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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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What are you doing under there?
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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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The POTD takes a look at a two-time Blue Jay celebrating his 33rd birthday today.


Dewayne Wise at the plate against Texas at the Dome September 6.  Taylor Teagarden is behind the plate for the Rangers.

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An underrated rite of winter: the Vegas sportsbooks release lines for team win totals.
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Talked to my buddy, photog extrodinaire, Jim Goins at spring camp this weekend.  Asked him was it me or has big Mike McDade slimmed down?  We agreed he had.

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With pitchers and catchers already in camp and the balance of the squad arriving on Friday, Dunedin began the annual welcome of the Toronto Blue Jays to this delightful Florida coastal town just west of Tampa Bay.   The traditional welcome of the Jays is the address by a Toronto executive to the Dunedin Council of Organizations (DCO), a 100 strong group of local opinion leaders, community activists and volunteers.

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