Roy Halladay threw two scoreless innings in his Phillies debut, allowing no hits, no walks and striking out three. Roy’s work ethic is already making headlines. Via the AP
After his two-inning outing was over, Halladay threw an additional 10-12 pitches in the bullpen beyond the left field fence.
When he was through throwing, he went through [...]

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Callum on March 4th, 2010

It’s tax season.  If you are in line for a refund, think of the Jays Care Foundation first and spare them a few dollars before rushing out to the liquor store!
We’ve spoken about what the Jays Care Foundation & Aaron Hill have been up to before on Twitter, but for those who don’t know what the [...]

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Callum on February 12th, 2010

Lazaro de la Torre is the all time wins leader for the Havana Industriales and has pitched in 4 different decades.  His first season was in 1978-79 where he went 12-3 with a 2.99 ERA in 114IP.  He then went on to go 7-0 in the Select Series.  Not bad for a rookie, especially considering [...]

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Better Jay Pitcher – Dave Stieb or Roy Halladay?

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Common Traits
Started MLB careers at 21
Effectively (due to Stieb’s arm injury) ended their Toronto careers at the age of 32.
Each have over five all-star appearances
Led the AL in innings pitched at least twice in their careers
Tagged with rare and elusive term ‘True Ace’
Both were perfectionists, although Halladay [...]

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Callum on December 31st, 2009

Over the holiday season I have kept up the tradition of opening old packs of baseball cards and waxing nostalgic about baseball seasons gone by.  This most recent iteration of card-pack opening led me to think about Jays teams of 1985 and the early 90’s. These teams hold a special place in my heart because they were exciting [...]

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