Toronto Blue Jays 1980 & Beyond

canadianman29 · 09-02-2010, 01:08 PM

OOTP and Baseball fans,
I really have no business writing this. I have very little spare time anymore that my wife and family doesn't already have control of. There is grass to be mowed. Yet, I just can't stay away. I love the game of baseball. I won't lie.
Not the over-priced, over-marketed, steroid mess of today. I can do without the juiced players, the smaller ballparks and the 15-11 softball scores. You can give me a 2-1 pitching duel anytime.
Collecting baseball cards as a child, watching my heroes of the 70's & 80's on television and imagining I was one of them.
I decided to start in 1980. Salaries aren't ridiculous yet, and steroids are not as much as an influence as the athletes of today.
So what can you expect from this? I'm not sure. Everybody seems to have their own favorite format when it comes to dynasties - so I decided to take what I felt were the best qualities from each.
My hopes are that there will be something for everyone in here.
This will be my Opus, if you will. I will be putting all of my effort into this and not throw out a crappy product.
The road may be a long one and it may take forever to get there, but it's the ride that counts.

canadianman29 · 09-02-2010, 01:18 PM

In The News: January to March 1980
January 20
The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 to become the first team in NFL history to win 4 Super Bowls. Down 19-17 after the third quarter, the Steelers scored 2 touchdowns and blanked the Rams in the final quarter to win. Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw was named Super Bowl MVP completely 14 of 21 passes for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns.
January 21
Three workers at the Soviet Embassy in
Ottawa are expelled from the country after being accused of spying.
January 27
The Canadian Caper occurs. The Canadian Caper is the unofficial name of a covert rescue by the government of Canada of six American Diplomats who evaded capture during the attack on the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 1979. The operation itself was initiated, at great personal risk, by Canadian Ambassador to Iran Ken Taylor, and Canandian Immigration Officer John Sheardown, who provided sanctuary for the diplomats in their own private residences. Taylor then contacted Secretary of State for External Affairs Flora McDonald, and Prime Minister Joe Clark for assisstance and they agreed to support the endeavor. The decision was made to smuggle the Americans out of the country on an international flight using Canadian passports.
To achieve this Canada's Parliament convened it's first secret session since World War II to pass special legislation allowing Canadian Passports to be issued to American diplomats in Canadian sanctuary. The granted passports, feigning Canadian citizenship and a set of forged Iranian visas prepared by the US Central Intelligence Agency would be used to attempt an escape from Iran. The CIA provided the cover story that the ambassadors were part of a film crew scouting locations for a new movie.
As the weeks passed while this was all being done tensions rose as suspicious telephone calls were made, and fears were that the world of the concealment had leaked out. Taylor scratched out the escape plan for the Americans himself with a felt tipped marker.
On January 27th, 1980 the American Diplomats, now posing as Canadians with valid Canadian passports boarded a flight for Zurich, Switzerland
at Tehran's Mehrabad airport. They arrived in the friendly nation safely. The Canadian Embassy was then closed and Ambassador Ken Taylor and his remaining staff returned to Cananda. American gratitude for the Canadian rescue effort was displayed widely by numerous American television personalities and ordinary people as well.
Jean Pelletier, Washington correspondent to the Montreal La Presse newspaper, uncovered the story before the Canadian Caper had finished, but, despite considerable news value to the paper, and the writer, refused to allow the paper to print the story before he was sure the Americans were out of danger.
Ambassador Ken Taylor and Immigration Officer, John Sheardown and their wives would later be awarded the Order of Canada, Canada's highest award issued to civilians. Ambassador Taylor would also later be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress for assisstance to the United States of America.

February 14
The Winter Olympics begin, held in
Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. Canada would win only two medals, no golds. Gaetan Boucher would win the silver in the men's 1000 metre speed skating, and Steve Podborski would win the bronze in men's downhill Alpine Skiing. Canadian's wouldn't have much to cheer about, however, the possibly the most remembered accomplishment of the games would belong to the Americans...
February 18
The Liberals are elected to a majority government, led once again by Pierre Trudeau. Though he had retired following the Liberal's defeat in the 1979 election, no Liberal leadership convention had been held before the Clark government fell, and Trudeau quickly rescinded his resignation and lead the party to victory. The Social Credit Party, which recieved six seats in the last Parliament, would not win a single seat, and would never win another seat. The Liberals would take 147 seats, the Conservatives, under Joe Clark would take 103, and the New Democratic Party, once again under Ed Broadbent, would take 32. The Progressive Conservatives lost despite winning at least one seat in every province and territory, this was mainly because the Liberals won all but one seat in the Liberal stronghold of Quebec, and captured the majority of seats in Ontario, Canada's two most populous provinces. Progressive Conservative Ontario premier Bill Davis's critism of Joe Clark gas tax was brought up by the Liberals and that sapped PC support in Ontario. The Liberals were shut out west of Manitoba highlighting a sharp geographic divide in the country.
February 22
The "Miracle On Ice" occurs. Herb Brooks ices a team of US college amateurs, against a highly favoured Russian squad, featuring more than a few grizzled veterans. Tied 3-3 with 10 minutes left in the contest, US Captain Mike Eruzione was left undefended in the high slot, and fired a shot past Russian netminder Vladimir Myshkin, who was screened by his own defenseman. US netminder Jim Craig would go on to stop a barrage of Russian shots, and as the final seconds of the game counted down Al Michaels, who was calling the game along with former Montreal Canadiens(and Cornell University) goaltender Ken Dryden, made his famous call, "Eleven seconds, you've got ten seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk...five seconds left in the game...Do you believe in miracles? YES!!!!" The US would go on to beat Finland 4-2 in the final medal round game, to clinch a most improbably gold medal.
February 29
Jeanne Sauve is appointed the first woman Speaker of the House Of Commons. The Speaker's job is to supervise Parliament and make sure everything runs smoothly. She is also the liason between the House of Commons and the Crown(Monarchy of Britain).

March 3
Pierre Trudeau is officially sworn in as Prime Minister for the second time, replacing Joe Clark.
March 27
Mount St. Helens volcano in southwestern Washington State becomes active after being dormant since 1857.

canadianman29 · 09-02-2010, 01:38 PM

SO...without further ado...here are your 1980 Toronto Blue Jays!

BATTERS
Jesse Barfield 29 CF
George Bell 30 RF
Larry Bowa 34 SS
Chris Chambliss 31 1B
Damaso Garcia 25 2B
Rickey Henderson 21 LF
Garth Iorg 25 2B
John Mayberry 31 1B
Paul Molitor 23 2B
Lloyd Moseby 30 CF
Ozzie Smith 25 SS
Ernie Whitt 27 C
Al Woods 26 LF

PITCHERS
Jim Acker 22 RP
Jim Clancy 24 SP
Jerry Garvin 24 RP
Bill Gullickson 21 SP
Juan Guzmán 23 RP
Rick Langford 28 SP
Luis Leal 31 RP
Joe Sambito 27 SP
Elias Sosa 29 RP
Dave Stieb 28 RP
Craig Swan 29 SP

canadianman29 · 09-02-2010, 01:40 PM

Sports Illustrated released their picks for the 1980 baseball season

AL East:
Milwaukee Brewers, Projected Record: 93-69, 1st
Detroit Tigers, Projected Record: 91-71, 2nd
Toronto Blue Jays, Projected Record: 89-73, 3rd
New York Yankees, Projected Record: 88-74, 4th
Baltimore Orioles, Projected Record: 85-77, 5th
Boston Red Sox, Projected Record: 78-84, 6th
Cleveland Indians, Projected Record: 76-86, 7th
AL West:
Texas Rangers, Projected Record: 87-75, 1st
California Angels, Projected Record: 81-81, 2nd
Kansas City Royals, Projected Record: 80-82, T-3rd
Chicago White Sox, Projected Record: 80-82, T-3rd
Minnesota Twins, Projected Record: 75-87, T-5th
Oakland Athletics, Projected Record: 75-87, T-5th
Seattle Mariners, Projected Record: 58-104, 7th

NL East:
Philadelphia Phillies, Projected Record: 90-72, 1st
Montreal Expos, Projected Record: 87-75, 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals, Projected Record: 85-77, 3rd
New York Mets, Projected Record: 81-81, 4th
Pittsburgh Pirates, Projected Record: 80-82, 5th
Chicago Cubs, Projected Record: 66-96, 6th
NL West:
Los Angeles Dodgers, Projected Record: 95-67, 1st
San Francisco Giants, Projected Record: 84-78, 2nd
Houston Astros, Projected Record: 79-83, 3rd
Atlanta Braves, Projected Record: 77-85, T-4th
Cincinnati Reds, Projected Record: 77-85, T-4th
San Diego Padres, Projected Record: 72-90, 6th

canadianman29 · 09-03-2010, 01:05 PM

In The News
April 12
Terry Fox starts his "Marathan of Hope" run. Terry Fox was a young man born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1977 he felt pain in his knee, and when treated at hospital discovered it was osteosarcoma, a form of cancer that often starts at the knee, then spreads into the muscles and tendons. At the time the only way to treat the cancer was to amputate the leg just above the knee. In April 1980 he decided to raise money for cancer research by running across Canada from St. John's Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, hoping to raise awareness, and bring in $1 million for cancer research. He began by dipping his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean, and filling two bottles with water from the ocean, when he reached the Pacific Ocean he would pour one bottle of the Atlantic waters into the Pacific, and keep the other as a souvenir, and dip his leg in the Pacific. This marathon, however, would not be a straight line across Canada, but would attempt to hit as many populated areas as possible.

canadianman29 · 09-03-2010, 01:07 PM

Around The League
April 17th
New York Yankees RF Reggie Jackson reached a milestone hitting his 400th home run.

canadianman29 · 09-03-2010, 01:08 PM

Team AVG: 0.298
Team ERA: 4.67

canadianman29 · 09-07-2010, 12:10 PM

April 22
YASTRZEMSKI COLLECTS HIT NUMBER 3000
Carl Yastrzemski reached the 3000 hit milestone. The 40 year old first baseman went 3 for 4 in a losing effort in the Kansas City 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.

April 30
BAD BOY BRAWLERS SUSPENDED 2 GAMES
Baseball confrontations occasionally get intense and sometimes that tension becomes too much and boils over into more than just words. This time it happened to Johnny Grubb and Phil Niekro. The two were the main participants in a fight that cleared the benches. Both were suspended by the league for 2 games for their aggressive actions.
"I hope things settle down now," the manager of the Twins said later. "Theres no reason for us to be locked in a cycle of revenge. We all need to focus on baseball instead."

canadianman29 · 09-07-2010, 12:12 PM

IN THE NEWS

April 21
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope continues, despite bad weather, and lapses in publicity that has had Terry run into towns where people have no idea who he is or what he's doing, then he runs into Gambo, Newfoundland, about 306 km (or somewhere around 190 miles) from where he started in St. John's. He was quoted as saying this about his time in Gambo, "It was an exciting day in Gambo. People came and lined up and gave me ten, twenty bucks just like that. And that's when I knew the run had unlimited potential." In 15 minutes, $700 dollars was raised in a town of under 3,000 people.

April 22
Prime Minister Trudeau announces to the world that Canada will join the United States and 45-50 other nations in boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, in protest of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.

April 28
"Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe finally announces his retirement. Howe played in 26 NHL seasons, 25 of them with the Detroit Red Wings from 1946-47 through 1970-71, and returned after the World Hockey Association shut down for 1 more season with the Hartford Whalers. He retired briefly after the 1970-71 season and came out of retirement in 1973-74 to play for the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association, for the chance to play with his two sons Mark and Marty Howe. All told he played in 6 WHA seasons with the Houston Aeros and the New England Whalers. He retires today as the most prolific scorer in NHL history, with 801 career goals, 1049 assists for 1850 points, first on the All-Time Leaders list in all these categories. He also holds the NHL records for seasons played with 26 and games played with 1,767. He inspired the use of the term Gordie Howe Hat Trick (in which a player scores a goal, records an assist, and gets in a fight in the same game), oddly enough, Howe himself only accomplished this feat once in his entire career. Howe won the Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top scorer 6 times, in '51, '52, '53, '54, '57, and '63. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the leagues Most Valuable Player 6 times, in '52, '53, '57, '58, '60, and '63. He won the Gary L. Davidson Trophy as the WHA's Most Valuable Player in 1974 (the next year they renamed the trophy the Gordie Howe Trophy) He won the Lester B. Patrick Award, presented jointly by the NHL and USA Hockey in 1967, the trophy is awarded for contributions to hockey in the United States. He played in 23 NHL All-Star Games, and 2 WHA All-Star Games. He was awarded with the Order of Canada in 1971 and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, after his first retirement. His number 9 was retired by the Detroit Red Wings, and plans are already in place to have it retired by the Hartford Whalers as well. Howe also played for Team Canada in a 1974 series against the Russians, which the Canadians lost 1-4-3, the only time he would ever appear in international competition. He recorded 3 goals and 4 assists for 7 points in the 7 games he played of the 8 game series.

canadianman29 · 09-07-2010, 12:12 PM

canadianman29 · 09-10-2010, 02:01 PM

IN THE NEWS

May 3
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, in it's 20th day arrives at Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. Now on the opposite side of the island from St. John's, he will soon arrive in Port-Aux-Basques, to catch the ferry to the next province in his run, Nova Scotia. Terry wrote this about his run through Cornerbrook: "One Roman Catholic School I will never forget. They sang a song to recieve me. Part of the words were: 'Thank you, Lord, for giving us Terry.' It was beautiful, it really brought tears to my eyes." This was All Hallow's School. Terry would later learn that the children there had donated all their recess money to his run.

May 6
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, arrives at Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland. While there the town raises $10,000, $1 for each of it's 10,000 people for the Canadian Cancer Society. Terry's vision broadens, now, instead of just shooting to raise $1 million, he decides it shouldn't be impossible to raise $1 for every person in Canada (somewhere around $25 million). Terry gets on the Ferry to Nova Scotia to begin the next leg of his journey.

May 7
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope continues as he gets off the ferry in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, a community of the regional municipality of Cape Breton. Terry's arrival in Nova Scotia is unpleasant. He's sick from the ferry ride over, and he's been arguing with childhood friend Doug Alward, who is driving a van loaded with 3 extra artificial legs, and various spare parts should the legs need repair. They also sleep in the van if they don't find a hotel at night. The CBC asks to film him running on the highway, and there's a near fatal accident. A transport truck smashes into the slow moving CBC vehicle while they drive alongside Terry taking footage of him running, nearly taking Terry's life, if he had been a few yards further ahead, he would have been smashed in the wreck. One of the cameramen ends up with a compression fracture in his back that keeps him off work for six months, but there are no other serious injuries.

canadianman29 · 09-10-2010, 02:12 PM

April Recap

Team Record: 11 - 7

Month Record : 11 - 7

Runs Scored: 91

Runs Allowed: 87

canadianman29 · 09-10-2010, 02:13 PM

IN THE NEWS

May 11
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, ongoing for exactly one month, has reached Antigonish, not far from Port Hawkesbury in Nova Scotia. Terry found the slow start to fundraising efforts in Nova Scotia disappointing compared to the successful send-off he'd had in Newfoundland. At his last stop at Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland the town of 8-10,000 people had raised $10,000. At the time he left the Canadian Cancer Society estimated that Terry had raised between $20-25,000 in Newfoundland. However, just outside Port Hawkesbury, on his way to Antigonish, Terry wrote this in his diary "The Cancer Society here in Nova Scotia is doing nothing and money is being wasted. I would love to get my hands on the people in Halifax."

May 16
The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship, taking Game 6 of the best of 7 series 123-107 to win the series 4-2 over the Philadelphia 76ers. Though Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had been named MVP of the NBA for the 1980 season, he would not play in the deciding Game 6. After an ankle injury hobbled him in the Lakers victory in Game 5, he was declared unfit for Game 6. Instead the Lakers would start 20-year old rookie Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Johnson would dominate the game, scoring a game-high 42 points, grabbing a game-high 15 rebounds, and handing out 7 assists. Magic Johnson led the Lakers to the NBA Championship. Magic Johnson was named MVP of the 1980 NBA Finals. The fact that he was a rookie only made the performance more "Magic"al.

May 18
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope reached Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, just East of Halifax today. Terry reports that his run so far in Nova Scotia has been pleasant, the weather has been good, and there's been nice scenery. The running is also going well, despite pleasant diversions, like motorists wanting him to stop and have a beer. After the rough and hilly terrain of Newfoundland, and nearly getting killed on the highway when he first got to Nova Scotia things have settled down considerably. His diary entry from May 14th reads, "Twenty-six miles is now the daily minimum. It is beautiful, quiet, peaceful country. I love it. Very few dogs, so far. Few or no trucks. Very little traffic. I need this." He didn't have much to see between cities, he also wrote this in his diary, "I saw four rabbits and a beaver today. Also one dead porcupine and two dead skunks." Around this time Terry's friends and family started to express concern about his general health. His parents Rolly and Betty Fox, seeing occasional glimpses of their son on television from their home in Port Qoquitlam, British Columbia, were particularly concerned. Terry told them he had lost seven pounds so far, mostly from his upper body. He had done a lot of weightlifting while training for the run, but had no chance to do so now that he was on the road. Terry's mental health took a bit of a beating at this point as well. The stress of running left him exhausted and ill-tempered, and he was barely on speaking terms with his friends and van driver Doug Alward. Terry called his parents in tears from Sheet Harbor, Nova Scotia, and they flew to Halifax to spend a week with their son and mediate. At the home of a woman who had put them up for the night near Highway 7, Terry, Doug, and Terry's parents had a lengthy and vocal discussion that eased relations between the two young men. Continueing the Marathon on better terms, the four of them took the ferry across Halifax Harbor to meet the Mayor of Dartmouth and continue the fund raising. On May 20th, in a speech at Dartmouth Vocational School, Terry made a point of publicly thanking his childhood friend. "I couldn't help but cry when I said how Doug had the courage to put up with and understand me when I'm tired and irritable." he wrote.

canadianman29 · 09-10-2010, 02:14 PM

canadianman29 · 09-13-2010, 11:32 AM

IN THE NEWS

May 20th
The Quebec government holds a referendum in the province about whether Quebec should attempt seperation from Canada to become it's own sovereign state. The people of Quebec vote down the referendum, 60% of Quebecers wish not to seperate.

May 24
The New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup today, as they defeated the Phildelphia Flyers 5-4 on Bob Nystrom's winning goal in overtime of Game 6, to beat the Flyers 4-2 in the best of seven game series. In the first game of this Series Denis Potvin scored the first ever power-play overtime goal in Stanley Cup history. After winning an Olympic gold medal for Team USA in the 1980 Winter Olympics, Ken Morrow joined the Islanders, and added a Stanley Cup to his resume for quite a remarkable season. Bryan Trottier was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. The Islanders star center scored 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points in 21 playoff games.

May 25
Mount St. Helen's, in Washington State, erupted for the second time in the space of a week. At 2:30am May 25th the volcano erupted, sending a cloud of ash 9 miles into the atmosphere. The eruption was preceded by a sudden increase in earthquake activity and occured in a rain storm. Erratic wind from the rain storm carried the ash of the eruption south and west, lightly dusting large areas of western Washington and Oregon. The previous eruption occured one week ago on the 18th of May, and was the first time the volcano had erupted since 1857. The first eruption had produced a volcanic ash cloud that deposited ash in 11 U.S. States. It also created a mix of pulverized lava and older rock that sped toward Spirit Lake. When everything settled 57 people and thousands of animals were dead, hundreds of square miles were reduced to wasteland, and over $1 billion dollars US in damage had been done.

Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope has reached Charlottetown, the capital of the tiny island province of Prince Edward Island. It's been a week of milestones for Terry he has run over 1,000 miles, is in his third province, and is now 1/5th of the way across Canada. But for Terry the most important part of the run is raising money for the Cancer Society, and that too is going well. Today alone he made $600 cash handed to him by people along the road to Charlottetown. Terry average 26 miles (42 km) every day, which is the same length as a marathon foot race. According to the later released book Terry by Douglas Coupland nobody in recorded history has ever run as many consecutive marathons as Terry Fox, and his body took a real beating from the running. In addition to chafing and cysts around the area where his stump attaches to his artificial leg, he also suffers shin splints, dizziness, lost toenails, and inflamed knee. He generally kept this to himself or dismissed it as minor concerns. On May 24th Terry Fox took the 2:30 pm ferry across the Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island. In his diary he notes with pleasure that he got to spend an hour with the ferry captain. He then ran to Borden, P.E.I., had a shower, and watched the deciding game of the Stanley Cup playoff in his room. He then drove to Summerside to enjoy the scenery. In his diary, he notes another first, "I finally relaxed!". On May 25th Terry ran along the highway and marvelled at the number of supporters and the media coverage he encountered. In his diary for this day, for the first time Terry notes that though it was cold he took off his sweat pants and ran in shorts so people could see his artificial leg.

canadianman29 · 09-13-2010, 11:32 AM

May Recap

Team Record: 31-17 (1st)
Month Record: 19-10
Runs Scored: 113
Runs Allowed: 107

canadianman29 · 09-13-2010, 11:35 AM

IN THE NEWS

June 1
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope is heading east down Highway 7, about halfway between Saint John, New Brunswick, and New Brunswick's largest city, Moncton. New Brunswick is his fourth province in seven weeks of running, and he's averaging approximately 29 miles, daily. Terry started experiencing problems with the knee joints in his artificial legs soon after entering New Brunswick. He wrote in his diary, "The springs in my knee joint are worn away but I struggled and pounded out the twelve miles." The leg was sent ahead to Fredericton for repairs. When he tried one of his spare legs it was worse, "After a half-mile I fell flat on my face. I couldn't keep my balance and I was struggling to make ground again." No events were organized for him when he had arrived at Saint John. Though he was advised to skip the city entirely by sticking to the Trans-Canada Highway, he decided to go there to make a point. "I am going to run right down this city's main street. Doug is going to follow behind me and honk," Terry wrote in his diary. "We will be rebels, we will stir up noise. People will know Terry Fox ran out of his way to Saint John for a reason!" Things improved after the mayor of Saint John hastily rallied the local radio station and newspaper. Terry's diary entry from June 1, 1980 mentions that he found this stretch of the run difficult: The weather was hot and muggy, he was tired and sore, and "one idiot tried to drive me off the road." But his spirits were soon raised. Darrell Fox, then 17, skipped his high school graduation to join his older brother in Saint John. Darrell adored Terry and his presence lightened the mood considerably.

canadianman29 · 09-13-2010, 11:36 AM

canadianman29 · 09-15-2010, 11:12 AM

IN THE NEWS

June 3
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope is just outside of Fredericton, the capital city of the province of New Brunswick. Terry Fox remains optimistic about the distance he's covered and the money he's raising (now over $100,000). However, he has an increasingly common complaint: pain caused by his artificial leg. Terry blames the discomfort on the weight he's lost during the run, causing his stump to not fit properly into the leg. He also has a new concern: no paved shoulders on the highway means he must run out in traffic, and worry more about his safety than his progress. Terry Fox's diary from the Highway's of New Brunswick reveals more about the pleasure and pain of being on the road. "Today it was a beautiful morning. No wind, sunny, and the sun coming up was great. Beautiful farmland" he wrote. Then the inevitable, "The first few miles were the usual torture. My foot was blistered bad, but my stump wasn't too bad." When Terry ran through Hartland and Bristol, NB, he was encouraged by the turnout "Today I had tremendous support. Everybody honked and waved. People all over looked out of their homes and stores and cheered me on."

canadianman29 · 09-15-2010, 11:16 AM

NEWS
June 6th
Placed LF Rickey Henderson on the 15-day disabled list. (bruised shin) Purchased the contract of LF Barry Bonnell from Triple A.

09-02-2010, 01:08 PM	#1
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	Toronto Blue Jays 1980 & Beyond OOTP and Baseball fans, I really have no business writing this. I have very little spare time anymore that my wife and family doesn't already have control of. There is grass to be mowed. Yet, I just can't stay away. I love the game of baseball. I won't lie. Not the over-priced, over-marketed, steroid mess of today. I can do without the juiced players, the smaller ballparks and the 15-11 softball scores. You can give me a 2-1 pitching duel anytime. Collecting baseball cards as a child, watching my heroes of the 70's & 80's on television and imagining I was one of them. I decided to start in 1980. Salaries aren't ridiculous yet, and steroids are not as much as an influence as the athletes of today. So what can you expect from this? I'm not sure. Everybody seems to have their own favorite format when it comes to dynasties - so I decided to take what I felt were the best qualities from each. My hopes are that there will be something for everyone in here. This will be my Opus, if you will. I will be putting all of my effort into this and not throw out a crappy product. The road may be a long one and it may take forever to get there, but it's the ride that counts.

09-02-2010, 01:18 PM	#2
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	In The News: January to March 1980 January 20 The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 to become the first team in NFL history to win 4 Super Bowls. Down 19-17 after the third quarter, the Steelers scored 2 touchdowns and blanked the Rams in the final quarter to win. Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw was named Super Bowl MVP completely 14 of 21 passes for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns. January 21 Three workers at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa are expelled from the country after being accused of spying. January 27 The Canadian Caper occurs. The Canadian Caper is the unofficial name of a covert rescue by the government of Canada of six American Diplomats who evaded capture during the attack on the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 1979. The operation itself was initiated, at great personal risk, by Canadian Ambassador to Iran Ken Taylor, and Canandian Immigration Officer John Sheardown, who provided sanctuary for the diplomats in their own private residences. Taylor then contacted Secretary of State for External Affairs Flora McDonald, and Prime Minister Joe Clark for assisstance and they agreed to support the endeavor. The decision was made to smuggle the Americans out of the country on an international flight using Canadian passports. To achieve this Canada's Parliament convened it's first secret session since World War II to pass special legislation allowing Canadian Passports to be issued to American diplomats in Canadian sanctuary. The granted passports, feigning Canadian citizenship and a set of forged Iranian visas prepared by the US Central Intelligence Agency would be used to attempt an escape from Iran. The CIA provided the cover story that the ambassadors were part of a film crew scouting locations for a new movie. As the weeks passed while this was all being done tensions rose as suspicious telephone calls were made, and fears were that the world of the concealment had leaked out. Taylor scratched out the escape plan for the Americans himself with a felt tipped marker. On January 27th, 1980 the American Diplomats, now posing as Canadians with valid Canadian passports boarded a flight for Zurich, Switzerland at Tehran's Mehrabad airport. They arrived in the friendly nation safely. The Canadian Embassy was then closed and Ambassador Ken Taylor and his remaining staff returned to Cananda. American gratitude for the Canadian rescue effort was displayed widely by numerous American television personalities and ordinary people as well. Jean Pelletier, Washington correspondent to the Montreal La Presse newspaper, uncovered the story before the Canadian Caper had finished, but, despite considerable news value to the paper, and the writer, refused to allow the paper to print the story before he was sure the Americans were out of danger. Ambassador Ken Taylor and Immigration Officer, John Sheardown and their wives would later be awarded the Order of Canada, Canada's highest award issued to civilians. Ambassador Taylor would also later be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress for assisstance to the United States of America. February 14 The Winter Olympics begin, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. Canada would win only two medals, no golds. Gaetan Boucher would win the silver in the men's 1000 metre speed skating, and Steve Podborski would win the bronze in men's downhill Alpine Skiing. Canadian's wouldn't have much to cheer about, however, the possibly the most remembered accomplishment of the games would belong to the Americans... February 18 The Liberals are elected to a majority government, led once again by Pierre Trudeau. Though he had retired following the Liberal's defeat in the 1979 election, no Liberal leadership convention had been held before the Clark government fell, and Trudeau quickly rescinded his resignation and lead the party to victory. The Social Credit Party, which recieved six seats in the last Parliament, would not win a single seat, and would never win another seat. The Liberals would take 147 seats, the Conservatives, under Joe Clark would take 103, and the New Democratic Party, once again under Ed Broadbent, would take 32. The Progressive Conservatives lost despite winning at least one seat in every province and territory, this was mainly because the Liberals won all but one seat in the Liberal stronghold of Quebec, and captured the majority of seats in Ontario, Canada's two most populous provinces. Progressive Conservative Ontario premier Bill Davis's critism of Joe Clark gas tax was brought up by the Liberals and that sapped PC support in Ontario. The Liberals were shut out west of Manitoba highlighting a sharp geographic divide in the country. February 22 The "Miracle On Ice" occurs. Herb Brooks ices a team of US college amateurs, against a highly favoured Russian squad, featuring more than a few grizzled veterans. Tied 3-3 with 10 minutes left in the contest, US Captain Mike Eruzione was left undefended in the high slot, and fired a shot past Russian netminder Vladimir Myshkin, who was screened by his own defenseman. US netminder Jim Craig would go on to stop a barrage of Russian shots, and as the final seconds of the game counted down Al Michaels, who was calling the game along with former Montreal Canadiens(and Cornell University) goaltender Ken Dryden, made his famous call, "Eleven seconds, you've got ten seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk...five seconds left in the game...Do you believe in miracles? YES!!!!" The US would go on to beat Finland 4-2 in the final medal round game, to clinch a most improbably gold medal. February 29 Jeanne Sauve is appointed the first woman Speaker of the House Of Commons. The Speaker's job is to supervise Parliament and make sure everything runs smoothly. She is also the liason between the House of Commons and the Crown(Monarchy of Britain). March 3 Pierre Trudeau is officially sworn in as Prime Minister for the second time, replacing Joe Clark. March 27 Mount St. Helens volcano in southwestern Washington State becomes active after being dormant since 1857. Last edited by canadianman29; 09-02-2010 at 01:28 PM.

09-03-2010, 01:08 PM	#7
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09-02-2010, 01:38 PM	#3
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	SO...without further ado...here are your 1980 Toronto Blue Jays! BATTERS Jesse Barfield 29 CF George Bell 30 RF Larry Bowa 34 SS Chris Chambliss 31 1B Damaso Garcia 25 2B Rickey Henderson 21 LF Garth Iorg 25 2B John Mayberry 31 1B Paul Molitor 23 2B Lloyd Moseby 30 CF Ozzie Smith 25 SS Ernie Whitt 27 C Al Woods 26 LF PITCHERS Jim Acker 22 RP Jim Clancy 24 SP Jerry Garvin 24 RP Bill Gullickson 21 SP Juan Guzmán 23 RP Rick Langford 28 SP Luis Leal 31 RP Joe Sambito 27 SP Elias Sosa 29 RP Dave Stieb 28 RP Craig Swan 29 SP

09-02-2010, 01:40 PM	#4
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	Sports Illustrated released their picks for the 1980 baseball season AL East: Milwaukee Brewers, Projected Record: 93-69, 1st Detroit Tigers, Projected Record: 91-71, 2nd Toronto Blue Jays, Projected Record: 89-73, 3rd New York Yankees, Projected Record: 88-74, 4th Baltimore Orioles, Projected Record: 85-77, 5th Boston Red Sox, Projected Record: 78-84, 6th Cleveland Indians, Projected Record: 76-86, 7th AL West: Texas Rangers, Projected Record: 87-75, 1st California Angels, Projected Record: 81-81, 2nd Kansas City Royals, Projected Record: 80-82, T-3rd Chicago White Sox, Projected Record: 80-82, T-3rd Minnesota Twins, Projected Record: 75-87, T-5th Oakland Athletics, Projected Record: 75-87, T-5th Seattle Mariners, Projected Record: 58-104, 7th NL East: Philadelphia Phillies, Projected Record: 90-72, 1st Montreal Expos, Projected Record: 87-75, 2nd St. Louis Cardinals, Projected Record: 85-77, 3rd New York Mets, Projected Record: 81-81, 4th Pittsburgh Pirates, Projected Record: 80-82, 5th Chicago Cubs, Projected Record: 66-96, 6th NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers, Projected Record: 95-67, 1st San Francisco Giants, Projected Record: 84-78, 2nd Houston Astros, Projected Record: 79-83, 3rd Atlanta Braves, Projected Record: 77-85, T-4th Cincinnati Reds, Projected Record: 77-85, T-4th San Diego Padres, Projected Record: 72-90, 6th

09-03-2010, 01:05 PM	#5
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	In The News April 12 Terry Fox starts his "Marathan of Hope" run. Terry Fox was a young man born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1977 he felt pain in his knee, and when treated at hospital discovered it was osteosarcoma, a form of cancer that often starts at the knee, then spreads into the muscles and tendons. At the time the only way to treat the cancer was to amputate the leg just above the knee. In April 1980 he decided to raise money for cancer research by running across Canada from St. John's Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, hoping to raise awareness, and bring in $1 million for cancer research. He began by dipping his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean, and filling two bottles with water from the ocean, when he reached the Pacific Ocean he would pour one bottle of the Atlantic waters into the Pacific, and keep the other as a souvenir, and dip his leg in the Pacific. This marathon, however, would not be a straight line across Canada, but would attempt to hit as many populated areas as possible.

09-03-2010, 01:07 PM	#6
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	Around The League April 17th New York Yankees RF Reggie Jackson reached a milestone hitting his 400th home run.

09-07-2010, 12:10 PM	#8
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	April 22 YASTRZEMSKI COLLECTS HIT NUMBER 3000 Carl Yastrzemski reached the 3000 hit milestone. The 40 year old first baseman went 3 for 4 in a losing effort in the Kansas City 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers. April 30 BAD BOY BRAWLERS SUSPENDED 2 GAMES Baseball confrontations occasionally get intense and sometimes that tension becomes too much and boils over into more than just words. This time it happened to Johnny Grubb and Phil Niekro. The two were the main participants in a fight that cleared the benches. Both were suspended by the league for 2 games for their aggressive actions. "I hope things settle down now," the manager of the Twins said later. "Theres no reason for us to be locked in a cycle of revenge. We all need to focus on baseball instead."

09-07-2010, 12:12 PM	#9
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS April 21 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope continues, despite bad weather, and lapses in publicity that has had Terry run into towns where people have no idea who he is or what he's doing, then he runs into Gambo, Newfoundland, about 306 km (or somewhere around 190 miles) from where he started in St. John's. He was quoted as saying this about his time in Gambo, "It was an exciting day in Gambo. People came and lined up and gave me ten, twenty bucks just like that. And that's when I knew the run had unlimited potential." In 15 minutes, $700 dollars was raised in a town of under 3,000 people. April 22 Prime Minister Trudeau announces to the world that Canada will join the United States and 45-50 other nations in boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, in protest of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. April 28 "Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe finally announces his retirement. Howe played in 26 NHL seasons, 25 of them with the Detroit Red Wings from 1946-47 through 1970-71, and returned after the World Hockey Association shut down for 1 more season with the Hartford Whalers. He retired briefly after the 1970-71 season and came out of retirement in 1973-74 to play for the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association, for the chance to play with his two sons Mark and Marty Howe. All told he played in 6 WHA seasons with the Houston Aeros and the New England Whalers. He retires today as the most prolific scorer in NHL history, with 801 career goals, 1049 assists for 1850 points, first on the All-Time Leaders list in all these categories. He also holds the NHL records for seasons played with 26 and games played with 1,767. He inspired the use of the term Gordie Howe Hat Trick (in which a player scores a goal, records an assist, and gets in a fight in the same game), oddly enough, Howe himself only accomplished this feat once in his entire career. Howe won the Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top scorer 6 times, in '51, '52, '53, '54, '57, and '63. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the leagues Most Valuable Player 6 times, in '52, '53, '57, '58, '60, and '63. He won the Gary L. Davidson Trophy as the WHA's Most Valuable Player in 1974 (the next year they renamed the trophy the Gordie Howe Trophy) He won the Lester B. Patrick Award, presented jointly by the NHL and USA Hockey in 1967, the trophy is awarded for contributions to hockey in the United States. He played in 23 NHL All-Star Games, and 2 WHA All-Star Games. He was awarded with the Order of Canada in 1971 and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, after his first retirement. His number 9 was retired by the Detroit Red Wings, and plans are already in place to have it retired by the Hartford Whalers as well. Howe also played for Team Canada in a 1974 series against the Russians, which the Canadians lost 1-4-3, the only time he would ever appear in international competition. He recorded 3 goals and 4 assists for 7 points in the 7 games he played of the 8 game series.

09-10-2010, 02:01 PM	#11
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS May 3 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, in it's 20th day arrives at Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. Now on the opposite side of the island from St. John's, he will soon arrive in Port-Aux-Basques, to catch the ferry to the next province in his run, Nova Scotia. Terry wrote this about his run through Cornerbrook: "One Roman Catholic School I will never forget. They sang a song to recieve me. Part of the words were: 'Thank you, Lord, for giving us Terry.' It was beautiful, it really brought tears to my eyes." This was All Hallow's School. Terry would later learn that the children there had donated all their recess money to his run. May 6 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, arrives at Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland. While there the town raises $10,000, $1 for each of it's 10,000 people for the Canadian Cancer Society. Terry's vision broadens, now, instead of just shooting to raise $1 million, he decides it shouldn't be impossible to raise $1 for every person in Canada (somewhere around $25 million). Terry gets on the Ferry to Nova Scotia to begin the next leg of his journey. May 7 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope continues as he gets off the ferry in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, a community of the regional municipality of Cape Breton. Terry's arrival in Nova Scotia is unpleasant. He's sick from the ferry ride over, and he's been arguing with childhood friend Doug Alward, who is driving a van loaded with 3 extra artificial legs, and various spare parts should the legs need repair. They also sleep in the van if they don't find a hotel at night. The CBC asks to film him running on the highway, and there's a near fatal accident. A transport truck smashes into the slow moving CBC vehicle while they drive alongside Terry taking footage of him running, nearly taking Terry's life, if he had been a few yards further ahead, he would have been smashed in the wreck. One of the cameramen ends up with a compression fracture in his back that keeps him off work for six months, but there are no other serious injuries.

09-10-2010, 02:12 PM	#12
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	April Recap Team Record: 11 - 7 Month Record : 11 - 7 Runs Scored: 91 Runs Allowed: 87

09-10-2010, 02:13 PM	#13
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS May 11 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, ongoing for exactly one month, has reached Antigonish, not far from Port Hawkesbury in Nova Scotia. Terry found the slow start to fundraising efforts in Nova Scotia disappointing compared to the successful send-off he'd had in Newfoundland. At his last stop at Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland the town of 8-10,000 people had raised $10,000. At the time he left the Canadian Cancer Society estimated that Terry had raised between $20-25,000 in Newfoundland. However, just outside Port Hawkesbury, on his way to Antigonish, Terry wrote this in his diary "The Cancer Society here in Nova Scotia is doing nothing and money is being wasted. I would love to get my hands on the people in Halifax." May 16 The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship, taking Game 6 of the best of 7 series 123-107 to win the series 4-2 over the Philadelphia 76ers. Though Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had been named MVP of the NBA for the 1980 season, he would not play in the deciding Game 6. After an ankle injury hobbled him in the Lakers victory in Game 5, he was declared unfit for Game 6. Instead the Lakers would start 20-year old rookie Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Johnson would dominate the game, scoring a game-high 42 points, grabbing a game-high 15 rebounds, and handing out 7 assists. Magic Johnson led the Lakers to the NBA Championship. Magic Johnson was named MVP of the 1980 NBA Finals. The fact that he was a rookie only made the performance more "Magic"al. May 18 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope reached Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, just East of Halifax today. Terry reports that his run so far in Nova Scotia has been pleasant, the weather has been good, and there's been nice scenery. The running is also going well, despite pleasant diversions, like motorists wanting him to stop and have a beer. After the rough and hilly terrain of Newfoundland, and nearly getting killed on the highway when he first got to Nova Scotia things have settled down considerably. His diary entry from May 14th reads, "Twenty-six miles is now the daily minimum. It is beautiful, quiet, peaceful country. I love it. Very few dogs, so far. Few or no trucks. Very little traffic. I need this." He didn't have much to see between cities, he also wrote this in his diary, "I saw four rabbits and a beaver today. Also one dead porcupine and two dead skunks." Around this time Terry's friends and family started to express concern about his general health. His parents Rolly and Betty Fox, seeing occasional glimpses of their son on television from their home in Port Qoquitlam, British Columbia, were particularly concerned. Terry told them he had lost seven pounds so far, mostly from his upper body. He had done a lot of weightlifting while training for the run, but had no chance to do so now that he was on the road. Terry's mental health took a bit of a beating at this point as well. The stress of running left him exhausted and ill-tempered, and he was barely on speaking terms with his friends and van driver Doug Alward. Terry called his parents in tears from Sheet Harbor, Nova Scotia, and they flew to Halifax to spend a week with their son and mediate. At the home of a woman who had put them up for the night near Highway 7, Terry, Doug, and Terry's parents had a lengthy and vocal discussion that eased relations between the two young men. Continueing the Marathon on better terms, the four of them took the ferry across Halifax Harbor to meet the Mayor of Dartmouth and continue the fund raising. On May 20th, in a speech at Dartmouth Vocational School, Terry made a point of publicly thanking his childhood friend. "I couldn't help but cry when I said how Doug had the courage to put up with and understand me when I'm tired and irritable." he wrote.

09-10-2010, 02:14 PM	#14
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09-13-2010, 11:32 AM	#15
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS May 20th The Quebec government holds a referendum in the province about whether Quebec should attempt seperation from Canada to become it's own sovereign state. The people of Quebec vote down the referendum, 60% of Quebecers wish not to seperate. May 24 The New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup today, as they defeated the Phildelphia Flyers 5-4 on Bob Nystrom's winning goal in overtime of Game 6, to beat the Flyers 4-2 in the best of seven game series. In the first game of this Series Denis Potvin scored the first ever power-play overtime goal in Stanley Cup history. After winning an Olympic gold medal for Team USA in the 1980 Winter Olympics, Ken Morrow joined the Islanders, and added a Stanley Cup to his resume for quite a remarkable season. Bryan Trottier was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. The Islanders star center scored 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points in 21 playoff games. May 25 Mount St. Helen's, in Washington State, erupted for the second time in the space of a week. At 2:30am May 25th the volcano erupted, sending a cloud of ash 9 miles into the atmosphere. The eruption was preceded by a sudden increase in earthquake activity and occured in a rain storm. Erratic wind from the rain storm carried the ash of the eruption south and west, lightly dusting large areas of western Washington and Oregon. The previous eruption occured one week ago on the 18th of May, and was the first time the volcano had erupted since 1857. The first eruption had produced a volcanic ash cloud that deposited ash in 11 U.S. States. It also created a mix of pulverized lava and older rock that sped toward Spirit Lake. When everything settled 57 people and thousands of animals were dead, hundreds of square miles were reduced to wasteland, and over $1 billion dollars US in damage had been done. Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope has reached Charlottetown, the capital of the tiny island province of Prince Edward Island. It's been a week of milestones for Terry he has run over 1,000 miles, is in his third province, and is now 1/5th of the way across Canada. But for Terry the most important part of the run is raising money for the Cancer Society, and that too is going well. Today alone he made $600 cash handed to him by people along the road to Charlottetown. Terry average 26 miles (42 km) every day, which is the same length as a marathon foot race. According to the later released book Terry by Douglas Coupland nobody in recorded history has ever run as many consecutive marathons as Terry Fox, and his body took a real beating from the running. In addition to chafing and cysts around the area where his stump attaches to his artificial leg, he also suffers shin splints, dizziness, lost toenails, and inflamed knee. He generally kept this to himself or dismissed it as minor concerns. On May 24th Terry Fox took the 2:30 pm ferry across the Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island. In his diary he notes with pleasure that he got to spend an hour with the ferry captain. He then ran to Borden, P.E.I., had a shower, and watched the deciding game of the Stanley Cup playoff in his room. He then drove to Summerside to enjoy the scenery. In his diary, he notes another first, "I finally relaxed!". On May 25th Terry ran along the highway and marvelled at the number of supporters and the media coverage he encountered. In his diary for this day, for the first time Terry notes that though it was cold he took off his sweat pants and ran in shorts so people could see his artificial leg.

09-13-2010, 11:35 AM	#17
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS June 1 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope is heading east down Highway 7, about halfway between Saint John, New Brunswick, and New Brunswick's largest city, Moncton. New Brunswick is his fourth province in seven weeks of running, and he's averaging approximately 29 miles, daily. Terry started experiencing problems with the knee joints in his artificial legs soon after entering New Brunswick. He wrote in his diary, "The springs in my knee joint are worn away but I struggled and pounded out the twelve miles." The leg was sent ahead to Fredericton for repairs. When he tried one of his spare legs it was worse, "After a half-mile I fell flat on my face. I couldn't keep my balance and I was struggling to make ground again." No events were organized for him when he had arrived at Saint John. Though he was advised to skip the city entirely by sticking to the Trans-Canada Highway, he decided to go there to make a point. "I am going to run right down this city's main street. Doug is going to follow behind me and honk," Terry wrote in his diary. "We will be rebels, we will stir up noise. People will know Terry Fox ran out of his way to Saint John for a reason!" Things improved after the mayor of Saint John hastily rallied the local radio station and newspaper. Terry's diary entry from June 1, 1980 mentions that he found this stretch of the run difficult: The weather was hot and muggy, he was tired and sore, and "one idiot tried to drive me off the road." But his spirits were soon raised. Darrell Fox, then 17, skipped his high school graduation to join his older brother in Saint John. Darrell adored Terry and his presence lightened the mood considerably.

09-13-2010, 11:36 AM	#18
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09-15-2010, 11:12 AM	#19
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS June 3 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope is just outside of Fredericton, the capital city of the province of New Brunswick. Terry Fox remains optimistic about the distance he's covered and the money he's raising (now over $100,000). However, he has an increasingly common complaint: pain caused by his artificial leg. Terry blames the discomfort on the weight he's lost during the run, causing his stump to not fit properly into the leg. He also has a new concern: no paved shoulders on the highway means he must run out in traffic, and worry more about his safety than his progress. Terry Fox's diary from the Highway's of New Brunswick reveals more about the pleasure and pain of being on the road. "Today it was a beautiful morning. No wind, sunny, and the sun coming up was great. Beautiful farmland" he wrote. Then the inevitable, "The first few miles were the usual torture. My foot was blistered bad, but my stump wasn't too bad." When Terry ran through Hartland and Bristol, NB, he was encouraged by the turnout "Today I had tremendous support. Everybody honked and waved. People all over looked out of their homes and stores and cheered me on."

09-15-2010, 11:16 AM	#20
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	NEWS June 6th Placed LF Rickey Henderson on the 15-day disabled list. (bruised shin) Purchased the contract of LF Barry Bonnell from Triple A.