1988 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977)

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The trade with the Mariners was cancelled as Julian Rocha did not clear waivers.

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ALCS GAME ONE

Blue Jays at Angels

Nolan Ryan (19-11, 3.34) vs Tim Leary (15-10, 3.96).

The Angels are favoured overall, but I like Toronto's chances here.

Top of the 1st

Rickey Henderson walks to lead off the game. He steals 2nd. Ryne Sandberg follows with a two-run homer!

Blue Jays lead 2-0

Bottom of the 1st

Ryan walks Sid Bream with one out. Ryan is then called for a balk. Bream moves to 3rd and Ellis Burks is safe at 1st on an error by Ken Phelps. Jose Canseco walks to load the bases. Kirby Puckett doubles into the left field corner, all three runners score and Puckett goes to 3rd on the play at the plate. Puckett scores on a Harold Reynolds sac fly.

Angels lead 4-2

Top of the 2nd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 2nd

Roy Hosley walks with two out and then steals 2nd. He is left there.

Top of the 3rd

Mike Pagliarulo leads off with a single. He moves to 2nd on a wild pitch. Rickey walks. Thee bases load up when Sandberg reaches on an error by Reynolds. Pedro Soto singles, scoring Pagliarulo. Phelps then wallops a GRAND SLAM!
Jimmy Jones relieves for the Angels.
Joseph Prost singles. Paul Molitor doubles and Prost scores.

Blue Jays lead 8-4

Bottom of the 3rd

Canseco reaches with a one out single. He is thrown out trying to steal 2nd.

Top of the 4th

Henderson walks for the third straight time. He moves to 2nd on a ground out by Soto. Phelps singles and Rickey is thrown out trying to score.

Bottom of the 4th

Carney Lansford singles with one out. He is thrown out trying to steal 2nd. Mike Scioscia singles but gets no further.

Top of the 5th

Prost hits a lead-off home run. Molitor singles. With one out Mauro Morin singles, moving Molitor to 2nd. Pagliarulo hits into a double play.

Blue Jays lead 9-4

Bottom of the 5th

Hosley leads off with a single. He steals 2nd and moves to 3rd when Morin throws the ball away trying to catch him. With one out Burks reaches and Hosley scores on a Phelps error. Canseco hits into a double play.

Blue Jays lead 9-5

Top of the 6th

With one out, Sandberg hits his second home run of the game. With two out, Phelps singles and is thrown out trying to stretch it to a double.

Blue Jays lead 10-5

Bottom of the 6th

Puckett reaches 1st on a Soto error. He goes to 2nd and Reynolds reaches on a Sandberg error.
That is five Toronto errors this game.
Neither manage to score this time.

Top of the 7th

With one out, Molitor doubles.
Jesus Gallo relieves for the Angels.
He gets out of it.

Bottom of the 7th

Burks walks with two out.
Rafael Perez relieves for the Jays.
He gets the 3rd out.

Top of the 8th

With two out, Sandberg hits his THIRD HOME RUN OF THE GAME! THAT TIES THE POSTSEASON RECORD!
Soto then walks. He is left there.

Blue Jays lead 11-5

Bottom of the 8th

Reynolds triples with one out. He scores and Lansford reaches on a Pagliarulo error. The SIXTH of the game for Toronto. Lansford moves to 2nd on a Scioscia groundout. He goes to 3rd on a Mike Young single. Lansford scores and Young moves to 3rd as Hosley singles. Young scores on a wild pitch by Perez. Hosley scores on a double by Bream.

Blue Jays lead 11-9

Top of the 9th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 9th

Rick Honeycutt relieves for the Jays.
3 up, 3 down and that is it.

The Toronto power bats make up for some terrible defence.

AND RYNE SANDBERG MADE HISTORY!

WP - Nolan Ryan (1-0)
Save - Rick Honeycutt (1)
LP - Tim Leary (0-1)

Blue Jays lead 1-0

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ALCS GAME TWO

The Blue Jays at California

Dave Stieb (9-11, 4.94) vs German Matos (15-4, 3.73)

Top of the 1st

Ryne Sandberg singles with one out. He moves to 2nd as Pedro Soto singles. With two out Joseph Prost smashes a three-run homer.

Blue Jays lead 3-0

Bottom of the 1st

Sid Bream walks with one out. Mauro Morin throws him out trying to steal 2nd.

Top of the 2nd

Morin singles with one out. He is left there.

Bottom of the 2nd

Jose Canseco leads off with a home run. Carney Lansford singles with two out but gets no further.

Blue Jays lead 3-1

Top of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 4th

Sam Wilson singles with two out. He moves to 2nd as Morin singles. They are both left.

Bottom of the 4th

Ellis Burks leads off with a walk. With one out Kirby Puckett is plunked by a Stieb sinker. Harold Reynolds hits into a fielder's choice, moving Burks to 3rd. Lansford singles, scoring Burks sand moving Reynolds to 3rd. Two runners are left on.

Blue Jays lead 3-2

Top of the 5th

Sandberg walks with one out. He advances to 3rd on a two out single by Ken Phelps. They are left on.

Bottom of the 5th

Roy Hosley singles with one out. He steals 2nd. He is stranded.

Top of the 6th

Paul Molitor reaches with a lead-off single. Wilson replaces him with a fielder's choice.
Ramon Flores relieves for the Angels.
He leaves Wilson on base.

Bottom of the 6th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 7th

Rickey Henderson receives a lead-off walk. With one out Flores throws away a pick-off move, allowing Henderson to go to 2nd. He goes to 3rd on a Soto groundout. Phelps is awarded 1st after being nicked by a Flores pitch. Both runners are left.

Bottom of the 7th

Mike Scioscia singles with one out. He is left there.

Top of the 8th

Wilson walks with one out.
Michael Klinger relieves for the Angels.
Morin singles, moving Wilson up a base. With two out Henderson walks, losing the bases. Then Sandberg walks, pushing Wilson across. That is all they get.

Blue Jays lead 4-2

Bottom of the 8th

Bream leads off with an infield single. With one out Canseco ties the game with his 2nd homer of the day.
Kip Young relieves for the Jays.
With two out, Reynolds triples. He is left there.

Game tied 4-4

Top of the 9th

Dudley Sanders relieves for the Angels.
With one out Prost hits his 2nd homer of the game.

Blue Jays lead 5-4

Bottom of the 9th

Rick Honeycutt relieves for the Jays.
3 up, 3 down

The Blue Jays win it 5-4 and take a 2-0 lead in the ALCS!

WP - Kip Young (1-0)
Save - Rick Honeycutt (2)
LP - Dudley Sanders (0-1)

The Blue Jays are heading back to Toronto to try to win it in front of the home fans!

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NLCS GAME ONE


HOU 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1
SLC 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 2

WP - Sebastian Sanchez (1-0)
Save - Paco Nunez (1)
LP - Bret Saberhagen (0-1)

HR - None

Cardinals lead 1-0

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NLCS GAME TWO


HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 6 2
SLC 2 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 8 10 0

WP - Mark Moore (1-0)
Save - Paco Nunez (2)
LP - Dwight Gooden (0-1)

HR - HOU: Dave Winfield (1), SLC: Barry Bonds (1)

CARDINALS LEAD 2-0

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(NOTE: I was in the middle of this game with the Jays winning 6-5 in the 6th when the game crashed. Grrrr..... Trying again.)

Angels at Blue Jays

Fernando Farias (11-3, 4.10) vs Jim Kane (13-8, 3.02).

Top of the 1st

Roy Hosley opens the game by taking a walk. He goes to 2nd as Sid Bream singles. With one out Jose Canseco and Hosley scores. Then Kirby Puckett singles and Bream scores. Canseco steals 3rd. Harold Reynolds singles, scoring Canseco. Puckett is thrown out trying to go to 3rd on the play. Reynolds steals 2nd. Carney Lansford walks. Reynolds and Lansford score on a Mike Scioscia double.

Angels lead 5-0

Bottom of the 1st

Rickey Henderson leads off with a single. He scores on a Ryne Sandberg triple. Sandberg scores on a Pedro Soto sac fly. Ken Phelps singles. With two out, Paul Molitor singles. Both runners are left.

Angels lead 5-2

Top of the 2nd

Hosley walks to lead off the 2nd.
Dave Leiper relieves for Toronto.
Bream hits into a fielder's choice. Ellis Burks hits into a Molitor - Sandberg - Phelps double play.

Bottom of the 2nd

Mauro Morin leads off with a single. Mike Pagliarulo hits into a double play.

Top the 3rd

Canseco leads off with a single. He is thrown out trying to steal 2nd.

Bottom of the 3rd

With one out, Soto singles. With two out Joseph Prost singles. They are both left.

Top of the 4th

Lansford leads off with a single. He goes to 3rd on a Scioscia single. Leiper picks Scioscia off 1st. Lansford scores on a Mike Young sac fly. Hosley singles.
Art Powell relieves for Toronto.
Hosley goes to 3rd on a Bream single. Both men a relent.

Angels lead 6-2

Bottom of the 4th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 5th

Canseco leads off with a single. Puckett hits into a Sandberg - Molitor - Phelps double play.

Bottom of the 5th

With two out, Soto singles and is thrown out trying to steal 2nd.

Top of the 6th

Scioscia singles with one out. He gets no further.

Bottom of the 6th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 7th

With one out, Burks triples. He does not score.

Bottom of the 7th

Sam Wilson leads off with a walk. He moves to 2nd as Morin singles. With one out, Henderson walks, loading the bases.
Pepe Romero relieves for the Angels.
Wilson scores and Morin moves to 3rd on a Sandberg sac fly. Soto doubles, scoring Morin and Henderson.

Angels lead 6-5

Top of the 8th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 8th

Dudley Sanders relieves for the Angels.
With one out, he walks Molitor. Jose Alfonso pinch hits for Wilson but strikes out. Morin singles, moving Molitor up a base. Mike Pagliarulo walks, loading the bases. Henderson strikes out.

Top of the 9th

Alfonso stays in to play CF.
With one out, Hosley walks. Then so does Bream.
Walt Terrell relieves for the Jays.
Burks hits into a Pagliarulo - Sandberg - Phelps double play.

Bottom of the 9th

With two out, Ken Phelps walks, but that is all they get and the Angels have won, 6-5.

WP - Fernando Farias (1-0)
Save - Dudley Sanders (1)
LP - Jim Kane (0-1)

BLUE JAYS LEAD 2-1

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ALCS GAME FOUR

Angels at Blue Jays

Leon Smiley (6-3, 5.40) vs Robinson Lopez (15-8, 4.13)

Top of the 1st

Sid Bream walks with one out. Then Ellis Burks walks. Jose Canseco singles and Bream scores. Kirby Puckett hits into a fielder's choice and Burks goes to 3rd. Two runners are left.

Angels lead 1-0

Bottom of the 1st

Rickey Henderson leads off with a single. With two out, Mike Scioscia throws the ball away trying to pick-off Rickey, and he goes to 2nd on the error. He is left there.

Top of the 2nd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 2nd

Joseph Prost leads off with a walk. He moves to 2nd on a one out single by Sam Wilson. Mauro Morin singles and Prost scores.

Game tied 1-1

Top of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 4th

Canseco leads off with a homer. With one out, Harold Reynolds singles. He steals 2nd. He scores on a Carney Lansford single. Lopez is called for a balk. Lansford gets no further.

Angels lead 3-1

Bottom of the 4th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 5th

Roy Hosley leads off with an infield single. Bream hits into a fielder's choice. Bream moves to 2nd on a Burks groundout. Lopez is called for another balk. Breams scores on a Canseco double. Kirby Puckett walks. Two runners are left on.

Angels lead 4-1

Bottom of the 5th

Henderson singles with two out. Then an error by Hosley allows Ryne Sandberg to reach. Pedro Soto singles and Mike Young botches the play, allowing Henderson to score and Sandberg and Soto to get an extra base. They are left on.

Angels lead 4-2

Top of the 6th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 6th

With two out, Wilson smacks a solo home run. Then Morin makes it back-to-back jacks to tie the game!

Game tied 4-4

Top of the 7th

Hosley leads off with a walk.
Antonio Gonzalez relieves for Toronto.
Hosley steals 2nd. He goes to 3rd on a passed ball by Morin. Bream walks. Hosley scores on a sac fly by Burks. Morin throws Bream out trying to steal.

Angels lead 5-4

Bottom of the 7th

Pepe Romero relieves for California.
Henderson singles to lead off. He advances to 2nd on a Sandberg groundout. He goes to 3rd on a wild pitch by Romero. Soto reaches and Henderson scores on an error by Reynolds. (That is the 4th Angel error of the game.) Soto is thrown out trying to steal.

Game tied 5-5

Top of the 8th

Puckett leads off with a single. He goes to 2nd on a one out single by Lansford. They are both left.

Bottom of the 8th

Michael Klinger relieves for the Angels.
3 up, 3 down

Top of the 9th

Burks reaches with a two out single but is stranded.

Bottom of the 9th

Jose Alfonso pinch hits for Mike Pagliarulo with now out but makes the 2nd out.

Top of the 10th

Cameron Washington takes over at 3rd for the Blue Jays.
Puckett leads off with an infield single.
Howard Richmond relieves for Toronto.
Pinch hitter Nick O'Brian walks. Lansford hits into a Sandberg - Molitor - Phelps double play. Puckett goes to 3rd. Pinch hitter Al Carlson triples, scoring Puckett.

Angels lead 6-5

Bottom of the 10th

Ken Phelps singles with two out, but that is all Toronto gets and the game is over.

WP - Michael Klinger (1-0)
LP - Antonio Gonzalez (0-1)

Series tied 2-2!

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NLCS GAME THREE


SLC 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 0
HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0

WP - Patrick Jaouen (1-0)
Save - Paco Nunez (3)
LP - Jack Hines (0-1)

HR - none

Cardinals lead series 3-0

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ALCS GAME FIVE

Angels at Blue Jays

Tim Leary (0-1, 27.00) vs Nolan Ryan (1-0, 2.70).

Top of the 1st

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 1st

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 2nd

Harold Reynolds doubles with two out but is left.

Bottom of the 2nd

With one out, Joseph Prost walks. He then goes to 2nd on a Paul Molitor single. They both move up on a wild pitch by Leary. Sam Wilson walks to load the bases. Mauro Morin hits into a fielder's choice at 2nd. Prost scores. That is all they manage.

Blue Jays lead 1-0

Top of the 3rd

With one out, Mike Young walks. Ryan is called for a balk. He goes to 3rd on a groundout by Roy Hosley. He gets no further.

Bottom of the 3rd

Rickey Henderson leads off with a double. He scores on a Ryne Sandberg single. He goes to 2nd on a one out single by Ken Phelps. They are both left.

Blue Jays lead 2-0

Top of the 4th

Ellis Burks gets a lead off walk. He steals 2nd. With one out, Kirby Puckett ties the game with a home run.

Game tied 2-2

Bottom of the 4th

Wilson walks again to lead off. Mike Pagliarulo ends the inning by hitting into a double play.

Top of the 5th

Young reaches with a one out double. He moves to 3rd on a Hosley single. Hosley steals 2nd. Both runners score on a Sid Bream single. Bream is thrown out trying to steal. Burks singles but is left.

Angels lead 4-2

Bottom of the 5th

Sandberg singles with one out. He is left there.

Top of the 6th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 6th

With one out, Molitor walks. With two out, Morin walks. Both get no further.

Top of the 7th

Mike Scioscia leads off with a walk.
Rafael Perez relieves for Toronto.
Scioscia moves to 2nd on a Young ground out and 3rd on a Hosley ground out. That's as far as he can get.

Bottom of the 7th

With one out, Pepe Romero relieves for California.
Sandberg singles. He is erased on a Pedro Soto fielder's choice. They get no more.

Top of the 8th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 8th

Dudley Sanders relieves for the Angels.
He walks Wilson with two out. That's all they get.

Top of the 9th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 9th

Jose Alfonso pinch hits for Pagliarulo and struck out. Henderson follows with a double.
Michael Klinger relieves for California.
He gets the next guy but then walks Soto. Phelps lien out and the game is over.

Angels win 4-2

WP - Tim Leary (1-1)
Save - Michael Klinger (1)
LP - Nolan Ryan (1-1)

Angels lead 3-2

The Jays are heading to California with two must-win games.

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NLCS GAME FOUR


SLC 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 6 9 0
HOU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 2

WP - Gerald Woods (1-0)
LP - Shi-fa Loong (0-1)

HR - SLC: Terry Pendleton (1)

CARDINALS WIN SERIES 4-0

SERIES MVP - Shawon Dunston

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ALCS GAME SIX

The Blue Jays won the first two but then lost the next three. This is do-or-die time. Every game has been won by the visiting team. Toronto needs that to continue.

Blue Jays at Angels

Dave Stieb (0-0, 4.91) vs German Matos (0-0, 5.06).

Top of the 1st

Rickey Henderson leads off with a single. He moves to 2nd on a deep fly by Ryne Sandberg and then to 3rd on a groundout by Pedro Soto. Ken Phelps walks. Both runners are left.

Bottom of the 1st

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 2nd

Paul Molitor leads off with a walk. With one out, Molitor goes to 3rd on a Mauro Morin single. Both runners are left.

Bottom of the 2nd

Harold Reynolds singles with two out. He steals 2nd but gets no further.

Top of the 3rd

Phelps singles with two out. He goes to 2nd as Joseph Prost does the same. For the 3rd inning in a row, the Jays leaves two men on.

Bottom of the 3rd

Mike Scioscia leads off with a single. He advances to 2nd on a wild pitch. With one out, Roy Hosley lines out to centre and Sam Wilson throws out Scioscia trying to advance.

Top of the 4th

After his great play in the field, Wilson leads off with a double. This time the Jays only leave one man on.

Bottom of the 4th

Sid Bream leads off with a walk. With one out he advances to 3rd on a Jose Canseco double. Both runners move up on an infield single by Kirby Puckett. Then both runners move up on a single by Reynolds. Puckett scores on a Carney Lansford double. Reynolds scores on a infield single by Scioscia.

Angels lead 4-0

Top of the 5th

With one out, Soto singles. He is left on.

Bottom of the 5th

Bream leads off with a walk for the 2nd inning in a row. He moves to 3rd on an Ellis Burks single. With one out, Burks tries to steal 2nd but Morin throws him out. Puckett walks. Both men are left on.

Top of the 6th

Morin reaches 2nd on a two out error by Reynolds.
Ramon Flores relieves for the Angels.
Morin moves to 3rd on a wild pitch. Mike Pagliarulo walks. Both runners are left on.

Bottom of the 6th

Scioscia walks with one out. Then Mike Young walks. Scioscia moves up and Young is removed on a fielder's choice by Hosley. Both men are left on.

Top of the 7th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 7th

Burks leads off with a single. With one out he steals 2nd. He is left there.

Top of the 8th

Prost leads off with a single. Molitor hits into a double play.

Bottom of the 8th

Lansford leads off with a walk.
Art Powell relieves for the Jays.
He gets his three.

Top of the 9th

With one out, Jose Alfonso pinch hits for Pagliarulo. It doesn't help as the Jays go 3 up, 3 down and lose the ALCS.

WP - German Matos (1-0)
Save - Ramon Flores (1)
LP - Dave Stieb (0-1)

The Angels win the series 4-2.

ALCS MVP - Jose Canseco

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WORLD SERIES GAME ONE

CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 10 2
SLC 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 - 8 12 0

WP - Sebastian Sanchez (2-0)
LP - Jacob Faria (1-1)

HR - none

Cardinals lead 1-0

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WORLD SERIES GAME TWO


CAL 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 5 10 1
SLC 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 - 7 14 2

WP - Paco Nunez (1-0)
LP - Dudley Sanders (0-2)

HR - CAL: Jose Canseco (4)

Cardinals lead 2-0

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WORLD SERIES GAME THREE


SLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 3 1
CAL 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 9 11 0

WP - German Matos (2-0)
LP - Patrick Jaouen (1-1)

HR - SLC: Gerald Perry (1), CAL: Ellis Burks (1)

Cardinals lead 2-1

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WORLD SERIES GAME FOUR

SLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
CAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 6 0

WP - Leon Smiley (1-0)
Save - Dudley Sanders (2)
LP - Gerald Woods (1-1)

HR - none

Series is tied 2-2

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WORLD SERIES GAME FIVE


SLC 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
CAL 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 0

WP - Sebastian Sanchez (3-0)
Save - Paco Nunez (4)
LP - Jacob Farias (1-2)

HR - none

Cardinals lead 3-2

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WORLD SERIES GAME SIX


CAL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
SLC 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 5 9 0

WP - Mark Moore (2-0)
Save - Paco Nunez (5)
LP - Tim Leary (1-2)

HR - SLC: Bryan Moreno (1)

CARDINALS WIN WORLD SERIES 4-2

WORLD SERIES MVP - Bryan Moreno

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The Blue Jays have number of Free Agents leaving the team after this season... including some big names.

Ken Phelps
Pete O'Brien
Jesus Barron
Scott Sargent
Walt Terrell
Kip Young
Rick Honeycutt

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A couple of minor leaguers announced their retirement.

Logan Nash played for five years and never got past AAA. He came to the organization in 1986 in the deal that sent Larry Parrish to the Red Sox.

Johnny Abrego did pitch in the majors, once, for 1.1 innings for the Giants. The Blue Jays claimed him off waivers from San Francisco in 1985. They offered him his release on August and he decided to hang them up.

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Players not being offered Arbitration

Bob Stoddard
Jerry Fry
Mark Salas
Mike Pagliarulo