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Clayton Kershaw's 21st Win Sends Dodgers to the Playoffs

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Clayton Kershaw has had a season for the history books for the Los Angeles Dodgers and it couldn’t have come to a more fitting close. Kershaw was on the mound last night to face their rivals, the San Francisco Giants, with a playoff berth on the line. The result could be considered his best all-around...

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A.J. Preller Hired As New San Diego Padres GM

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

After firing general manager Josh Byrnes in June, the San Diego Padres have named A.J. Preller as their new general manager, according to FOX Sports analyst, Ken Rosenthal. Preller and New York Yankees assistant GM, Billy Eppler, had been considered the two front-runners for the job. According to one major league source, Eppler was told...

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MLB Trade Deadline Live Updates: A's Clear World Series Favorite

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 31, 2014

Today’s Major League Baseball trade deadline is shaping up to be an arms race with a number of World Series contenders stocking their cupboards in preparation of the stretch run. Before we get into all the trades and analysis, first check out Sports Interaction’s World Series odds. Oakland Athletics   +450 Detroit Tigers   +600 Los Angeles...

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Is Peyton Manning Getting Snubbed in Latest NFL MVP Odds?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 24, 2014

The reigning NFL MVP, Peyton Manning, is coming off a 55-touchdown season and should break the all-time record for touchdown passes this season if he stays healthy, but that doesn’t mean he’s the favorite to win the most valuable player award again this year. Sports Interaction lists Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy as the...

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Toronto Blue Jays Need the Real R.A. Dickey Right Now

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 23, 2014

When the Toronto Blue Jays acquired R.A. Dickey from the New York Mets two years ago, they thought they were getting a big-game pitcher they could count on if they had their backs against the wall. Tonight the Jays will be looking for Dickey to come through on his end of the bargain against the...

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The Future is Now for the Toronto Blue Jays

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Blue Jays rollercoaster season resumes tonight in Toronto and the team’s future is just as cloudy as its past. So who are the Blue Jays? Are they the team that put together a 27-12 from late April into June, or the team that slumped to an 11-23 record leading up to the All-Star break?...

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Blue Jays’ Strong Start Has World Series Odds on the Move

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

When considering Major League Baseball’s 2014 World Series contenders, the Toronto Blue Jays aren’t exactly the first team that pops into your head. The fact is we’ve seen this team start off strong before only to crash and burn by the time the All-Star break rolls around. Supporters almost expect a collapse at this point....

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Expos Fever Hits Montreal Again with Blue Jays vs. Mets

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Toronto Blue Jays battle the New York Mets this weekend in a couple of exhibition games that mean next to nothing for the two teams, but everything for the baseball-starved city of Montreal. Montreal misses its Expos desperately. In a city so rich with sporting history and support, the void left by the Expos...

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Ricky Romero May Be Key to Toronto Blue Jays’ Success

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Whether Toronto Blue Jays fans like it or not, enigmatic starting pitcher Ricky Romero could be the lynchpin of the team’s success this season. A few years ago, Romero was the ace of Toronto’s pitching staff. He broke onto the scene in Toronto in 2009 and wowed everyone with his talent, winning 13 games that...

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How to Make Money in Pro Sports – Infographic

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 27, 2017

Just how much money can someone expect to make as a professional athlete? Not quite as much as you might think. Frank Doyle does the numbers, and the results might surprise you. Iron men like John Stockton, Brett Favre or Cal Ripken, Jr, are the exceptions. For the majority of professional sportsmen, careers don’t even...

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Blue Jays Could Help Bring Baseball Back to Montreal

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 10, 2013

Montreal baseball fans will be treated to two MLB exhibition games between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets ahead of the 2014 season.  With the Toronto Blue Jays booking the pair of preseason games against the New York Mets at Olympic Stadium, it may be a small step, but a very necessary one...

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The end is near for Toronto Blue Jays: JP Arencibia quits Twitter

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 23, 2013

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for the Toronto Blue Jays, outspoken catcher JP Arencibia had to go and quit Twitter. Yes, that’s the sound of 145,000 or so of his followers groaning in unison. Arencibia might go over the line at times, like when he jumped all over Sportsnet sportscasters Dirk...

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Hit or stick? Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos vs. trade deadline

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 19, 2013

Throw all the excuses aside and forget everything that happened in the first half of the MLB season. Right now, all that matters for the Toronto Blue Jays is the next 13 days on the schedule starting with Friday night’s matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays. Toronto enters the second half four games under .500...

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Making a case for Blue Jays’ Brett Lawrie at second base

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 11, 2013

The Toronto Blue Jays will soon get a boost to their lineup with Brett Lawrie returning from his sprained ankle, but the big question is where he might play when he returns. Right now, while manager John Gibbons won’t come right out and say it, you can bet Lawrie will be trading in his third...

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Jays’ JP Arencibia should lay off Sportsnet TV commentators

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 4, 2013

Catcher JP Arencibia says there is major tension between the Toronto Blue Jays’ locker room and the team’s Sportsnet commentators Gregg Zaun and Dirk Hayhurst. He wasn’t shy about getting into the details of the rift in an interview with Toronto radio station The Fan 590 on Thursday either. “It’s tough to hear people like...

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Blue Jays out to extend streak vs. Canadian Jeff Francis

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: June 18, 2013

The Toronto Blue Jays have won six straight games and are playing their best baseball of the season despite a rash of significant injuries. After going just 10-17 in April with a healthy pitching staff, the Jays have won eight of 10 this month with two starters on the shelf. When you dig a deep...

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Jays manager John Gibbons has hands full with Brett Lawrie

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 27, 2013

In many ways, Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie is the kind of player every baseball manager wants to have in his lineup. Lawrie’s young and exciting. He’s a five-tool guy that plays the game hard. His potential is through the roof, but the problem is, his antics are might just make John Gibbons...

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Montreal names street after Hall of Famer, Expos star Gary Carter

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 21, 2013

The late Gary Carter last wore a Montreal Expos jersey back in 1992, but the impact he made on Montreal baseball fans lives on. The city will honor the Hall of Fame catcher Tuesday by naming a city street after him. Carter died in February after a battle with brain cancer. He played for the...

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The Fix Is In: Clay Buchholz and the Spitball Issue

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: May 3, 2013

Take a close look at the glove arm of Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz in the image accompanying this story. Does it look shiny? Does his sleeve look like it has a wet, greasy spot? That’s because it’s probably not perspiration. The TV cameras caught not only Buchholz’s arm but the furtive gestures...

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Chicago Cubs Owner Threatens Move From Wrigley Field

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: May 1, 2013

Baseball purists and historians might want to sit down for this one. Wrigley Field has been the home of the Cubs since 1916, but club chairman Tom Ricketts says the team will move to a new location if approval is not granted for more outfield signs — including a huge new video scoreboard. Originally known...