s game for the Blue Jays. No corresponding roster move has been announced, but one is expected to be made, as Nolin is not on the 40 man roster. The Blue Jays left ...

May 23, 2013, 12:36 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com

16. The age we are allowed to drive. Girls have a sweet birthday when they turn 16. 16 Candles is a groundbreaking ’80′s movie…seriously. 16 is the number of years it took for the Jays to win their first World Series aaaand 16 is the number of series that the Rays won before the Blue ...

May 23, 2013, 12:07 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com

I mentioned in last week’s edition that, with Melky Cabrera possibly hitting the DL, the Jays should absolutely not call up Anthony Gose as a replacement since, quite frankly, his play of late could be equated to horse dung.  So, when Cabrera, heroically, decided to play through the pain, I thought that would be that.  ...

May 23, 2013, 12:00 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com

Injured Toronto Blue Jays starter Josh Johnson will be moving up from Dunedin to Buffalo for his next rehabilitation start. The right-hander will be making his second Minor-League start, taking the mound for the Triple-A Bisons on Saturday. JUST IN: @bluejays announce RHP Josh Johnson to start for the #Bisons on Saturday vs. Indy (1pm) ...

May 23, 2013, 9:35 am EDT via jaysjournal.com

Among my friends, my animosity for J.P Arencibia is well-known. It’s not that I dislike him as a person, I’m sure he’s a great guy; it’s just that he’s not very good at baseball. And seeing as how he plays for my favourite team, this is a bit of a problem for me. So I decided ...

May 22, 2013, 5:00 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com

And so the roller coaster ride continues… Mark Buehrle (1-3, 6.33 ERA) vs. Jeremy Hellickson (2-2, 5.82 ERA) 4:37 PM/EST (???) The last time these two starters faced off I initiated the first of many “Glimmer of Hope” editions here at Jays Journal. That game Buehrle was hammered early and often, giving up seven runs ...

May 22, 2013, 4:00 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com

Way back on Friday there was an amazing piece at Getting Blanked by the always superb Dustin Parkes. As you can see for yourself it chronicles the part baseball played in his life journey. While I’m not aiming to simply ape him completely I felt compelled to write a similar piece because when you boil ...

May 22, 2013, 2:00 pm EDT via jaysjournal.com