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J.P. Ricciardi Fired as Blue Jays GM

J.P. Ricciardi, fired Saturday morning as general manager of the Blue Jays, will be remembered for spending plenty and not winning enough. Hired in 2001, Ricciardi was charged with trying to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East. To do it, he splurged on free-agent signings such as A.J. Burnett and B.J. Ryan...

JP Ricciardi Kind of Apologizes to Adam Dunn

Perhaps with three managers and a GM getting the axe in one week, JP Ricciardi feels a little bit of heat. He probably should because barring a miraculous second half, he's probably going to be looking for a new job come October. Whatever the reason, he's rethought his stance on Adam Dunn just a bit and decided to...

J.P. Ricciardi: Jays Cut Big Hurt to Save Chemistry, Not Dollars

There's no love lost between the Blue Jays and Frank Thomas, who was released last week after struggling in his first 60 at-bats. Not surprisingly, it didn't take long for Thomas to find work, signing with the A's earlier today. So went wrong in Toronto? Hearing J.P. Ricciardi tell it, they were worried he wasn't a team...

Jays Insist Burnett's Not Available. Maybe.

Have the Blue Jays given up on would-be ace A.J. Burnett? After a season that saw Burnett sidelined for a couple months with injury and called out by his GM for racing with a guy in a chili pepper costume, it seemed that the Jays might want to cut their losses by cutting ties with the guy they'd hoped would form a...

Roy Halladay Still Convinced the Blue Jays Can Win a World Series

Despite some early season woes and a bout with appendicitis, Roy Halladay was one of the best things to happen to the Blue Jays in 2007. And with his three-year contract extension kicking in next year, the Jays will have their premier pitcher locked up through 2010. But after a significant step down from 2006's...

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05/05/12 Western New England Rocks RWU for CCC Title Source: Lacrosse Magazine Senior attacker Patrick White (Milton, MA) gave through with the best performance of his career by scoring seven goals with two assists to lead top-seeded Western New England to a 15-6 victory over second-seeded Roger Williams in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Men's Lacrosse Championship title game Saturday (May 5).