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Roto Rush: Kevin Slowey No-Hits A's, Pulled After Seven Innings

When is a no-hitter not a no-hitter? Kevin Slowey was on top of his game on Sunday, no-hitting the Oakland A's for seven innings. But with 106 pitches on the odometer of an arm that caused him to miss his last start with elbow tendinitis, Slowey was wisely removed from the game by Ron Gardenhire, earning the manager boos...

Blue Jays Hit 8 Homers in Rout of Rays

TORONTO (AP) -- A group of fans wearing blue wigs decided against K signs for each home strikeout at Rogers Centre, opting for HR placards for each Toronto drive instead. They got plenty of work Saturday. The Blue Jays became the first team to hit eight homers in a game in three years, getting two apiece from Aaron Hill...

Roto Rush: Matt Garza Goes From Slipshod to Stellar for Rays

If you needed another example of the fickle nature of pitchers, Matt Garza's no-hitter on Monday did the trick. On July 20, Garza gave up four homers and seven earned runs to the Orioles. One start later, he's hurling the first no-hitter in Rays history against the Tigers. Veteran fantasy owners know not to panic when...

Three Down: Struggling Duos

FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips discusses a pair of players, on three different teams, that are struggling. The Toronto Blue Jays have held their own in the AL East, but Aaron Hill and Adam Lind have had a tough time at the plate thus far this season. They're not alone, as the Astros and Rockies have similar problems on...

Slump or Suck: Adam Lind

Last year was Adam Lind's coming out party -- the lefty smacked 35 home runs in 654 at-bats for the Blue Jays, adding 114 RBIs and a .305 average. The fantasy world expected much of the same this year, and we at FanHouse ranked him as the 10th-best fantasy outfielder heading into the season. Yes, we were wrong. Lind has...

Adam Lind News From the Web

05/24/12 Reports of the Blue Jays placing Adam Lind on waivers... Source: Comcast SportsNet Last week Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com reported that the Blue Jays had placed Adam Lind on outright waivers, essentially removing him from the 40-man roster because there was very little chance of another team claiming the $8.5 million left on his contract.
05/23/12 Lind not placed on waivers, contrary to reports Source: MLB Contrary to a series of online reports last week, as of Wednesday there were no indications that the Blue Jays placed veteran first baseman Adam Lind on outright waivers.
05/23/12 Lind not placed on waivers Source: CBSSports.com Jose Bautista and J.P. Arencibia each hit two-run home runs, Drew Hutchison won back-to-back starts for the first time and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 4-1 on Thursday night, sweeping their two-game series.
05/23/12 Gose and Lind are Notable on a Light Day Source: Batter's Box Only two games on the docket and Las Vegas were the only winners.
05/23/12 Las Vegas 51s Rout Nashville Sounds 10-3 Source: CBS - KLAS 8 - Las Vegas NV A five-run seventh inning helped the Las Vegas 51s rout the Nashville Sounds 10-3 Tuesday night.

Background on Adam Lind

Adam Alan Lind (born July 17, 1983 in Muncie, Indiana) is an American professional baseball first baseman with the Las Vegas 51s, Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.

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