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19.06.2023 / 15:53

ARLINGTON, Texas – Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk has left Toronto’s game with the Texas Rangers after being hit by a pitch.Kirk had a laceration and contusion after being taking a 95.6 m.p.h.

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Extended beeping heard on Jays’ remote radio call

Blue Jays radio listeners were thrown a curveball over the weekend when an alarm-type beeping sound interrupted a remote broadcast of Toronto’s road game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Jays coach Budzinski leaves team following daughter’s death

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski will be away from the team following the death of his eldest daughter, Julia.

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Toronto Blue Jays beat New York Yankees 4-1 to lock up post-season berth

Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 4-1 on Thursday night to wrap up their first post-season berth in four years.Toronto survived a nervous eighth inning as New York scratched out a run off reliever Anthony Bass, who was pulled after loading the bases with his third walk of the frame.Rafael Dolis came on and got pinch-hitter Gary Sanchez to fly out on a ball that Randal Grichuk caught against the wall in left-centre field for the third out.Dolis returned for the ninth and when he fanned Aaron Hicks for his third strikeout of the inning, the party was on at Buffalo’s Sahlen Field.The Blue Jays celebrated near their dugout, with many players putting on T-shirts that read “Respect Toronto.”The Blue Jays (30-27) were in control of their

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Rick Zamperin: Barring a disaster, Blue Jays are going to the MLB playoffs

Toronto Blue Jays are going back to the playoffs, at least, they are unless something extraordinary comes out of left field during the final week of a Major League Baseball season that has been like no other in the 150-plus year history of the game.So, don’t count your chickens before they hatch, right?Entering their Tuesday night tilt against the New York Yankees in Buffalo, the Blue Jays’ magic number to clinch the American League’s second wild-card playoff spot is three.Good Morning! Do you believe in MAGIC? ✨ #WeAreBlueJays pic.twitter.com/zzcrQJ1vXZ— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) September 22, 2020Thanks to baseball’s 60-game sprint — some 102 games shorter than a ‘normal’ regular season due to the coronavirus pandemic — and its

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MLB commissioner says he thinks league can finish season despite coronavirus

COVID-19 into the clubhouse of the Miami Marlins. Miami and Philadelphia both postponed games for an entire week.“I think that if everybody does what they are supposed to do, we can continue to play, have a credible season and get through the post-season,” Manfred said.Just 1 1/2 weeks into a pandemic-delayed regular season shortened from 162 games per team to 60, the coronavirus has forced 19 postponements in 11 days, including St.

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Blue Jays-Phillies series postponed after 2 positive COVID-19 cases

Major League Baseball has postponed this weekend’s scheduled series between Toronto and Philadelphia because of concerns about the coronavirus after two Phillies staffers tested positive.“Major League Baseball will coordinate with health experts and the Major League Baseball Players Association in planning for the Phillies’ resumption of play, and will provide further scheduling updates as necessary,” the league said in a statement Thursday.

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Rick Zamperin: Coronavirus-shortened season started well for Blue Jays until disaster struck

coronavirus pandemic-shortened season and the Toronto Blue Jays are already dealing with a serious dose of adversity.After winning their season-opening game in Tampa Bay on Friday night, the Blue Jays lost on Saturday and Sunday, the latter of which included more than just a drop in the standings.Closer Ken Giles was forced to leave Sunday’s series finale with right elbow soreness while he tried to close the door on a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, while outfielder Randal Grichuk left in the sixth inning with what the team called a “right SI joint irritation” — a.k.a., a sore back.UPDATE: RHP Ken Giles left today's game with right elbow soreness.— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 26, 2020Despite losing the final two games of

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Blue Jays denied federal approval to play games in Toronto

Blue Jays can’t play home games in Toronto this season after the federal government rejected the club’s plan to use Rogers Centre on Saturday.While the government gave the green light to the Blue Jays to hold training camp at their downtown facility during the COVID-19 pandemic without the normal 14-day quarantine for those entering Canada, Ottawa said no to a request to have a similar setup for Canada’s lone Major League Baseball team and visiting teams for regular-season play.Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marco Mendicino said holding games would be riskier than training camp.

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Silent no more? MLB to use video game crowd noises in ballparks this season

baseball season opens next week.Taking a cue from two European soccer leagues, Major League Baseball will play crowd noise from its official video game through ballpark sound systems during games. Stadium sound engineers will have access to around 75 different effects and reactions, according to MLB, which has provided teams with crowd sounds captured from MLB The Show.

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Rick Zamperin: Border closure throws Toronto Blue Jays a curveball

COVID-19 pandemic in the United States it’s probably a safe bet the Blue Jays won’t get to play their home games this season in Toronto.It appears Ottawa and Washington are going to extend the border shut down to non-essential traffic for another 30 days until Aug. 21.The current agreement between the two countries is set to expire on July 21, and a recent poll suggest Canadians are strongly opposed to re-opening the border anytime soon.Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Global’s Queen’s Park bureau chief Travis Dhanraj that he wants the border to remain closed for “another 60 days minimum,” calling the rising number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States “staggering.”Canada’s deputy public health officer, Dr.

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Coronavirus: 31 MLB players, 7 staff test positive for COVID-19 — a rate of 1.2%

COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2 per cent.MLB and the players’ association announced the results Friday as teams resumed workouts for the first time since the coronavirus interrupted spring training on March 12, two weeks before the season was to start. Opening day has been reset for July 23, the latest in baseball history, and the regular season has been reduced to 60 games in the shortest schedule since 1878.

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The New Reality: COVID-19’s impact on playing and watching sports

This is the 14th in a series of stories looking at the new reality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Maritimes. You can find the full series here.One aspect of life impacted by COVID-19 has been sports, with many athletic competitions being put on hold or seasons cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.The NHL, the NBA and MLB have all postponed their seasons, while the NFL has made no decision on delaying its season.

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Blue Jays closer to training in Toronto for upcoming season amid coronavirus pandemic

The Toronto Blue Jays appear one step closer to being able to train at Rogers Centre for the upcoming season.Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that “municipal, provincial and federal health folks” have given the team the OK, but they are still awaiting federal approval on the issue of quarantining. Blue Jays name 58 players to club player pool The Blue Jays, the lone MLB team north of the Canada-U.S.

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Coronavirus: Toronto Blue Jays still don’t know where they’ll play or train

Toronto Blue Jays remained stuck in a holding pattern Friday, awaiting word on whether they’ll get the go-ahead from government officials to train and play at the Rogers Centre or be forced to shift focus to a likely homebase at the team’s Dunedin spring-training facility in the COVID-19-ravaged state of Florida.With training camp scheduled to start Wednesday and a 60-game Major League Baseball regular season to begin July 23 or 24, president Mark Shapiro acknowledged Friday that the clock is ticking.“There is no deadline from MLB and there’s no deadline from any other governing body,” he said on a conference call.

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Return of MLB season amid coronavirus ‘a disaster waiting to happen’: experts

Major League Baseball player.There’s the doorman he sees as he leaves his hotel, the restaurant staff that serves him lunch, the taxi driver that takes him to the stadium and the security guards who greet him when he gets there — and that’s all before he steps foot into a clubhouse full of players, coaches, trainers and staff. MLB set to return amid coronavirus with new 60-game schedule starting late July Axford, a former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher from Port Dover, Ont., said he wasn’t surprised to hear of MLB’s plan to return with a 60-game regular season.

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Several Toronto Blue Jays team members test positive for coronavirus

Toronto Blue Jays have tested positive for coronavirus, a source has told The Canadian Press.The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not officially announced the positive cases.The developments come a week before the start of training camp ahead of a recently approved 60-game regular season.

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MLB set to return amid coronavirus with new 60-game schedule starting late July

MLB tells players 2020 season must be 60 games or fewer A team is scheduled to make only one trip to each city it visits in MLB’s shortest season since 1878.In a twist, the sides expanded the designated hitter to games involving National League teams and instituted the radical innovation of starting extra innings with a runner on second base.The number of playoff teams will remain at 10, though that still could change.The trade deadline will be Aug. 31 and the deadline for post-season eligibility is Sept.

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Multiple athletes test positive for coronavirus, dashing hopes of sports return

coronavirus, triggering a shutdown of some facilities.The PGA Tour, which only restarted last week after a three-month COVID-19-forced hiatus, confirmed its first positive test, removing Nick Watney from second-round play at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina.Over a 24-hour period, Major League Soccer (MLS), National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) confirmed positive tests, and those sports pondered return-to-play scenarios. Leagues are doing extensive testing for coronavirus even among players not showing symptoms.

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Rick Zamperin: MLB and players union finally pull their heads out of the sand

Major League Baseball and the players union are suddenly on the verge of a deal to save their COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season.On March 26th, the league offered the players full prorated salaries for playing what would amount to less than the normal 162-game season, and the MLBPA agreed.But soon after realizing that there would be no fans in attendance due to physical distancing protocols across North America, and thus drastically reducing potential revenues, the owners backtracked.The ensuing weeks saw both sides propose and reject each other’s numerous attempts to find some middle ground, a series of volleys and returns that came to a head over the weekend when union boss Tony Clark drew a line in the sand and commissioner Rob Manfred

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Rick Zamperin: The other shoe is about to drop on the 2020 Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball doesn’t think there is a hope in H-E double hockey sticks that the 2020 season will be played.In my humble opinion, it is only a matter of time before Rob Manfred will be forced to announce the cancellation of the baseball campaign that has already been suppressed by the COVID-19 pandemic.“I am not confident,” Manfred told ESPN, adding that there is a “real risk” the season will be scrapped “as long as there’s no dialogue with the MLB Players Association.” The proclamation from baseball’s highest power is in stark contrast to his stance just last week during the MLB Draft, when Manfred opined that “unequivocally, we are going to play Major League Baseball this year.”So why the sudden about face?[ Sign up for our Health

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Rick Zamperin: MLB, players’ union still not playing ball

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association.On Monday, the league tabled its latest return to play plan in what has looked like a real-life match of Pong, proposing a 76-game season in which the players would receive 75 per cent of their prorated salaries.Fifty per cent of that total would be guaranteed while the remaining 25 per cent would be delivered upon the completion of the playoffs, but when you break it down, baseball’s latest proposal isn’t much different than what the players’ union recently rejected.Since the start of the regular season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both sides have been sending each other counter-proposals in an effort to play ball, yet, the two sides are no closer now than when they

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No high fives, spitting or mascots under draft rules for return of MLB

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers.

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Rick Zamperin: We are one step closer to hearing ‘play ball’ — or are we?

Major League Baseball has unveiled a plan to throw out the opening pitch to its COVID-19 shortened season just before Independence Day.

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Less than 1% of Major League Baseball workers tested positive for coronavirus antibodies

Just 0.7 per cent of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.

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Rick Zamperin: 2020 MLB season may start this summer with new divisions

Major League Baseball has become the latest North American professional sports league to spitball a number of options in finding the best way to launch their 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MLB players to face off in baseball video game tournament as real season on hold

Blake Snell, Juan Soto and Bo Bichette are among the baseball stars switching over to PlayStation with America’s pastime on hold.

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