1979 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977) - Page 16

rpriske · 06-28-2013, 07:20 AM

Championship Series!

ALCS GAME 1

TEX 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 - 6 12 2
DET 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 X - 11 13 3

WP - Larry Gura (1-0)
LP - Len Barker (0-1)
HR - TEX - Claudell Washington (1) DET - Gary Matthews (1), Dave Winfield (1)

MVP - Gary Matthews

DET leads 1-0

NLCS GAME 1

NYM 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 - 8 11 2
CIN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 7 0

WP - N. Espinosa (1-0)
LP - D. Dumoulin (0-1)
HR - NYM - Butch Hobson (1)

MVP - Darrell Porter

NYM lead 1-0

ALCS GAME 2

TEX 0 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 - 10 13 1
DET 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0

WP - Gaylord Perry (1-0)
LP - Mike Krukow (0-1)
HR - TEX - Joe Ferguson (1), Claudell Washington 2 (3), Bump Wills (1), DET - John Lowenstein (1)

MVP - Claudell Washington

Series Tied at 1

NLCS GAME 2

NYM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
CIN 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 X - 4 9 0

WP - Pete Vuckovich (1-0)
LP - Curt Swan (0-1)
HR - NYM - John Milner (1), CIN - Johnny Bench 2 (2)

MVP - Pete Vuckovich

Series is tied at 1

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NOTE - Jeffrey Smith has accepted a contract extension to remain as pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays
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To activate Oscar Gamble from the 60-day DL, Domingo Nieto was designated for assignment
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ALCS GAME 3

DET 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 - 9 13 0
TEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 11 0

WP - Rick Honeycutt (1-0)
LP - Mike Paxton (0-1)
HR - DET - Alan Trammell (1), Dave Winfield (2)

MVP - Alan Trammell

DET leads 2-1

NLCS GAME 3

CIN 3 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 - 11 15 0
NYM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1

WP - Doyle Alexander (1-0)
LP - Tom Seaver (0-1)
HR - CIN - Johnny Bench (3)

MVP - Johnny Bench

CIN leads 2-1

ALCS GAME 4

DET 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1
TEX 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 X - 5 11 0

WP - Len Barker (1-1)
LP - Larry Gura (1-1)
HR - None

MVP - Len Barker

Series tied at 2

NLCS GAME 4

CIN 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 7 12 2
NYM 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 X - 8 14 1

WP - B. Apodaca (1-0)
LP - Rawley Eastwick (0-1)
HR - NYM - Lee Mazzilli (1), John Milner (2)

MVP - John Milner

Series is tied at 2

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Manager Marv Williams and Hitting coach Bartolo Flores have left the Lethbridge Guerillas

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 12:43 AM

Ray Graves is the new hitting coach for Lethbridge (SH A). He was previously working on the Rookie Ball team of the Cardinals.

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ALCS GAME 5

TEX 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 - 7 9 4
DET 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 0

WP - Gaylord Perry (2-0)
LP - Mike Krukow (0-2)
HR - TEX - Roy Howell (1), DET - Dave Winfield (3)

MVP - Roy Howell

TEX wins series 3-2

NLCS GAME 5

NYM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X - 2 6 0

WP - Pete Vuckovich (2-0)
LP - John Matlock (0-1)
Save - Tom Hume (1)
HR - NYM - Darrell Porter (1), CIN - Rich Dauer (1), Dan Driessen (1)

MVP - Pete Vuckovich

CIN wins series 3-2

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Chuck Waters is now the manager at Lethbridge. He was the manager at Stratford so this is a bit of a demotion.

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rpriske · 06-29-2013, 12:59 AM

WORLD SERIES GAME 1

CIN 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
TEX 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 1

WP - Jerry Augustine (1-0)
LP - Rawley Eastwick (0-2)
HR - CIN - Mike Schmidt (1), TEX - Pat Putnam (1)

MVP - Mike Paxton

TEX leads 1-0

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WORLD SERIES GAME 2

CIN 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 0
TEX 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 X - 8 9 0

WP - Len Barker (2-1)
LP - Pat Zachry (0-1)
HR - CIN - Mike Schmidt (2), TEX - Pat Putnam (2), Bill Russell (1)

MVP - Pat Putnam

TEX leads 2-0

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WORLD SERIES GAME 3

TEX 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 2
CIN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0

WP - Dick Pole (1-0)
LP - Pete Vuckovich (2-1)
Save - Rick Reed (1)
HR - TEX - Bill Russell (2), Claudell Washington (4)

MVP - Claudell Washington

TEX leads 3-0

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WORLD SERIES GAME 4

TEX 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 4 10 3
CIN 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X - 5 7 0

WP - Doyle Alexander (2-0)
LP - Tommy Boggs (0-1)
Save - Tom Hume (2)
HR - Milt May (1)

MVP - Milt May

TEX leads 3-1

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WORLD SERIES GAME 5

TEX 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 9 1
CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 - 4 12 0

WP - Rick Reed (1-0)
LP - Pat Zachry (0-2)
Save - Jerry Augustine (1)
HR - TEX - Pat Putnam (3), CIN - Leon Roberts (1)

MVP - Len Barker

The Texas Rangers are the World Series Champions!

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:00 AM

My season score was a 94.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:04 AM

Big changes. First off, my budget is now $6m. That is a big increase.

The contracts are up on Manager Roy Hartsfield, Bench Coach Rob Walker and Hitting Coach Arthur Young.

I think I can do better.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:13 AM

I have a whole bunch of players up for arbitration.

I am not offering contracts to:

Bill Travers
Mike Barlow
Phil Mankowski
Carlos Hernandez
Dan Meyer

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:24 AM

Reynaldo Ramos is the new hitting coach for Toronto. He previously did that job with the Phillies.

Dave Hamilton signed a two-year extension.

Jack Simmons is the new Blue Jay manager! He was previously the Angels' bench coach.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:26 AM

Two Blue Jays got Gold Gloves!

Pitcher: Mike LaCoss (Kansas City Royals)
Catcher: John Stearns (California Angels)
First Baseman: Eddie Murray (Baltimore Orioles)
Second Baseman: Jerome Thomson (Toronto Blue Jays)
Third Baseman: Buddy Bell (Boston Red Sox)
Shortstop: Roy Smalley III (Minnesota Twins)
Left Fielder: Dave Collins (Seattle Mariners)
Center Fielder: Matt Robinson (Toronto Blue Jays)
Right Fielder: Claudell Washington (Texas Rangers)

Pitcher: Dan Schatzeder (Montreal Expos)
Catcher: Dave Rader (Los Angeles Dodgers)
First Baseman: Cecil Cooper (Montreal Expos)
Second Baseman: Phil Garner (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Third Baseman: Mike Schmidt (Cincinnati Reds)
Shortstop: Bucky Dent (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Left Fielder: Kirk Gibson (Atlanta Braves)
Center Fielder: Lynn Jones (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Right Fielder: Ellis Valentine (New York Mets)

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:27 AM

Skip McBeath got the AL Rookie of the year!

For the NL it was Kirk Gibson of the Braves.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:28 AM

The awards keep on coming as Rusty Priske was named AL Manager of the year!

Sparky Anderson of the Reds won for the NL.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:30 AM

Cy Young awards:

Nolan Ryan, Angels & J.R. Richard, Astros

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Luis Moran is the Blue Jays news Bench Coach! He previously held that same job with the A's.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:31 AM

MVP's!

Pat Putnam, Rangers & Mike Schmidt, Reds

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:39 AM

DRAFT!!

Rickey Henderson, who Toronto drafted last year but was unable to sign, went first over all to Oakland.

Toronto had 3 picks in the first round

With the #6 pick we took...

Dave Stieb

With the #18 pick we took

Wally Backman

With the #25 pick we took Terry Harper

Here are the rest by round:

Suppl. 1 - Onix Concepcion
Suppl. 1 - Doug Corbett
Suppl. 1 - Jesus Figueroa
2 - Jim Tracy
2 - Kim Allen
3 - Bill Hayes
4 - Bob Pate

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:45 AM

Onix Concepcion signed!
Terry Harper signed!
Doug Corbett signed!
Jesus Figueroa signed!

Here is the big one...

DAVE STIEB SIGNED!

Kim Allen signed!

Wally Backman, Jim Tracy and Bill Hayes all want more money... and that isn't happening.

We still haven't heard from Bob Pate but now it is arbitration hearing time!

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:49 AM

Arb Results

In Favour of team:

Rick Baldwin - $90,000
Rick Camp - $90,000
Jim Clancy - $90,000
Biff Pocoroba - $90,000
Santo Alcala - $90,000
Dennis DeBarr - $90,000
Joe Nolan - $90,000

In Favour of player:

Champ Summers - $252,000
Mark Foster - $211,650
Ed Whitson - $187,500
Mike Parrott - $175,000

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 01:50 AM

Bob Pate joined the list of hold-outs.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 02:01 AM

BIG FREE AGENT SIGNING FOR TORONTO!

The Blue Jays have come to terms with Robin Yount on a 4-year deal!

They also signed Ed Daugherty, Sugimoto Goto and Jesus Acosta to minor league contracts.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 03:55 PM

TRADE

The Winter Meetings have begun and the Blue Jays and Angels have swung a 9 player trade!

To ANGELS

INF Dale Ryan
C Bill McKnight
MR Donato Valle
SP Pablo Sanchez
SP Michael Davis

To BLUE JAYS

C Rick Cerone
2B Dave Stapleton
RF Ray Jenkins
CL Chris Rich

Jenkins and Rich are going to the minors but Cerone will be in the mix with Joe Nolan as the catching corps and Stapleton is going to be playing short along with Kiko Garcia.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 04:06 PM

Rule 5 Draft

We have 4 roster spots so I expect to be aggressive.

Round 1 - Michael Hunter - 1B - Phillies
Round 2 - Tom Pierson - 2B - Red Sox
Round 3 - Al Carlson - LF - Orioles
Round 4 - Karl Cowell - CL - Rangers

We lost nobody.

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 04:36 PM

I have failed to sign Wally Backman, Jim Tracy, Bill Hayes and Bob Pate and will be given compensation picks in next year's draft.

06-29-2013, 01:04 AM	#305
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Big changes. First off, my budget is now $6m. That is a big increase. The contracts are up on Manager Roy Hartsfield, Bench Coach Rob Walker and Hitting Coach Arthur Young. I think I can do better. Last edited by rpriske; 06-30-2013 at 02:52 PM.

06-29-2013, 01:39 AM	#313
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	DRAFT!! Rickey Henderson, who Toronto drafted last year but was unable to sign, went first over all to Oakland. Toronto had 3 picks in the first round With the #6 pick we took... Dave Stieb With the #18 pick we took Wally Backman With the #25 pick we took Terry Harper Here are the rest by round: Suppl. 1 - Onix Concepcion Suppl. 1 - Doug Corbett Suppl. 1 - Jesus Figueroa 2 - Jim Tracy 2 - Kim Allen 3 - Bill Hayes 4 - Bob Pate Last edited by rpriske; 01-12-2015 at 09:49 AM.

06-28-2013, 07:20 AM	#301
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Championship Series! ALCS GAME 1 TEX 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 - 6 12 2 DET 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 X - 11 13 3 WP - Larry Gura (1-0) LP - Len Barker (0-1) HR - TEX - Claudell Washington (1) DET - Gary Matthews (1), Dave Winfield (1) MVP - Gary Matthews DET leads 1-0 NLCS GAME 1 NYM 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 - 8 11 2 CIN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 7 0 WP - N. Espinosa (1-0) LP - D. Dumoulin (0-1) HR - NYM - Butch Hobson (1) MVP - Darrell Porter NYM lead 1-0 ALCS GAME 2 TEX 0 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 - 10 13 1 DET 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 WP - Gaylord Perry (1-0) LP - Mike Krukow (0-1) HR - TEX - Joe Ferguson (1), Claudell Washington 2 (3), Bump Wills (1), DET - John Lowenstein (1) MVP - Claudell Washington Series Tied at 1 NLCS GAME 2 NYM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 CIN 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 X - 4 9 0 WP - Pete Vuckovich (1-0) LP - Curt Swan (0-1) HR - NYM - John Milner (1), CIN - Johnny Bench 2 (2) MVP - Pete Vuckovich Series is tied at 1 ````````````` NOTE - Jeffrey Smith has accepted a contract extension to remain as pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays ```````````` To activate Oscar Gamble from the 60-day DL, Domingo Nieto was designated for assignment ```````````` ALCS GAME 3 DET 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 - 9 13 0 TEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 11 0 WP - Rick Honeycutt (1-0) LP - Mike Paxton (0-1) HR - DET - Alan Trammell (1), Dave Winfield (2) MVP - Alan Trammell DET leads 2-1 NLCS GAME 3 CIN 3 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 - 11 15 0 NYM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 WP - Doyle Alexander (1-0) LP - Tom Seaver (0-1) HR - CIN - Johnny Bench (3) MVP - Johnny Bench CIN leads 2-1 ALCS GAME 4 DET 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 TEX 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 X - 5 11 0 WP - Len Barker (1-1) LP - Larry Gura (1-1) HR - None MVP - Len Barker Series tied at 2 NLCS GAME 4 CIN 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 7 12 2 NYM 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 X - 8 14 1 WP - B. Apodaca (1-0) LP - Rawley Eastwick (0-1) HR - NYM - Lee Mazzilli (1), John Milner (2) MVP - John Milner Series is tied at 2 ````````````````` Manager Marv Williams and Hitting coach Bartolo Flores have left the Lethbridge Guerillas

06-29-2013, 12:43 AM	#302
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Ray Graves is the new hitting coach for Lethbridge (SH A). He was previously working on the Rookie Ball team of the Cardinals. ``````````````` ALCS GAME 5 TEX 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 - 7 9 4 DET 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 0 WP - Gaylord Perry (2-0) LP - Mike Krukow (0-2) HR - TEX - Roy Howell (1), DET - Dave Winfield (3) MVP - Roy Howell TEX wins series 3-2 NLCS GAME 5 NYM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X - 2 6 0 WP - Pete Vuckovich (2-0) LP - John Matlock (0-1) Save - Tom Hume (1) HR - NYM - Darrell Porter (1), CIN - Rich Dauer (1), Dan Driessen (1) MVP - Pete Vuckovich CIN wins series 3-2 ````````````` Chuck Waters is now the manager at Lethbridge. He was the manager at Stratford so this is a bit of a demotion. ````````````

06-29-2013, 12:59 AM	#303
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	WORLD SERIES GAME 1 CIN 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1 TEX 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 1 WP - Jerry Augustine (1-0) LP - Rawley Eastwick (0-2) HR - CIN - Mike Schmidt (1), TEX - Pat Putnam (1) MVP - Mike Paxton TEX leads 1-0 `````````````` WORLD SERIES GAME 2 CIN 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 0 TEX 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 X - 8 9 0 WP - Len Barker (2-1) LP - Pat Zachry (0-1) HR - CIN - Mike Schmidt (2), TEX - Pat Putnam (2), Bill Russell (1) MVP - Pat Putnam TEX leads 2-0 ````````````` WORLD SERIES GAME 3 TEX 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 2 CIN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 WP - Dick Pole (1-0) LP - Pete Vuckovich (2-1) Save - Rick Reed (1) HR - TEX - Bill Russell (2), Claudell Washington (4) MVP - Claudell Washington TEX leads 3-0 ``````````` WORLD SERIES GAME 4 TEX 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 4 10 3 CIN 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X - 5 7 0 WP - Doyle Alexander (2-0) LP - Tommy Boggs (0-1) Save - Tom Hume (2) HR - Milt May (1) MVP - Milt May TEX leads 3-1 ``````````` WORLD SERIES GAME 5 TEX 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 9 1 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 - 4 12 0 WP - Rick Reed (1-0) LP - Pat Zachry (0-2) Save - Jerry Augustine (1) HR - TEX - Pat Putnam (3), CIN - Leon Roberts (1) MVP - Len Barker The Texas Rangers are the World Series Champions!

06-29-2013, 01:00 AM	#304
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	My season score was a 94.

06-29-2013, 01:13 AM	#306
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	I have a whole bunch of players up for arbitration. I am not offering contracts to: Bill Travers Mike Barlow Phil Mankowski Carlos Hernandez Dan Meyer

06-29-2013, 01:24 AM	#307
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Reynaldo Ramos is the new hitting coach for Toronto. He previously did that job with the Phillies. Dave Hamilton signed a two-year extension. Jack Simmons is the new Blue Jay manager! He was previously the Angels' bench coach.

06-29-2013, 01:26 AM	#308
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Two Blue Jays got Gold Gloves! Pitcher: Mike LaCoss (Kansas City Royals) Catcher: John Stearns (California Angels) First Baseman: Eddie Murray (Baltimore Orioles) Second Baseman: Jerome Thomson (Toronto Blue Jays) Third Baseman: Buddy Bell (Boston Red Sox) Shortstop: Roy Smalley III (Minnesota Twins) Left Fielder: Dave Collins (Seattle Mariners) Center Fielder: Matt Robinson (Toronto Blue Jays) Right Fielder: Claudell Washington (Texas Rangers) Pitcher: Dan Schatzeder (Montreal Expos) Catcher: Dave Rader (Los Angeles Dodgers) First Baseman: Cecil Cooper (Montreal Expos) Second Baseman: Phil Garner (Pittsburgh Pirates) Third Baseman: Mike Schmidt (Cincinnati Reds) Shortstop: Bucky Dent (Pittsburgh Pirates) Left Fielder: Kirk Gibson (Atlanta Braves) Center Fielder: Lynn Jones (Los Angeles Dodgers) Right Fielder: Ellis Valentine (New York Mets)

06-29-2013, 01:27 AM	#309
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Skip McBeath got the AL Rookie of the year! For the NL it was Kirk Gibson of the Braves.

06-29-2013, 01:28 AM	#310
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	The awards keep on coming as Rusty Priske was named AL Manager of the year! Sparky Anderson of the Reds won for the NL.

06-29-2013, 01:30 AM	#311
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Cy Young awards: Nolan Ryan, Angels & J.R. Richard, Astros `````````` Luis Moran is the Blue Jays news Bench Coach! He previously held that same job with the A's.

06-29-2013, 01:31 AM	#312
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	MVP's! Pat Putnam, Rangers & Mike Schmidt, Reds

06-29-2013, 01:45 AM	#314
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Onix Concepcion signed! Terry Harper signed! Doug Corbett signed! Jesus Figueroa signed! Here is the big one... DAVE STIEB SIGNED! Kim Allen signed! Wally Backman, Jim Tracy and Bill Hayes all want more money... and that isn't happening. We still haven't heard from Bob Pate but now it is arbitration hearing time!

06-29-2013, 01:49 AM	#315
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Arb Results In Favour of team: Rick Baldwin - $90,000 Rick Camp - $90,000 Jim Clancy - $90,000 Biff Pocoroba - $90,000 Santo Alcala - $90,000 Dennis DeBarr - $90,000 Joe Nolan - $90,000 In Favour of player: Champ Summers - $252,000 Mark Foster - $211,650 Ed Whitson - $187,500 Mike Parrott - $175,000

06-29-2013, 01:50 AM	#316
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Bob Pate joined the list of hold-outs.

06-29-2013, 02:01 AM	#317
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	BIG FREE AGENT SIGNING FOR TORONTO! The Blue Jays have come to terms with Robin Yount on a 4-year deal! They also signed Ed Daugherty, Sugimoto Goto and Jesus Acosta to minor league contracts.

06-29-2013, 03:55 PM	#318
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	TRADE The Winter Meetings have begun and the Blue Jays and Angels have swung a 9 player trade! To ANGELS INF Dale Ryan C Bill McKnight MR Donato Valle SP Pablo Sanchez SP Michael Davis To BLUE JAYS C Rick Cerone 2B Dave Stapleton RF Ray Jenkins CL Chris Rich Jenkins and Rich are going to the minors but Cerone will be in the mix with Joe Nolan as the catching corps and Stapleton is going to be playing short along with Kiko Garcia.

06-29-2013, 04:06 PM	#319
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	Rule 5 Draft We have 4 roster spots so I expect to be aggressive. Round 1 - Michael Hunter - 1B - Phillies Round 2 - Tom Pierson - 2B - Red Sox Round 3 - Al Carlson - LF - Orioles Round 4 - Karl Cowell - CL - Rangers We lost nobody.

06-29-2013, 04:36 PM	#320
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,117	I have failed to sign Wally Backman, Jim Tracy, Bill Hayes and Bob Pate and will be given compensation picks in next year's draft.