Toronto Blue Jays baseball team

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays held their first Tweeting Tuesdays this week, as the Jays played host to the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre. Tweeting Tuesdays is the first initiative of its kind across the league that pursues fans through social media. By following the Blue Jays on Twitter, fans were invited to [...]

TORONTO — Aaron Hill stepped out of the batter's box and flipped his bat across the turf, sending it skipping towards the Blue Jays' dugout. The second baseman then fired his helmet in the same direction, wearing a look of pure disgust as he made his way back to his position. Hill's angry reaction stemmed [...]

TORONTO — Kevin Gregg had been the only pitcher seemingly immune to the rough spell sweeping through the Blue Jays' bullpen in recent days. That changed quickly in the form of four ill-fated pitches against the Red Sox on Tuesday night. Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston turned to Gregg in a critical situation in the [...]

Snider's production seeing dropoff Blue Jays monitoring injured players Bird feed TORONTO — Since the beginning of the season, the Blue Jays have made a commitment to playing veteran first baseman Lyle Overbay on a full-time basis. "We certainly made a commitment for him to play this year," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said on [...]

TORONTO — Down the hall from the Blue Jays' clubhouse, the door to manager Cito Gaston's office was closed late Monday night. The players know what that means. Most often, it signals a return to the Minor Leagues for a teammate. Following a draining 13-12 loss to the Red Sox at Rogers Centre, where the [...]

Molina credits pitchers for quick deliveries Gaston praises ex-Jays shortstop Scutaro Bird Feed TORONTO — Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston is not about to strip Jason Frasor of his late-inning job out of the bullpen — not yet, anyway. On Monday, Gaston said he would only consider moving Frasor into a lesser role if the [...]

ST. PETERSBURG — Brendon Morrow pitched six strong innings but was bested by David Price in a battle of former first-round Draft choices Sunday as the Rays beat the Blue Jays, 6-0. Morrow held Tampa Bay hitless through the first four innings and was assisted by the accurate arm of catcher Jose Molina in keeping [...]

Romero continues string of quality starts Wells on cusp of moving up homers list Jays lead Majors in extra-base hits Short hops ST. PETERSBURG — With a victory Sunday, the Blue Jays can take a series from the Rays for just the first time since a three-game sweep Sept. 5-7, 2008. Tampa Bay won all [...]

ST. PETERSBURG — Entering Friday's contest against the Rays, the Blue Jays had recorded 10 quality starts, ranking them second in the American League behind Oakland, which had 11 before its game against Cleveland. Coincidentally, Toronto was about to face one of the hottest pitcher in the AL in Tampa Bay right-hander Matt Garza, who [...]