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Hill rejoins Jays as concussion fog starts to lift

TORONTO — Aaron Hill rejoined the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday with his head as clear as it's been in months after three weeks of total inactivity. The second baseman has battled post-concussion symptoms since colliding with David Eckstein during a May 29 game at Oakland. He's been trying to get back to normal ever since, with no steady improvement until he completely shut down earlier this month. 24/09/08 7:56 PM

Halladay earns 19th victory13

TORONTO — Even when he's not in vintage form, Roy Halladay doesn't make a habit of coughing up leads. Especially when his team is in danger of being completely eliminated from the post-season picture. The Toronto Blue Jays spotted their ace an early five-run advantage and he wiggled through enough innings to give his team a 6-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. 20/09/08 5:12 PM 13

Marcum's injury puts 2009 rotation in flux9

TORONTO — The mystery surrounding the seriousness of Shaun Marcum's latest arm injury intensified the intrigue as to what the Toronto Blue Jays' rotation will look like in 2009. The right-handed pitcher departed with numbness that extended from his right forearm down to his hand in the third inning of the Blue Jays' loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. 18/09/08 11:52 PM 9

Jays don't want Burnett to walk12

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays are willing to top up A.J. Burnett's contract to keep him from walking away after the season, a new development that comes amid concerns that Shaun Marcum is injured worse than initially thought. Marcum, who left Tuesday's start with forearm tightness and numbness in his pinky finger, underwent an MRI Thursday. Dr. James Andrews was to give the results a second opinion. GM J.P. 18/09/08 7:55 PM 12

Carlson's real coming of age story1

The statistics indicate Jesse Carlson came of age this season as a dependable reliever with the Toronto Blue Jays. But the maturation process truly began eight years ago, when Carlson was a carefree 20-year-old plying his trade in a Connecticut wooden-bat collegiate summer league. Carlson's girlfriend gave birth, three months premature, to a girl they christened Jaelyn B. Carlson. Jaelyn's date of birth was May 27, 2000. She died 18 days later. 15/09/08 9:31 PM 1

Jays, Red Sox split doubleheader16

BOSTON — First it was Scott Downs who fell flat on his face. The Toronto Blue Jays postseason hopes took a nosedive right along with him. A three-run eight-inning rally by the Red Sox, highlighted by the Toronto reliever's pratfall trying for a ground ball, propelled Boston to a 7-5 win Saturday before an ecstatic soldout gathering of 37,846 at Fenway Park. 13/09/08 11:33 PM 16

Tenace injects life into Blue Jays' bats6

CHICAGO — It can be stated that the hiring of Gene Tenace to revitalize the stagnant Toronto Blue Jays offence has been a really big hit. Since Tenace was brought on board by the American League club as the team's batting coach under new manager Cito Gaston, the Blue Jays have slowly, but consistently, been transformed into the solid offensive unit many envisioned they should have been from the beginning of the season. 11/09/08 12:32 AM 6

Win streak comes to end30

CHICAGO — They have been the hottest team in baseball over the past two weeks and with their ace on the mound against the Chicago White Sox their place in the record books seemed almost a foregone conclusion. But the baseball gods have not been kind to the Toronto Blue Jays for most of the season and Wednesday night was no exception. 11/09/08 12:24 AM 30

Zaun slam rescues Jays20

TORONTO — The guy who couldn't buy a hit last month sure came through with a dramatic swat for the Toronto Blue Jays. Gregg Zaun's two-out grand slam in the 13th inning gave the Jays a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in front of 34,694 fans at the Rogers Centre on Saturday. The dramatic scene was set for Zaun after the Rays had rallied to tie the game with three runs in the ninth and had gone ahead 4-3 in the top of the 13th. 06/09/08 6:54 PM 20

Snider leads Jays' rout of Twins18

TORONTO — Here is something to mull over as you pore over this morning's sports section while working your way through that bowl of granola. The Toronto Blue Jays would be leading the American League wild-card standings today if the season began on June 20, the day Cito Gaston came on board as the team's new manager. Think about it. 04/09/08 11:56 PM 18

Jays rally to beat Twins16

TORONTO — The Minnesota Twins are exactly what the Toronto Blue Jays would love to be — a very successful franchise operated on a shoe-string budget. Instead, the Blue Jays, who have a payroll of almost twice as big as the small-market Twins this year, continue to serve up meaningless Septembers for their fans while the penny-pinching Minnesota franchise is once again embroiled in the thick of a pennant race. 02/09/08 11:25 PM 16

Toronto fares well in Yankee Stadium farewell16

NEW YORK — The focus of Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay is legendary. But even Halladay admitted his mind began to stray a little as he went to the mound in the seventh inning and began to gaze around historic Yankee Stadium in what was the Blue Jays' final regular-season game at baseball's most hallowed hall. 31/08/08 10:10 PM 16

Eckstein dealt to Diamondbacks

NEW YORK — The anticipated trade of David Eckstein was completed this afternoon by the Toronto Blue Jays with the announcement that the shortstop has been dealt to the Arizona Diamondbacks. In return, the Blue Jays will receive minor-league right-handed pitcher Chad Beck, 23, who has posted a combined record of 8-5 with one save and an earned-run-average of 3.67 in 32 games (15 starts) in 2008. 31/08/08 4:40 PM

Jays deliver blow to Yankees7

NEW YORK — Jose Bautista had been biding his time for more than a week to make his mark with his new team. And when he finally made it during a topsy-turvy afternoon here Saturday at Yankee Stadium the wait seemed worth it. 30/08/08 6:13 PM 7

Chamberlain ready to rejoin Yankees

NEW YORK — Joba Chamberlain breezed through 35 pitches while facing batters in a simulated game Saturday, saying he's ready to rejoin the Yankees for the stretch run. On the disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis, Chamberlain said he threw all of his pitches. "The biggest hurdle is just getting over the fact that you were out a little bit because of stuff going on in your shoulder," Chamberlain said. 30/08/08 1:04 PM