Everybody's favorite starting pitcher A.J. Burnett was born January 3, 1977 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He was drafted by the Mets in the 8th round of the 1996 draft, one of just 3 players out of that round who made the majors. The Jays had the pick

A lot of Blue Jays fans so far this offseason don't seem to be very happy with what general manager Alex Anthopolous has done. Some blame it on what they believe to be is penny pinching by the owner of the team Rogers Communications, others seem to thin

LITTLE ROCK Big eight no fan of Big Ten Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald has been keeping up with the college football bowl action. Well, at least, things related to bowl action. “It was a rough Capital One Bowl for Nebraska. And the announ

Posted by Chris Jaffe As 2011 came to a close, former Baltimore Oriole Melvin Mora announced his retirement. This isn’t too surprising since Arizona (his last team) cut him midseason and no one picked him up. Still, Mora’s recent decision to out-and-out

Good thing this snake didn’t try a squeeze play. A Brazilian angler — bitten on the rear end and his boat motor torn away by an angry anaconda — was reportedly rescued by an Amazon fishing party that included Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay, Cardinals coun

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay works against the Toronto Blue Jays during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto Saturday, July 2, 2011. Halladay and his former teammate Chris Carpenter were part of an Amazon fishing expedition that resc

(KMOV) -- A fishing trip turned into a rescue for St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter and Philidalphia Phillies picher Roy Halladay. Carpenter and Halladay were fishing in the Amazon with former Major League closer B.J. Ryan and professional fis

Welcome to the final baseball mailbag of 2011. For the Jays in 2011 one of the best things that happened was the winter tour being revived. It was a slow process at first to get players involved, but the Jays that participated seemed to find a new apprec

Over the years the Blue Jays have made a number of good and bad free agent signings. Let's take a look at some of the best and worst in franchise history. 1. Dave Winfield - Signed with the Blue Jays on December 19, 1991. The 40-year-old Winfield provid

Darvish and C.J Wilson are no longer available, and there are not many starters on the free-agent market who are going to help the Blue Jays in the short or long term. The best options of those who are left are Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt. Jackson had a

Sure seems to be a lot of hand-wringing going on this holiday season amongst Blue Jays fans. The fact that the team was able to add a bonafide closer in Sergio Santos, something that was sorely missing last season when the relievers blew 25 saves (tied

Yu Darvish is a wonderful idea. Twentyfive years old, 6-foot-5, a power pitcher with five or six or a hundred different pitches, the king of the Japanese League, the Roy Halladay of the East. Maybe all that will translate to North America, and perhaps th

Yu Darvish Tis a wonderful idea. Twenty-five years old, 6-foot-5, a power pitcher with five or six or a hundred different pitches, the king of the Japanese League, the Roy Halladay of the East. Maybe all that will translate to North America, and perhaps

Rogers President Nadir Mohamed. STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR Paul Hunter Feature Writer For athletes, corporate glad-handing is about as welcome and painful as a groin pull. They typically get through it with teeth gritted in the shape of a grin. But when

Of course there is no such think as an AL or NL type pitcher but the problem becomes when the NL pitcher who looks for the same money that an AL pitcher would look for when they put up the same stats. If the NL pitcher stays put in his league then its fi

Many of you have asked in recent days about whether the Mariners were about to become the AL West equivalent of the Blue Jays. Meaning, a team that balances its books, makes all the cost-effective moves to keep the blogs happy, but has no chance of conte

Sanchez appears likely to stay in Miami, but still worth a look at his present trade value..