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'Cause after all, he'll hit the baseball!  There's still a long way to go but Brett Lawrie continues to make his case that he should play his second ever game at the Dome April 1.  The Canadian third baseman (who was at the Dome not that long ago) slugged his second homer of the year to help the Blue Jays knock off the Twins 7-4 Thursday afternoon in Fort Myers.   Jays fans are hoping for similar results during the season opening series at home April 1-3.

Brett Lawrie is hitting .381 so far this spring with two homers and five runs batted in over 21 at-bats.

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A couple of former Blue Jays decided to call it quits over the weekend.  Sportsnet.ca says catcher Gregg Zaun, who tried to catch on with the San Diego Padres this spring, will officially announce his retirement today.  Also, outfielder Frank Catalanotto said over the weekend that he is hanging up the cleats.  He played briefly for the New York Mets last season.

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Today's POTD looks at the winning pitcher in the Jays first Spring Training Victory of 2011.  He's also in the top three list of my favourite Janssens.


Casey Janssen stars as the one-legged man!

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Today's POTD is all about a former fan favourite.


Reed Johnson is not settling for a double as he catches the corner of the second base bag during third inning action at New York's Citi Field April 27.

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Let's start a friendly, clean, conversational "Bar" fight -- literally.

What players whose last name begins with the alphabetic string "Bar-" would make up the best possible All-Bar (All-Star) baseball squad?

Well, of course, in right field you have the cannon-armed former Jay Jesse Barfield. His son Josh Barfield might make the roster as an extra -- though he might not. Who else? ...

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Edwin Encarnacion drills a two-run shot over the fence and Jonathan Diaz plates the winning two runs with a walk-off single in the ninth.
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Today's POTD pays tribute to the man who stopped the Blue Jays 24 2/3 inning scoreless streak to begin Spring Training with his RBI double in Monday's 6-3 loss to Philadelphia in Dunedin.

Mike McCoy leads off from second base after a double April 15 at home against the Chicago White Sox.

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Phillies 6 - Blue Jays 3.  At least we can say that the Jays' bats showed the first signs of life for 2011.  Sloppy is as sloppy does.  We had more errors than hits through the 7th inning.

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Today's POTD looks at the twice-drafted Blue Jay.

Brad Mills delivers against the Tampa Bay Rays at the Dome August 7.
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One of the last of the Boys of Summer, and a familiar voice and face to Expos fans in their early days, has passed on.
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The first real practice game is played today, after two intra-squad games on Thursday and Friday.  Brett Cecil takes the mound against the Tigers in a agme that is on the Fan in Toronto and might be available elsewhere on the Canadian network.  In a B game this morning the Jays beat Philadelphia 8-1 behind Scott Richmond, Chad Jenkins and Deck McGuire.
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Today's POTD focuses on the Jays Opening Day shortstop of 2010.

Alex Gonzalez tries to get a hold of a Zack Greinke pitch against Kansas City at the Dome April 21.
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There are seven Jays Spring Training games available from the good people at MLB advanced media this year.  Starting Sunday March 6th against the Pirates.  Altogether there are 150 games being shown this spring, starting this Saturday with the Yankees and Phillies (Colon against Hamels).  The games are available as a freebie if you pony up the $15 for the At Bat app on Apple devices.
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