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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in Toronto Blue Jays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/toronto-blue-jays" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/toronto-blue-jays</id><updated>2011-12-06T11:00:29Z</updated><entry><title>Toronto acquires closer Santos in trade with White Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/toronto-acquires-closer-santos-trade-white-sox-4870805a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-06T11:00:29Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-06:/professional-baseball/toronto-acquires-closer-santos-trade-white-sox-4870805a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; have acquired closer &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Sergio Santos" href="/topic/Sergio+Santos" &gt;Sergio Santos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in a trade with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for promising right-handed pitcher &lt;span&gt;Nestor Molina&lt;/span&gt;, the Toronto club announced ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Dunedin Blue Jays"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Sergio Santos"></category></entry><entry><title>Tampa Bay signs free agent catcher Jose Molina</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tampa-bay-signs-free-agent-catcher-jose-molina-4865137a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-28T14:00:21Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-11-28:/professional-baseball/tampa-bay-signs-free-agent-catcher-jose-molina-4865137a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt; sorted out their catching needs for the 2012 &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; season by signing veteran &lt;a title="Jose Molina" href="/topic/Jose+Molina" &gt;Jose Molina&lt;/a&gt; to a one-year deal, the team said Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The $1.5 million deal includ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Puerto Rico"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Andrew Friedman"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Kelly Shoppach"></category><category term="Jose Molina"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="John Jaso"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="Robinson Chirinos"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodgers' Kershaw wins National League Cy Young Award</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/dodgers-kershaw-wins-national-league-cy-young-award-4858808a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-17T11:30:19Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-11-17:/professional-baseball/dodgers-kershaw-wins-national-league-cy-young-award-4858808a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Clayton Kershaw" href="/topic/Clayton+Kershaw" &gt;Clayton Kershaw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Dodgers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Dodgers" &gt;Los Angeles Dodgers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; won the &lt;a title="Cy Young Award" href="/topic/Cy+Young+Award" &gt;National League Cy Young Award&lt;/a&gt; as the top pitcher on Thursday, capping a season where he had the league's lowest earned run average ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Baseball Writers' Association of America"></category><category term="Clayton Kershaw"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers' Verlander unanimously wins AL Cy Young</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigers-verlander-unanimously-wins-al-cy-young-4857102a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-15T14:00:33Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-11-15:/professional-baseball/tigers-verlander-unanimously-wins-al-cy-young-4857102a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Justin Verlander" href="/topic/Justin+Verlander" &gt;Justin Verlander&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; won the &lt;span id="cy_young_award" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title="Cy Young Award" href="/topic/Cy+Young+Award" &gt;American League Cy Young Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; as the top pitcher on Tuesday, capping a br...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Baseball Writers' Association of America"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Jered Weaver"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Comerica Park"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Bautista, Kemp win Aaron Award for offensive excellence</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bautista-kemp-win-aaron-award-offensive-excellence-4848313a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-24T18:00:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-24:/professional-baseball/bautista-kemp-win-aaron-award-offensive-excellence-4848313a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;ARLINGTON&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Texas" href="/topic/Texas" &gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Matt Kemp" href="/topic/Matt+Kemp" &gt;Matt Kemp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Dodgers" href="...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Tony Gwynn"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Hank Aaron"></category><category term="Matt Kemp"></category><category term="Babe Ruth"></category><category term="Roberto Alomar"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Paul Molitor"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Friends Halladay and Carpenter clash in playoffs duel</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/friends-halladay-carpenter-clash-playoffs-duel-4841083a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-06T18:30:51Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-06:/professional-baseball/friends-halladay-carpenter-clash-playoffs-duel-4841083a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Baseball buddies &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Roy Halladay" href="/topic/Roy+Halladay" &gt;Roy Halladay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chris Carpenter" href="/topic/Chris+Carpenter" &gt;Chris Carpenter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who forged a close bond during their formative years as pitchers, duel each other on Friday in their biggest game of the 2011 &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Majo...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Syracuse"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Dunedin"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Tony La Russa"></category><category term="Cy Young"></category><category term="Chris Carpenter"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Angels playoff hopes dimmed by Jays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/angels-playoff-hopes-dimmed-jays-4835323a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-22T21:30:17Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-22:/professional-baseball/angels-playoff-hopes-dimmed-jays-4835323a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Anaheim Angels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;' playoff hopes dimmed on Thursday after &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Edwin Encarnacion" href="/topic/Edwin+Encarnacion" &gt;Edwin Encarnacion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; slammed a 12th inning walkoff homer to lift the Toronto...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="Edwin Encarnacion"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees Rivera matches record with 601st save</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-rivera-matches-record-601st-save-4833060a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-17T18:30:35Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-17:/professional-baseball/yankees-rivera-matches-record-601st-save-4833060a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; closing relief pitcher &lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt; matched a &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; record on Saturday with his 601st career save as the Yankees defeated &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt; 7-6.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 41-year-old Panamanian right-hander equaled the ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Colby Rasmus"></category><category term="Brett Lawrie"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Wakefield finally gets 200th career win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/wakefield-finally-200th-career-win-4831332a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-13T23:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-13:/professional-baseball/wakefield-finally-200th-career-win-4831332a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;BOSTON&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tim Wakefield" href="/topic/Tim+Wakefield" &gt;Tim Wakefield&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ended the long wait for his 200th career win on Tuesday, the 45-year-old knuckleball pitcher picking up the victory in &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;'s 18-6 rout of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox crush Blue Jays 14-0 to lift spirits</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-crush-blue-jays-140-lift-spirits-4828632a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-06T20:00:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-06:/professional-baseball/red-sox-crush-blue-jays-140-lift-spirits-4828632a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; took out their recent frustrations on Toronto by bashing the Blue Jays 14-0 for an uplifting victory on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Red Sox dominated at the plate and on the mound where pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jon Lester" href="/to...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Marco Scutaro"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Boston's Beckett leaves game with ankle problem</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-leaves-game-ankle-problem-4828189a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-05T22:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-05:/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-leaves-game-ankle-problem-4828189a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The struggling &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s latest defeat was made all the more painful after ace pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was forced to abandon the mound early in the game with a right an...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Daniel Bard"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Bautista blasts MLB-leading homer as Jays crush Orioles</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bautista-blasts-mlbleading-homer-jays-crush-orioles-4826458a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-31T19:30:20Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-31:/professional-baseball/bautista-blasts-mlbleading-homer-jays-crush-orioles-4826458a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BALTIMORE (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; bashed his Major League-leading 39th home run of the season and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; crushed the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Baltimore Orioles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in a 13-0 blowout victory on Wed...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Jo-Jo Reyes"></category><category term="Jose Molina"></category><category term="Kelly Johnson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays and Diamondbacks swap second basemen</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-diamondbacks-swap-basemen-4823020a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-23T14:00:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-23:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-diamondbacks-swap-basemen-4823020a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays acquired &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kelly Johnson (Baseball)" href="/topic/Kelly+Johnson+(Baseball)" &gt;second baseman Kelly Johnson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; from the &lt;a title="Arizona Diamondbacks" href="/topic/Arizona+Diamondbacks" &gt;Arizona Diamondbacks&lt;/a&gt; for infielders &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Aaron Hill (Baseball)" href=...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="John McDonald"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Kelly Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Colby Rasmus"></category><category term="Aaron Hill (Baseball)"></category><category term="Brett Lawrie"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Rauch appendectomy leads to Blue Jays pitching shake-up</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rauch-appendectomy-leads-blue-jays-pitching-shakeup-4820250a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-16T15:30:43Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-16:/professional-baseball/rauch-appendectomy-leads-blue-jays-pitching-shakeup-4820250a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - An attack of appendicitis for Blue Jays reliever &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jon Rauch" href="/topic/Jon+Rauch" &gt;Jon Rauch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; led Toronto to adjust their pitching staff, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; club said on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rauch, who underwent an appendectomy...</summary><category term="Internal Medicine"></category><category term="Appendicitis"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Las Vegas 51s"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Pacific Coast League"></category><category term="Trever Miller"></category><category term="Jon Rauch"></category><category term="Wilfredo Ledezma"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Alomar hears cheers again as his number is retired</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/alomar-hears-cheers-number-retired-4813752a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-31T16:00:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-31:/professional-baseball/alomar-hears-cheers-number-retired-4813752a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - It seemed like old times at the &lt;span&gt;Rogers Center&lt;/span&gt; on Sunday with a packed house on its feet cheering for &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Roberto Alomar" href="/topic/Roberto+Alomar" &gt;Roberto Alomar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span id="gold_glove_award" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title="Gold Glove Award" href="/topic/Gold+Glove+Award"...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Puerto Rico"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="National Baseball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Cooperstown"></category><category term="Roberto Alomar"></category><category term="Edwin Encarnacion"></category><category term="Colby Rasmus"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="Gold Glove Award"></category></entry><entry><title>Braves land Bourn in trade deadline deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/braves-land-bourn-trade-deadline-deal-4813680a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-31T11:30:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-31:/professional-baseball/braves-land-bourn-trade-deadline-deal-4813680a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Atlanta Braves" href="/topic/Atlanta+Braves" &gt;ATLANTA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Atlanta Braves have acquired speedy &lt;span id="gold_glove_award" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title="Gold Glove Award" href="/topic/Gold+Glove+Award" &gt;Gold Glove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; outfielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Michael Bourn" href="/topic/Michael+Bourn" &gt;Michael Bourn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in a five-player deal with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Houston Astr...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Frank Wren"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Rafael Furcal"></category><category term="Colby Rasmus"></category><category term="Edwin Jackson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jordan Schafer"></category><category term="Octavio Dotel"></category><category term="Michael Bourn"></category><category term="Corey Patterson"></category><category term="Marc Rzepczynski"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="Gold Glove Award"></category></entry><entry><title>Jays send Frasor to White Sox in four-player deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jays-send-frasor-white-sox-fourplayer-deal-4812022a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-27T11:00:20Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-27:/professional-baseball/jays-send-frasor-white-sox-fourplayer-deal-4812022a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays traded reliever &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jason Frasor" href="/topic/Jason+Frasor" &gt;Jason Frasor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and pitching prospect &lt;span&gt;Zach Stewart&lt;/span&gt; to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Edwin Jackson (Basebal...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Kenny Williams"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Mark Teahen"></category><category term="Edwin Jackson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jason Frasor"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Alomar, Blyleven lend international touch to Hall of</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/alomar-blyleven-lend-international-touch-hall-4810686a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-24T15:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-24:/professional-baseball/alomar-blyleven-lend-international-touch-hall-4810686a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Cooperstown (New York)" href="/topic/Cooperstown+(New+York)" &gt;COOPERSTOWN, New York&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Roberto Alomar" href="/topic/Roberto+Alomar" &gt;Roberto Alomar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bert Blyleven" href="/topic/Bert+Blyleven" &gt;Bert Blyleven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; provided an international touch to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="National Baseball Hall of Fame" href="/topic/National+Ba...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Puerto Rico"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="National Baseball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Cooperstown (New York)"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Bert Blyleven"></category><category term="Sandy Koufax"></category><category term="Vin Scully"></category><category term="Roberto Alomar"></category><category term="Sandy Alomar"></category><category term="Pat Gillick"></category><category term="Orlando Cepeda"></category><category term="Roberto Clemente"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Gold Glove Award"></category></entry><entry><title>Davis steals the show as Blue Jays edge</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/davis-steals-show-blue-jays-edge-4808825a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-19T22:30:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-19:/professional-baseball/davis-steals-show-blue-jays-edge-4808825a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Rajai Davis" href="/topic/Rajai+Davis" &gt;Rajai Davis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; loves driving opposing pitchers crazy and the speedy Toronto Blue Jays outfielder did just that on Wednesday by stealing three bases in a 6-5 extra-innings win over the slumping &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/Seattle+Ma...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="John McDonald"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Miguel Olivo"></category><category term="Yunel Escobar"></category><category term="Rajai Davis"></category><category term="Jamey Wright"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays to retire Hall of Famer Alomar's number</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-retire-hall-famer-alomars-number-4808623a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-19T13:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-19:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-retire-hall-famer-alomars-number-4808623a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="National Baseball Hall of Fame" href="/topic/National+Baseball+Hall+of+Fame" &gt;Hall of Fame&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; second baseman &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Roberto Alomar" href="/topic/Roberto+Alomar" &gt;Roberto Alomar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will become the first Toronto Blue Jays player to have his number retired, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="National Baseball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Roberto Alomar"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Jays' All Star Bautista leaves early with twisted ankle</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jays-star-bautista-leaves-early-twisted-ankle-4807045a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-15T09:30:58Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-15:/professional-baseball/jays-star-bautista-leaves-early-twisted-ankle-4807045a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Toronto slugger &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s return to the Blue Jays did not last long after the All Star outfielder was forced to leave with a twisted ankle in the fourth inning of his team's 16-7 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays trade outfielder Rivera to Dodgers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-trade-outfielder-rivera-dodgers-4805795a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-12T12:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-12:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-trade-outfielder-rivera-dodgers-4805795a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays traded &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Juan Rivera (Baseball)" href="/topic/Juan+Rivera+(Baseball)" &gt;outfielder Juan Rivera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Dodgers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Dodgers" &gt;Los Angeles Dodgers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in exchange for a player to be named later or cash consideratio...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Juan Rivera (Baseball)"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Home run king Bautista ready to be a big hit</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/home-run-king-bautista-ready-big-hit-4804106a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-08T00:30:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-08:/professional-baseball/home-run-king-bautista-ready-big-hit-4804106a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - After spending much of his career as an anonymous member of the supporting cast, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; steps into the spotlight next week as the unlikely headliner of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major Le...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North America"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Time Inc."></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Barry Bonds"></category><category term="Tom Brady"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Sidney Crosby"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Miguel Tejada"></category><category term="Ken Griffey Jr."></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Gregg Zaun"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Ellsbury, Wakefield carry Red Sox past Blue Jays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ellsbury-wakefield-carry-red-sox-blue-jays-4803566a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-06T20:30:33Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-06:/professional-baseball/ellsbury-wakefield-carry-red-sox-blue-jays-4803566a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; knuckleballer &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tim Wakefield" href="/topic/Tim+Wakefield" &gt;Tim Wakefield&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; kept the Blue Jays batters off balance as Boston scored a 6-4 win over &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Fenway Park" href="/topic/Fenway+Park" &gt;Fenway Par...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Ricky Romero"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox ace Lester injures back in Boston win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-ace-lester-injures-boston-win-4802989a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-05T22:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-05:/professional-baseball/red-sox-ace-lester-injures-boston-win-4802989a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jon Lester" href="/topic/Jon+Lester" &gt;Jon Lester&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s promising start against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ended abruptly on Tuesday when the left-hander was forced to leave the game early due to a strained muscle on the le...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Edwin Encarnacion"></category><category term="Matt Albers"></category><category term="Darnell McDonald (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Jay's Bautista earns most all-star votes</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jays-bautista-earns-allstar-votes-4802103a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-03T19:30:17Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-03:/professional-baseball/jays-bautista-earns-allstar-votes-4802103a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt; garnered the most votes in fan balloting for a starting spot as &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; announced its rosters for the 82nd all-star game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Blue Jays outfielder received 7.45 million votes to break &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Ken Griffey Jr." href="/topic/Ken+Griffey+Jr." &gt;Ke...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Josh Hamilton"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Brian McCann"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Matt Kemp"></category><category term="Adrian Gonzalez"></category><category term="Prince Fielder"></category><category term="Cole Hamels"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Rickie Weeks"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Ken Griffey Jr."></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Bruce Bochy"></category><category term="Lance Berkman"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Placido Polanco"></category><category term="Ryan Braun (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays rock Lee to claim comeback win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-rock-lee-claim-comeback-win-4802016a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-03T15:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-03:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-rock-lee-claim-comeback-win-4802016a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;Eric Thames&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; slammed back-to-back homers and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Edwin Encarnacion" href="/topic/Edwin+Encarnacion" &gt;Edwin Encarnacion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; added a two-run blast as the Toronto Blue Jays ended &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Cl...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="McDonald's Corporation"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jimmy Rollins"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Edwin Encarnacion"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Jo-Jo Reyes"></category><category term="Rajai Davis"></category><category term="Canada Day"></category><category term="Grover Cleveland Alexander"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Halladay weekend in Toronto as Doc makes return</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/halladay-weekend-toronto-doc-return-4801813a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-02T17:30:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-02:/professional-baseball/halladay-weekend-toronto-doc-return-4801813a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Over 12 seasons Toronto Blue Jays fans became used to watching a clinical &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Roy Halladay" href="/topic/Roy+Halladay" &gt;Roy Halladay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; take the mound and pitch a complete game win -- just not against them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Back in Toronto for the first time since being traded to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Philadelphia Phil...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jimmy Rollins"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Ryan Howard"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Jon Rauch"></category><category term="Chase Utley"></category><category term="Alfonso Marquez"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Group of Twenty"></category></entry><entry><title>Phillies rally to dump Jays, spoil Canada Day party</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/phillies-rally-dump-jays-spoil-canada-day-party-4801465a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-01T14:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-01:/professional-baseball/phillies-rally-dump-jays-spoil-canada-day-party-4801465a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The major league-leading &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; rallied in the ninth inning to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Friday in front of a near-capacity crowd celebrating the start of the &lt;a title="Canada Day" href="/topic/Canada+Day...</summary><category term="Holidays"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Ryan Howard"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Chase Utley"></category><category term="Canada Day"></category><category term="Placido Polanco"></category><category term="Frank Francisco"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Pirates' treasure Correia scrapes to pitch-perfect 10</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/pirates-treasure-correia-scrapes-pitchperfect-1-4800109a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-29T01:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-29:/professional-baseball/pirates-treasure-correia-scrapes-pitchperfect-1-4800109a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;But not this season as &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Correia" href="/topic/Kevin+Correia" &gt;Kevin Correia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; improved to 10-6 when the Pirates squeezed past the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 7-6 on Tuesday to become the first &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Pittsburgh Pirates" href="/topic/Pittsburgh+Pirates" &gt;Pittsburgh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pitcher to record 10 wins before the All-Star break since &lt;span&gt;Bob Walk&lt;/span&gt; in 1993.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Number 10 was...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Philadelphia"></category><category term="San Diego"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Paul Maholm"></category><category term="Edwin Encarnacion"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Joel Hanrahan"></category><category term="Kevin Correia"></category><category term="Clint Hurdle"></category><category term="Corey Patterson"></category><category term="Zach Duke"></category><category term="Ross Ohlendorf"></category><category term="Andrew McCutchen"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays recall pitcher Cecil from triple-A minors</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-recall-pitcher-cecil-triplea-minors-4799780a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-28T10:30:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-28:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-recall-pitcher-cecil-triplea-minors-4799780a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays recalled left-hander &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Brett Cecil" href="/topic/Brett+Cecil" &gt;Brett Cecil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; from the minors on Tuesday and said the pitcher will return to the rotation this week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cecil went 8-2 with a 5.26 earned-run average in 12 starts since being optioned to triple-A &lt;span&gt;&lt;...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Las Vegas"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Brett Cecil"></category><category term="Pacific Coast League"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers manager ejected, sparks team to win over Blue Jays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigers-manager-ejected-sparks-team-win-blue-jays-4799549a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-27T21:30:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-27:/professional-baseball/tigers-manager-ejected-sparks-team-win-blue-jays-4799549a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;DETROIT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Detroit manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jim Leyland" href="/topic/Jim+Leyland" &gt;Jim Leyland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was ejected from Monday's game against &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for arguing a call with umpires, but his team seemed to feed off his fire and went on to beat the B...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Juan Rivera"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Don Kelly"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Jhonny Peralta"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Jose Molina"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Comerica Park"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Max Scherzer"></category><category term="Joaquin Benoit"></category><category term="Aaron Hill (Baseball)"></category><category term="Marc Rzepczynski"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Jays send Cardinals to another loss without Pujols</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jays-send-cardinals-loss-pujols-4798756a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-25T20:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-25:/professional-baseball/jays-send-cardinals-loss-pujols-4798756a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="St. Louis Cardinals" href="/topic/St.+Louis+Cardinals" &gt;ST. LOUIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; took full advantage of the absence of injured &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Albert Pujols" href="/topic/Albert+Pujols" &gt;Albert Pujols&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in Saturday's 6-3 victory to send the struggling St. Louis Cardinals to anot...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Juan Rivera"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Carlos Villanueva"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Albert Pujols"></category><category term="Edwin Encarnacion"></category><category term="Frank Francisco"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Escobar signs two-year, $10 million extension with Blue Jays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/escobar-signs-twoyear-10-million-extension-blue-jays-4795759a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-19T11:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-19:/professional-baseball/escobar-signs-twoyear-10-million-extension-blue-jays-4795759a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Cuban shortstop &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Yunel Escobar" href="/topic/Yunel+Escobar" &gt;Yunel Escobar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has signed a two-year, $10 million extension with the Toronto Blue Jays that will keep him under contract through the 2013 season, the &lt;span&gt;American League&lt;/span&gt; team said on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deal also includes...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Yunel Escobar"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Lind's hot bat fires Blue Jays past Reds</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/linds-hot-bat-fires-blue-jays-reds-4795356a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-17T20:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-17:/professional-baseball/linds-hot-bat-fires-blue-jays-reds-4795356a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Cincinnati Reds" href="/topic/Cincinnati+Reds" &gt;CINCINNATI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; rode the hot bat of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Adam Lind" href="/topic/Adam+Lind" &gt;Adam Lind&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to edge the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 in interleague play on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lind belted his fourth home run in his last four gam...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jo-Jo Reyes"></category><category term="Scott Rolen"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Corey Patterson"></category><category term="Mike Leake"></category><category term="Drew Stubbs"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays' Romero overpowers Orioles in 4-1 win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-romero-overpowers-orioles-41-win-4794337a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-15T19:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-15:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-romero-overpowers-orioles-41-win-4794337a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays struck early and got solid pitching from &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Ricky Romero" href="/topic/Ricky+Romero" &gt;Ricky Romero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; as they posted a 4-1 win on Wednesday over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Baltimore Orioles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, a divisional rival they ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Juan Rivera"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Ricky Romero"></category><category term="Yunel Escobar"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays' Lind showing no rust in return from injury</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-lind-showing-rust-return-injury-4794297a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-15T17:01:02Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-15:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-lind-showing-rust-return-injury-4794297a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Toronto Blue Jays cleanup hitter &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Adam Lind" href="/topic/Adam+Lind" &gt;Adam Lind&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is making up for lost time since returning to the lineup after a back injury interrupted his dazzling start to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Base...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays send struggling pitcher Drabek to minors</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-send-struggling-pitcher-drabek-minors-4793641a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-14T13:30:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-14:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-send-struggling-pitcher-drabek-minors-4793641a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kyle Drabek" href="/topic/Kyle+Drabek" &gt;Kyle Drabek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was demoted to the minors two days after the right-hander was roughed up in a game against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Las Vegas"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Pacific Coast League"></category><category term="Kyle Drabek"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Toronto's Reyes gets first win in almost three years</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/torontos-reyes-win-years-4787370a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-30T23:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-30:/professional-baseball/torontos-reyes-win-years-4787370a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Toronto pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jo-Jo Reyes" href="/topic/Jo-Jo+Reyes" &gt;Jo-Jo Reyes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; celebrated his first win in nearly three years on Monday and avoided setting a &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; record for consecutive starts without a vict...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Cliff Curtis"></category><category term="Jo-Jo Reyes"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Matt Keough"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays bullpen blows Jo-Jo Reyes' lead</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-bullpen-blows-jojo-reyes-lead-4783543a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-20T21:30:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-20:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-bullpen-blows-jojo-reyes-lead-4783543a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher &lt;a title="Jo-Jo Reyes" href="/topic/Jo-Jo+Reyes" &gt;Jo-Jo Reyes&lt;/a&gt; was in spectacular form attempting to secure his first win in 27 starts, but was let down by his bullpen as the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Houston Astros" href="/topic/Houston+Astros" &gt;Houston Astros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; rallied for a...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Oakland"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jo-Jo Reyes"></category><category term="Jon Rauch"></category><category term="Frank Francisco"></category><category term="Chris Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="Matt Keough"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays edge Rays after early pitching duel</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-edge-rays-early-pitching-duel-4783058a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-19T20:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-19:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-edge-rays-early-pitching-duel-4783058a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays edged the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 3-2 in a contest highlighted by strong pitching and home runs at the &lt;span&gt;Rogers Center&lt;/span&gt; on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Toronto's &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Ricky Romero" href="/topic/Ricky+Romero" &gt;Ricky Romer...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Juan Rivera"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Kelly Shoppach"></category><category term="Ricky Romero"></category><category term="J.P. Arencibia"></category><category term="Frank Francisco"></category><category term="Marc Rzepczynski"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Toronto's Bautista stays on fire with three homers for Jays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/torontos-bautista-stays-fire-homers-jays-4781084a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-15T18:30:33Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-15:/professional-baseball/torontos-bautista-stays-fire-homers-jays-4781084a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;MINNESOTA (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt; slugger &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; continued his red-hot form by hitting three home runs in the Blue Jays' 11-3 rout over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bautista, who led the Major ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Bautista blasts Blue Jays past Twins in extra innings</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bautista-blasts-blue-jays-twins-extra-innings-4780811a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-14T19:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-14:/professional-baseball/bautista-blasts-blue-jays-twins-extra-innings-4780811a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minneapolis" href="/topic/Minneapolis" &gt;MINNEAPOLIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; hit his league leading 13th home run to spark a six-run outburst in the eleventh inning that gave the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; a 9-3 win over the slumping &lt;span&gt;&lt;a t...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Minneapolis"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Michael Cuddyer"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Nick Blackburn"></category><category term="Jo-Jo Reyes"></category><category term="J.P. Arencibia"></category><category term="Corey Patterson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Wakefield cracks knuckles ahead of milestone appearance</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/wakefield-cracks-knuckles-milestone-appearance-4779010a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-10T22:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-10:/professional-baseball/wakefield-cracks-knuckles-milestone-appearance-4779010a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tim Wakefield" href="/topic/Tim+Wakefield" &gt;Tim Wakefield&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is a rare breed in &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; knuck...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Nolan Ryan"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Phil Niekro"></category><category term="Bob Uecker"></category><category term="Charlie Hough"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Detroit's Verlander tosses no-hitter</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/detroits-verlander-tosses-nohitter-4777721a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-07T17:30:32Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-07:/professional-baseball/detroits-verlander-tosses-nohitter-4777721a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt; pitcher &lt;a title="Justin Verlander" href="/topic/Justin+Verlander" &gt;Justin Verlander&lt;/a&gt; threw his second career &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; no-hitter, striking out four batters to spark a 9-0 triumph over the &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In improving to 3-3 on the season, Verlander on ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Nolan Ryan"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Edwin Encarnacion"></category><category term="Francisco Liriano"></category><category term="J.P. Arencibia"></category><category term="Jhonny Peralta"></category><category term="Rajai Davis"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Jack Morris"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tampa Bays Rays' Upton banned two games for tirade</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tampa-bays-rays-upton-banned-games-tirade-4777609a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-07T10:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-07:/professional-baseball/tampa-bays-rays-upton-banned-games-tirade-4777609a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa&lt;/a&gt; Bays Rays outfielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="B.J. Upton" href="/topic/B.J.+Upton" &gt;B.J. Upton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has been suspended for two games for a tirade late in a recent game after being called out on strikes, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Suspensions, Sanctions, and Fines"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees outlast pesky Blue Jays 5-4</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-outlast-pesky-blue-jays-54-4774613a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-30T18:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-30:/professional-baseball/yankees-outlast-pesky-blue-jays-54-4774613a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored five early runs and held off the tenacious &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for a 5-4 win at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Yankee Stadium" href="/topic/Yankee+Stadium" &gt;Yankee Stadium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York roughed up Blu...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Mike McCoy"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Jose Molina"></category><category term="Kyle Drabek"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Adam Lind homers twice as Toronto smash Rangers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/adam-lind-homers-toronto-smash-rangers-4772942a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-26T21:00:15Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-26:/professional-baseball/adam-lind-homers-toronto-smash-rangers-4772942a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;ARLINGTON&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Texas" href="/topic/Texas" &gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; battered opposing &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Matt Harrison (Baseball)" href="/topic/Matt+Harrison+(Baseball)" &gt;pitcher Matt Harrison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to defeat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sp...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jesse Litsch"></category><category term="Matt Harrison (Baseball)"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Julio Borbon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays send struggling pitcher Brett Cecil to minors</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-send-struggling-pitcher-brett-cecil-minors-4771122a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-21T17:30:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-21:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-send-struggling-pitcher-brett-cecil-minors-4771122a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher &lt;a title="Brett Cecil" href="/topic/Brett+Cecil" &gt;Brett Cecil&lt;/a&gt; has been optioned to &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Las Vegas" href="/topic/Las+Vegas" &gt;Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Pacific Coast League" href="/topic/Pacific+Coast+League" &gt;Pacific Coast League&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; follow...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Las Vegas"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Brett Cecil"></category><category term="Pacific Coast League"></category><category term="Chris Woodward"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Bartolo Colon returns as starter, pitches Yankees to win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bartolo-colon-returns-starter-pitches-yankees-win-4770654a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-20T20:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-20:/professional-baseball/bartolo-colon-returns-starter-pitches-yankees-win-4770654a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Bartolo Colon" href="/topic/Bartolo+Colon" &gt;Bartolo Colon&lt;/a&gt; made his first start in nearly two years to help the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 37-year-old Colon, who had not started s...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Bartolo Colon"></category><category term="Rafael Soriano"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays and Athletics swap pitchers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-athletics-swap-pitchers-4769355a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-18T13:01:15Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-18:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-athletics-swap-pitchers-4769355a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oakland Athletics" href="/topic/Oakland+Athletics" &gt;Oakland Athletics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; swapped pitchers, with the A's sending &lt;span&gt;Daniel Farquhar&lt;/span&gt; north for former first-round pick &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="David Purcey" href="/topic/David+Purcey" &gt;David Purcey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the tw...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="David Purcey"></category><category term="Rajai Davis"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Latest Red Sox flop leaves "stink"</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/latest-red-sox-flop-leaves-stink-4769052a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-18T11:03:27Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-18:/professional-baseball/latest-red-sox-flop-leaves-stink-4769052a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s early season woes continued on Friday when they fell to a 7-6 defeat by the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; at a chilly &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Fenway Park" href="/topic/Fenway+Park" &gt;Fenway Park&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Red Sox, considered a pre...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Clay Buchholz"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Bobby Jenks"></category><category term="Brett Cecil"></category><category term="Jon Rauch"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Alastair Himmer"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Former slugger Carlos Delgado retires after battling injuries</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/slugger-carlos-delgado-retires-battling-injuries-4767347a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-13T13:30:29Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-13:/professional-baseball/slugger-carlos-delgado-retires-battling-injuries-4767347a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Former All-Star first baseman &lt;a title="Carlos Delgado" href="/topic/Carlos+Delgado" &gt;Carlos Delgado&lt;/a&gt; retired from &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Wednesday, two years after he was sidelined with a hip injury.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Delgado, who played for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toro...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Puerto Rico"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Carlos Delgado"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Cahill wins pitchers' duel as Athletics edge Blue Jays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/cahill-wins-pitchers-duel-athletics-edge-blue-jays-4764912a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-07T15:30:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-07:/professional-baseball/cahill-wins-pitchers-duel-athletics-edge-blue-jays-4764912a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Trevor Cahill" href="/topic/Trevor+Cahill" &gt;Trevor Cahill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; came out on top in a pitching duel with &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Ricky Romero" href="/topic/Ricky+Romero" &gt;Ricky Romero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, tossing eight brilliant innings to pick up his first win of the season as the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oakland Athl...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Bob Geren"></category><category term="Conor Jackson"></category><category term="Ricky Romero"></category><category term="Trevor Cahill"></category><category term="Andy LaRoche"></category><category term="J.P. Arencibia"></category><category term="Jason Frasor"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Booming bats power Blue Jays to win over Twins</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/booming-bats-power-blue-jays-win-twins-4762505a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-01T20:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-01:/professional-baseball/booming-bats-power-blue-jays-win-twins-4762505a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="J.P. Arencibia" href="/topic/J.P.+Arencibia" &gt;Catcher J.P. Arencibia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; smashed two home runs and drove in five runs to lead the big-hitting Toronto Blue Jays to a ruthless season-opening 13-3 rout of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Carl Pavano"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Ricky Romero"></category><category term="J.P. Arencibia"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Home run king Bautista getting royal treatment</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/home-run-king-bautista-royal-treatment-4762468a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-01T18:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-01:/professional-baseball/home-run-king-bautista-royal-treatment-4762468a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Toronto Blue Jays outfielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was an unheralded journeyman who could walk the streets without attracting a second glance a year ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But as the Blue Jays launched a new season against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" hre...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Caribbean"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Dominican Republic"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Tiger Woods"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Major League"></category></entry><entry><title>Toronto slugger Bautista rewarded with $64 million deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/toronto-slugger-bautista-rewarded-64-million-deal-4743911a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-17T16:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-17:/professional-baseball/toronto-slugger-bautista-rewarded-64-million-deal-4743911a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dunedin" href="/topic/Dunedin" &gt;DUNEDIN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span&gt;Florida&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Bautista" href="/topic/Jose+Bautista" &gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who led &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with 54 home runs last season, agreed to a $64-million, five-year contract extension with the &lt;a title="Toron...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Caribbean"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Dominican Republic"></category><category term="Dunedin"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Hank Aaron"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Ricky Romero"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Marcum agrees to $3.95 million deal with Brewers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/marcum-agrees-395-million-deal-brewers-4740649a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-10T06:30:25Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-10:/professional-baseball/marcum-agrees-395-million-deal-brewers-4740649a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Newly acquired pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Shaun Marcum" href="/topic/Shaun+Marcum" &gt;Shaun Marcum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has agreed to a one-year, $3.95 million contract with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Milwaukee Brewers" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Brewers" &gt;Milwaukee Brewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, thus avoiding arbitration, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Ba...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Shaun Marcum"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Jays deal newly acquired Napoli to Texas for Francisco</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jays-deal-newly-acquired-napoli-texas-francisco-4733971a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-25T14:00:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-25:/professional-baseball/jays-deal-newly-acquired-napoli-texas-francisco-4733971a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays wasted little time trading newly acquired &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mike Napoli" href="/topic/Mike+Napoli" &gt;Mike Napoli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, sending the first baseman-catcher to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for relief pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Frank Fra...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Frank Francisco"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays trade Wells to Angels for Napoli and Rivera</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-trade-wells-angels-napoli-rivera-4732650a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-21T20:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-21:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-trade-wells-angels-napoli-rivera-4732650a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays have traded three times All-Star outfielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Vernon Wells" href="/topic/Vernon+Wells" &gt;Vernon Wells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in exchange for catcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a titl...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Juan Rivera (Baseball)"></category><category term="Montreal Expos"></category><category term="Silver Slugger Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="Gold Glove Award"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays agree to deals with Escobar and Davis</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-agree-deals-escobar-davis-4730947a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-18T10:30:24Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-18:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-agree-deals-escobar-davis-4730947a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays inked shortstop &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Yunel Escobar" href="/topic/Yunel+Escobar" &gt;Yunel Escobar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and outfielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Rajai Davis" href="/topic/Rajai+Davis" &gt;Rajai Davis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to deals on Tuesday, adding to a flurry of signings ahead of spring training.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Escobar, acqu...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jesse Litsch"></category><category term="Shawn Camp"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Jon Rauch"></category><category term="Yunel Escobar"></category><category term="Rajai Davis"></category><category term="Casey Janssen"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays sign reliever Rauch and three others</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-sign-reliever-rauch-4730860a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-18T06:53:33Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-18:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-sign-reliever-rauch-4730860a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays have firmed up their pitching staff by signing free-agent reliever &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jon Rauch" href="/topic/Jon+Rauch" &gt;Jon Rauch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and three current pitchers, all right-handers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rauch, who played for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Kevin Gregg"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jesse Litsch"></category><category term="Shawn Camp"></category><category term="Octavio Dotel"></category><category term="Jon Rauch"></category><category term="Casey Janssen"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays sign Encarnacion to one-year deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-sign-encarnacion-oneyear-deal-4714226a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-16T09:00:26Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-16:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-sign-encarnacion-oneyear-deal-4714226a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed infielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Edwin Encarnacion" href="/topic/Edwin+Encarnacion" &gt;Edwin Encarnacion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a 2011 contract worth $2.5 million, the team said on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deal also includes a club option of $3.5 million for the 2012 season, Toronto said in a news rele...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Caribbean"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Dominican Republic"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Edwin Encarnacion"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="John Mehaffey"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Free agent Overbay signs one-year deal with Pirates</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/free-agent-overbay-signs-oneyear-deal-pirates-4713009a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-14T13:30:19Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-14:/professional-baseball/free-agent-overbay-signs-oneyear-deal-pirates-4713009a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Free-agent first baseman &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Lyle Overbay" href="/topic/Lyle+Overbay" &gt;Lyle Overbay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has signed a one-year contract with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Pittsburgh Pirates" href="/topic/Pittsburgh+Pirates" &gt;Pittsburgh Pirates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the team said on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Overbay, 33, spent the past five years with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Tor...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Baseball Transactions"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Neal Huntington"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Lyle Overbay"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Pirates reach deal with free agent 1B Overbay</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/pirates-reach-deal-free-agent-1b-overbay-4712995a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-14T13:00:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-14:/professional-baseball/pirates-reach-deal-free-agent-1b-overbay-4712995a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Pirates reach 1-year deal with free agent &lt;a title="Lyle Overbay" href="/topic/Lyle+Overbay" &gt;1B Lyle Overbay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Free-agent first baseman &lt;span&gt;Lyle Overbay&lt;/span&gt; reached a one-year deal with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Pittsburgh Pirates" href="/topic/Pittsburgh+Pirates" &gt;Pittsburgh Pirates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Tuesday, returning to the NL after five seasons with &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Overbay, 34 next mon...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Neal Huntington"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Matt Diaz"></category><category term="Ryan Doumit"></category><category term="Garrett Jones"></category><category term="Lyle Overbay"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Angels sign free agent reliever Downs</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/angels-sign-free-agent-reliever-downs-4710735a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-10T18:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-10:/professional-baseball/angels-sign-free-agent-reliever-downs-4710735a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Los Angeles Angels have bolstered their bullpen by signing left-handed reliever &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Scott Downs" href="/topic/Scott+Downs" &gt;Scott Downs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a three-year contract, the club said on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terms of the contract were not disclosed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Free agent Downs, ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Tony Reagins"></category><category term="Scott Downs"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Hisanori Takahashi"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Gillick voted to Hall of Fame, Miller denied again</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/gillick-voted-hall-fame-miller-denied-4707458a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-06T16:31:03Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-06:/professional-baseball/gillick-voted-hall-fame-miller-denied-4707458a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Baseball executive &lt;a title="Pat Gillick" href="/topic/Pat+Gillick" &gt;Pat Gillick&lt;/a&gt; has been elected to the &lt;a title="National Baseball Hall of Fame" href="/topic/National+Baseball+Hall+of+Fame" &gt;Hall of Fame&lt;/a&gt;, but controversial union chief &lt;a title="Marvin Miller" href="/topic/Marvin+Miller" &gt;Marvin Miller&lt;/a&gt; missed out again as did longtime Yankees owner &lt;a title="George Steinbrenner" href="/topic/George+Steinbrenner" &gt;George Steinbrenner&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gillick received 13 votes from ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Seattle"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="National Baseball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Major League Baseball Players Association"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Baseball Writers' Association of America"></category><category term="Johnny Bench"></category><category term="George Steinbrenner"></category><category term="Marvin Miller"></category><category term="Pat Gillick"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>AP source: Blue Jays trade RHP Marcum to Brewers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ap-source-blue-jays-trade-rhp-marcum-brewers-4707135a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-06T09:30:48Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-06:/professional-baseball/ap-source-blue-jays-trade-rhp-marcum-brewers-4707135a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Person familiar with deal: Blue Jays trade &lt;a title="Shaun Marcum" href="/topic/Shaun+Marcum" &gt;RHP Shaun Marcum&lt;/a&gt; to Brewers for 2B prospect Lawrie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A person familiar with the deal tells &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="The Associated Press" href="/topic/The+Associated+Press" &gt;The Associated Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; that the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; have agreed to trade pitcher Shaun Marcum to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mil...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Shaun Marcum"></category><category term="Brett Lawrie"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays acquire Villanueva from Brewers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-acquire-villanueva-brewers-4705505a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T13:25:56Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-03:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-acquire-villanueva-brewers-4705505a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Blue &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Jays&lt;/a&gt; acquire &lt;a title="Carlos Villanueva" href="/topic/Carlos+Villanueva" &gt;RHP Carlos Villanueva&lt;/a&gt; from Brewers for player to be named&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Carlos Villanueva from the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Milwaukee Brewers" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Brewers" &gt;Milwaukee Brewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for a player to be named.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 27-year-old was 2-0 with one save and a 4.61 ERA in 50 game...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Carlos Villanueva"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays sign injured pitcher Dustin McGowan to one-year deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-sign-injured-pitcher-dustin-mcgowan-oneyear-deal-4704687a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-02T12:30:38Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-02:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-sign-injured-pitcher-dustin-mcgowan-oneyear-deal-4704687a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays have re-signed injured pitcher &lt;a title="Dustin McGowan" href="/topic/Dustin+McGowan" &gt;Dustin McGowan&lt;/a&gt; on a one-year deal worth $450,000, the club announced on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 28-year-old right-hander has undergone three operations in the past three seasons and has not pitched since h...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Dustin McGowan"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>5 Reasons to Watch the AFL Championship Game</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/5-reasons-watch-afl-championship-game-4448088a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T14:53:08Z</updated><author><name>Suite 101</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/5-reasons-watch-afl-championship-game-4448088a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Minor League Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="San Jose"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="University of Texas System"></category><category term="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"></category><category term="Caribbean"></category><category term="Cuba"></category><category term="Peoria"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Pete Rose"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Arizona Fall League"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Bryce Harper"></category><category term="Scottsdale Stadium"></category><category term="Manny Corpas"></category><category term="Octavio Dotel"></category><category term="George Brett"></category><category term="Adam Loewen"></category><category term="Fresno Grizzlies"></category><category term="Joe Beimel"></category><category term="Portland Sea Dogs"></category><category term="Scott Barnes"></category><category term="Buster Posey"></category><category term="Stephen Strasburg"></category><category term="Jason Kipnis"></category><category term="Koby Clemens"></category><category term="Dustin Ackley"></category><category term="Brandon Belt"></category><category term="Peoria Javelinas"></category><category term="Scottsdale Scorpions"></category><category term="MLB Network"></category><category term="Derek Norris"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Major League"></category><category term="Bruce Billings"></category><category term="Eric Thames"></category><category term="Nl Roy"></category><category term="Shortstop Jose Iglesias"></category><category term="Sammy Solis"></category><category term="Danny Farquhar"></category></entry><entry><title>Davis joins Blue Jays from Oakland for prospects</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/davis-joins-blue-jays-oakland-prospects-4383548a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-18T14:21:58Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-18:/professional-baseball/davis-joins-blue-jays-oakland-prospects-4383548a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Toronto Blue Jays acquired speedy outfielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Rajai Davis" href="/topic/Rajai+Davis" &gt;Rajai Davis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; from the &lt;a title="Oakland Athletics" href="/topic/Oakland+Athletics" &gt;Oakland Athletics&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday in a trade for minor league pitching prospects &lt;span&gt;Trystan Magnuson&lt;/span&gt; and...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Rajai Davis"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays acquire OF Davis from A's for pair</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/blue-jays-acquire-davis-pair-4383438a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-18T14:15:18Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-18:/professional-baseball/blue-jays-acquire-davis-pair-4383438a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Blue Jays acquire &lt;a title="Rajai Davis" href="/topic/Rajai+Davis" &gt;OF Rajai Davis&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a title="Oakland Athletics" href="/topic/Oakland+Athletics" &gt;A's&lt;/a&gt; for minor leaguers &lt;a title="Trystan Magnuson" href="/topic/Trystan+Magnuson" &gt;Magnuson&lt;/a&gt; and Farquhar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Speedy outfielder Rajai Davis has been acquired by the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; from the Oakland Athletics for a pair of minor le...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Kansas"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Dan Uggla"></category><category term="Shawn Hill (Baseball)"></category><category term="Mike Dunn"></category><category term="David DeJesus"></category><category term="Omar Infante"></category><category term="Rajai Davis"></category><category term="New Hampshire Fisher Cats"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="Trystan Magnuson"></category><category term="Daniel Farquhar"></category></entry><entry><title>AP source: Buck and Marlins near $18M, 3-year deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ap-source-buck-marlins-18m-3year-deal-4382615a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-16T15:00:34Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-16:/professional-baseball/ap-source-buck-marlins-18m-3year-deal-4382615a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Person familiar with talks: All-Star C Buck and Marlins near $18M, 3-year deal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A person familiar with the negotiations tells &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="The Associated Press" href="/topic/The+Associated+Press" &gt;The Associated Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; that All-Star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="John Buck (Baseball)" href="/topic/John+Buck+(Baseball)" &gt;catcher John Buck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Florida Marlins" href="/topic/Florida+Marlins" &gt;Florida Marlins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; are close to agreemen...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="John Buck (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>The Five Worst Major League Ballparks</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/worst-major-league-ballparks-4445578a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T14:52:02Z</updated><author><name>Suite 101</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/worst-major-league-ballparks-4445578a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Football"></category><category term="Professional Football"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="National Football League"></category><category term="American Football Conference"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Oakland Raiders"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Miami Dolphins"></category><category term="Dolphin Stadium"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Tropicana Field"></category><category term="McAfee Coliseum"></category><category term="Comiskey Park"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Rogers Centre"></category><category term="Hard Rock Cafe International Inc."></category><category term="United States Cellular Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Cellular Field"></category><category term="Miami Hurricanes (Football)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AFC West"></category><category term="AFC East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Looking Ahead to 2011: Toronto Blue Jays DH Options</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/2011-toronto-blue-jays-dh-options-4445111a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T14:51:51Z</updated><author><name>Suite 101</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/2011-toronto-blue-jays-dh-options-4445111a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Derrek Lee"></category><category term="Adam Dunn"></category><category term="Lance Berkman"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Lyle Overbay"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Looking Ahead to 2011: Toronto Blue Jays Bullpen</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/2011-toronto-blue-jays-bullpen-4444817a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T14:51:44Z</updated><author><name>Suite 101</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/2011-toronto-blue-jays-bullpen-4444817a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Kevin Gregg"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Shawn 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Ricciardi"></category><category term="Garret Anderson"></category><category term="Bob Gibson"></category><category term="Chris Carpenter"></category><category term="Greg Maddux"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Dean Chance"></category><category term="Luis Tiant"></category><category term="Randy Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jamie Moyer"></category><category term="Dan Haren"></category><category term="Brandon Webb"></category><category term="Todd Helton"></category><category term="Jason Schmidt"></category><category term="Rogers Hornsby"></category><category term="Dwight Gooden"></category><category term="Charlie Gehringer"></category><category term="George Sisler"></category><category term="Carl Hubbell"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Major League"></category><category term="Joe Medwick"></category></entry><entry><title>Obit Anderson Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/obit-anderson-baseball-2375364p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-05T02:01:58Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-05:/photo/obit-anderson-baseball-2375364p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In this July 31, 1993, file photo, &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt; manager &lt;a title="Sparky Anderson" href="/topic/Sparky+Anderson" &gt;Sparky Anderson&lt;/a&gt; pauses for a smoke break after the &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; scored three runs in the seventh inning to take the lead during a baseball game in Toronto. Anderson, who directed the Big Red Machine to back-to-back championships and won anoth...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Frank Gunn"></category><category term="The Canadian Press"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Thousand Oaks"></category><category term="Sparky Anderson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Jays Twins Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/jays-twins-baseball-2357129p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-04T12:30:25Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-04:/photo/jays-twins-baseball-2357129p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Justin Morneau" href="/topic/Justin+Morneau" &gt;Justin Morneau&lt;/a&gt;, left, takes in the baseball game against the &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; from the dugout along with &lt;a title="Nick Punto" href="/topic/Nick+Punto" &gt;Nick Punto&lt;/a&gt; Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, in &lt;a title="Minneapolis" href="/topic/Minneapolis" &gt;Minneapolis&lt;/a&gt;. Morneau, who is recovering fro...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Minneapolis"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Justin Morneau"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Nick Punto"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays Twins Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/blue-jays-twins-baseball-2356706p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-03T17:45:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-03:/photo/blue-jays-twins-baseball-2356706p/</id><summary type="html">Retiring &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; manager &lt;a title="Cito Gaston" href="/topic/Cito+Gaston" &gt;Cito Gaston&lt;/a&gt; looks out from the dugout before a baseball game against the &lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt;, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, in &lt;a title="Minneapolis" href="/topic/Minneapolis" &gt;Minneapolis&lt;/a&gt;. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2010&amp;#160; &lt;a href="http://www.ap.org"...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Minneapolis"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Cito Gaston"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees Blue Jays Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/yankees-blue-jays-baseball-2354373p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-29T20:00:24Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-29:/photo/yankees-blue-jays-baseball-2354373p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; general manager &lt;a title="Cito Gaston" href="/topic/Cito+Gaston" &gt;Cito Gaston&lt;/a&gt; acknowledges the crowd during a ceremony for his last home baseball game as manager before playing against the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/&lt;a title="The Canadian Press" href="/topic/The+Canadian+Press" &gt;The Canadian Press&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="The Canadian Press"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Cito Gaston"></category><category term="Nathan Denette"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays Yankees Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/blue-jays-yankees-baseball-2353831p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-29T01:16:06Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-29:/photo/blue-jays-yankees-baseball-2353831p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; celebrate after defeating the &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; 6-1 in a baseball game, clinching a playoff spot, in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/&lt;a title="The Canadian Press" href="/topic/The+Canadian+Press" &gt;The Canadian Press&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Nathan Denette" href="/topic/Nathan+Denette" &gt;Nathan Denette&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
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