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| Report: Amaro chosen as Phillies new GM |
MLB Baseball |
11/01/2008 |
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| lies recently won their first World Series title last Wednesday since 1980, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays four games to one. Gillick announced prior to the 2008 season that he would be stepping down to spend more time with his family. Gillick led the Toronto Blue Jays to two World Series titles and the Baltimore Orioles to two ALCS appearances before coming to the Phillies prior to the 2006 season. In his three seasons with Philadelphia, the team went 267-219 and won two NL East titles. The report also states tha |
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| Blue Jays C Barajas back for 2009 |
MLB Baseball |
10/31/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays on Friday exercised the team option on catcher Rod Barajas for 2009. Barajas, 33, hit for a .249 average, 11 homers and 49 RBI in 104 games last season for Toronto. He threw out 17 of 59 baserunners attempting to steal for a 28.8 percent success rate. A 10-year veteran, Barajas has played for Arizona, Texas, Philadelphia and Toronto. He is a career .241 hitter with 73 home runs and 284 RBI. |
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| Cleveland Indians |
MLB Baseball Transaction |
10/24/2008 |
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| Outrighted pitcher Brian Slocum to Columbus (Int.); claimed pitcher Bryan Bullington off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays. |
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| Blue Jays bring in Loewen |
MLB Baseball |
10/24/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays signed first baseman/outfielder Adam Loewen to a minor league contract on Friday. Loewen was formerly a pitcher, but after suffering through stress fractures in his throwing elbow the past two seasons, he is attempting to make the transformation to a positional player. The 24-year-old spent the past three seasons with Baltimore where he went 8-8 with a 5.38 earned-run average in 35 games, including 29 starts. Also on Friday, the Blue Jays claimed pitcher Brya |
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| Shields, Upton star as Rays draw even |
MLB Baseball |
10/24/2008 |
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| ley, but got Howard looking to end the threat. Game Notes Tampa Bay has not lost consecutive home games since September 2-3...Thursday's contest was the 600th World Series game to be played to completion...Thursday was the 15th anniversary of Joe Carter's World Series-winning home run. Carter's three-run blast off Mitch Williams in the 9th inning of Game 6 gave the Toronto Blue Jays the title over the Philadelphia Phillies...Tampa Bay's Matt Garza and Philadelphia's Jamie Moyer are scheduled to pitch in Game 3. |
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| Phils try to finish off LA and advance to World Series |
MLB Baseball |
10/15/2008 |
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| tory against the Dodgers in the NLCS. The 24-year-old left-hander was 1-0 in two starts against the Dodgers in the regular season, allowing six runs in 14 innings. Philadelphia moved one step closer towards its first Fall Classic since losing to the Toronto Blue Jays in six games back in 1993 with a thrilling come-from- behind win on Monday. Matt Stairs' two-run pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning propelled the Phillies to a 7-5 win over the Dodgers and gave them a 3-1 advantage in the best-of-seven set. Shane |
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| Blue Jays' Beeston returns as CEO |
MLB Baseball |
10/14/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Longtime Toronto Blue Jays executive Paul Beeston has returned to his old title of CEO on an interim basis. The Blue Jays announced on Tuesday that Beeston, who was the first employee hired by the expansion club in 1976 and climbed the ladder to president and CEO by 1989, will return to the Toronto front office. He left the Blue Jays in 1997 to become COO for Major League Baseball, and left that position in 2002. "No one, as we'd all agree, could be better qualified for this posit |
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| Phils, Moyer go for sweep against Brewers at Miller Park |
MLB Baseball |
10/04/2008 |
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| seven strong innings to help Philadelphia to a 5-2 win in Game 2. The Phillies are now one victory away from winning their first playoff series since 1993, when they knocked off Atlanta in six games of the NLCS before bowing out in six games to the Toronto Blue Jays in that year's World Series. It was Victorino's first career grand slam and the first postseason slam in Phillies franchise history. Myers (1-0) gave up two runs on two hits and three walks while striking out four for Philadelphia, which has won sev |
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| NLDS Preview - Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies |
MLB Baseball |
09/30/2008 |
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| tory on September 13 and hurled 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball for the win. Fiery right-hander Brett Myers will get the nod in Game 2 for the Phillies, who are trying to win a postseason game for the first time since the 1993 World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays. Myers opened the 2008 season with some issues and was then sent down to the minors to adjust. After his demotion, Myers pitched very well but lost his last two starts of the regular season and three of four trips to the hill. He is 4-1 with a 1.77 |
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| Blue Jays keep coaching staff intact |
MLB Baseball |
09/30/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays will be bringing back their entire coaching staff for the 2009 season. The Blue Jays agreed to two-year contract extensions with pitching coach Brad Arnsberg, bench coach Brian Butterfield, third base coach Nick Leyva, first base coach Dwayne Murphy, hitting coach Gene Tenace and bullpen coach Bruce Walton on Tuesday. Manager Cito Gaston, who led Toronto to a 51-37 record after replacing John Gibbons on June 20, signed a two-year extension last week. Leyva, M |
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