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Blue Jays' Beeston returns as CEO Tue Oct 14 14:45:06 2008 EST
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Longtime Toronto Blue Jays executive Paul Beeston has returned to his old title of CEO on an interim basis. The Blue Jays announced on Tuesday that Beeston, who was the first employee hired by the expansion club in 1976 and climbed the ladder to president and CEO by 1989, will return to the Toronto front office. He left the Blue Jays in 1997 to become COO for Major League Baseball, and left that position in 2002. "No one, as we'd all agree, could be better qualifi
Blue Jays keep coaching staff intact Tue Sep 30 12:22:16 2008 EST
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays will be bringing back their entire coaching staff for the 2009 season. The Blue Jays agreed to two-year contract extensions with pitching coach Brad Arnsberg, bench coach Brian Butterfield, third base coach Nick Leyva, first base coach Dwayne Murphy, hitting coach Gene Tenace and bullpen coach Bruce Walton on Tuesday. Manager Cito Gaston, who led Toronto to a 51-37 record after replacing John Gibbons on June 20, signed a two-year extension la
Jays, Orioles resume set in Camden Yards Sat Sep 27 10:56:59 2008 EST
(Sports Network) - Ex-Oriole John Parrish faces his old club for the third time tonight, when the Toronto Blue Jays head back to Camden Yards for the middle test of a three-game weekend set with slumping Baltimore. A 31-year-old southpaw, Parrish was a 25th-round draft pick of the Orioles in 1996 and began his career with them in 2000, making 153 appearances through the 2007 season. He closed that season with eight relief appearances for Seattle, then began 2008 with Toronto and has made five s
Blue Jays blank Orioles in shortened game Fri Sep 26 22:32:35 2008 EST
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Scott Richmond got his first big league win and Curtis Thigpen hit his first major league home run, as the Toronto Blue Jays downed Baltimore, 3-0, in the rain-shortened opener of both clubs' final series of the season. Richmond (1-3) surrendered only four hits without issuing a walk and fanned three. Scott Rolen and Jose Bautista drove in a run apiece for Toronto, which had lost three of four coming into this three-game set at Camden Yards. Chris Waters (3-5) t
Yankees beat Blue Jays, but playoff run ends Tue Sep 23 22:37:03 2008 EST
nto, ON (Sports Network) - Mike Mussina was solid on the mound to post his 19th win of the year and Jason Giambi clubbed his 32nd homer on the season, though the Yankees were eliminated from playoff contention despite a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston edged Cleveland 5-4 on Tuesday to clinch a playoff berth, which left New York on the outside of the postseason picture looking in for the first time since the 1993 campaign. Mussina (19-9) allowed just four hits and fanned six batte
Marcum to have Tommy John surgery Fri Sep 19 18:36:20 2008 EST
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Shaun Marcum will undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, and could miss all of the 2009 season. Heralded sports surgeon Dr. James Andrews will perform the procedure, though no date has been scheduled. Marcum has been battling problems in his right arm all season long. He missed a month between June and July with a sore right elbow, and had to leave his most recent start on Tuesday with pain in his right forearm and numbness in his
Jays P Marcum leaves game Tue Sep 16 20:34:27 2008 EST
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Toronto Blue Jays starter Shaun Marcum left Tuesday's game in the third inning with an undisclosed injury. Marcum began the inning by walking Juan Castro, allowing an RBI double to Brian Roberts then walking Nick Markakis before departing.
Toronto takes doubleheader from ChiSox, wins 10th straight Tue Sep  9 23:44:20 2008 EST
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Marco Scutaro, Scott Rolen and Vernon Wells homered as the Toronto Blue Jays clobbered Chicago, 8-2, sweeping a day/night doubleheader from the White Sox and winning their 10th game in a row. The losses by Chicago, combined with Minnesota's 7-2 home win over Kansas City, left the White Sox with a one-game lead on the Twins for first place in the AL Central. Also, the injury bug bit hard for the White Sox, as first baseman Paul Konerko was helped off the field in t
Rios selected as AL's best of the week Mon Sep  8 16:08:06 2008 EST
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Alex Rios was selected as the American League Player of the Week for the period ending September 7. Rios batted .414 with three homers, three doubles, two triples and eight runs batted in last week. He posted a .966 slugging percentage with a .414 on-base percentage. In earning his first weekly award, Rios has helped the Blue Jays to an eight- game winning streak. He was 8-for-15 with a homer and four runs batted in during a three-gam
Jays down Rays, continue spoiler role with sixth straight win Fri Sep  5 22:08:46 2008 EST
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Alex Rios hit a pair of home runs and Roy Halladay threw seven effective innings, as the Toronto Blue Jays toppled Tampa Bay, 6-4, in the first of three games with the Rays. Halladay (18-9) gave up three runs -- one earned -- on seven hits, walked none and struck out seven to pick up the win. The victory was Toronto's sixth straight, marking the first time the club has won that many in a row since May 4-10, 2004. Rios finished with three runs batted in, while Lyle
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