The final home stand of the season for the Toronto Blue Jays is going well so far.
The Jays used an all around team effort offensively to take the final game of their series with the Baltimore Orioles. The Jays won all three games of the series for a sweep.
Every individual in the Blue Jays lineup aside from Vernon Wells & Rod Barajas recorded a hit, with two a piece coming from Jose Bautista (1 double, 1 triple) & Travis Snider (1HR, 1 RBI single).
Toronto starter Scott Richmond recorded the win, his seventh on the season and his first since June 24th.
The Toronto bullpen was stellar yet again.
The bullpen combination of Casey Janssen, Josh Roenicke, Brandon League and Jason Frasor pitched four scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, while striking out four.
The Jays roughed up Baltimore ace Jeremy Guthrie for seven runs, five of which were earned on eight hits over seven innings.
Matt Wieters and Michael Aubrey (two run shot) contributed with home runs for all of Baltimore’s offense on the evening.
The Toronto Blue Jays continue their final home stand of the 2009 season as they begin a series tonight against the Seattle Mariners.
Seattle ace Felix Hernandez will pitch for Seattle against Toronto left hander Ricky Romero.
The Jays will be conducting their final web chat of the season today @ 3:30pm EST.
Former Blue Jays outfielder Jose Cruz Jr will be chatting with fans.
For details on how to chat with Cruz Jr, please visit:
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/fan_forum/chat.jsp?c_id=tor
In other baseball news:
The Milton Bradley/Chicago Cubs fiasco seems to have come to an end as both parties have agreed on a way of making both sides happy.
The Cubs will pay Bradley for the rest of the season while he serves his suspension for conduct detrimental to the team.
The suspension went into effect last Sunday after Bradley's remarks to the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald of Illinois. Bradley was quoted as saying "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here.".
The Cubs will look to trade Bradley in the offseason for a player of equal contract ridding themselves of Bradley who they signed to three-year, $30 million contract in the offseason. Bradley did not respond well to Chicago and its fans batting .257 with 12HR & 40RBI over 393AB and causing multiple outbursts towards the city and it's fans.
Finally, Atlanta Braves manager and guaranteed Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox announced yesterday that he will retire from his position after the 2010 season.
Cox quoted the following to the Associated Press:
There is a little bit of relief once you come to grips with announcing it,"
"I've never lost the love to manage, period. But you have to make a decision. At my age, you have to make a decision. Somebody a little younger can start up."
They asked me to come back, and I said I would do it for one more year, and we'll announce the retirement along with it. It's the only way I think I'm ever going to walk away from the game, is to go ahead and say I'm going to, and then I've got to,"
"There's no turning back now - win, lose or draw. Whatever happens next year is going to be it."
Cox is to begin a five year consulting agreement to advise the team in baseball operations after he steps down as manager.
Cox led the Braves to five NL pennants and a record 14 straight division titles from 1991-2005.
Cox's 2,409 regular-season wins as a manager ranks him fourth behind Connie Mack (3,731), John McGraw (2,763) and Tony La Russa (2,550).
Cox and Joe McCarthy are the only managers with six 100-win regular seasons.
When the day approaches it will be a sad one, especially for baseball fans in Atlanta as a baseball legend will presumably step down from his managerial perch in the Braves dugout.
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