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Baseball

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Sports

Why Home Runs Are Bad for Baseball

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 - by Andrew Forbes

The nonstop dingers are a hit with the fans, but at what cost to the sport?

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Illustration of baseball cards, an open notebook, a baseball, and a tumbler of amber liquid with ice.
First Person / November/December 2020

Loving Sports at Any Age

October 16, 2020January 29, 2021 - by Anne O'Hagan

Even in his eighties, my father dared the rest of us to keep up

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Sports

Roy Halladay Gave Toronto Everything—Even When We Didn’t Deserve It

November 8, 2017December 2, 2019 - by Nathaniel Basen

The ex-Blue Jays’ search for perfection made him feel superhuman, and fans loved him for it

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Photograph by Keith Allison
Sports

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Roberto Osuna

October 2, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Nathaniel Basen

As the Blue Jays close another losing season, we’re reminded that we learn the most about athletes when nothing goes right

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Photo by Michael Gil
Sports

The Raptors Belong to Toronto, Not Canada

May 8, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Laura Thistle

No sports franchise is more wrapped up in the city it represents. So far, it’s a lucrative strategy

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Illustration by Kellen Hatanaka
March 2017 / Sports

Philosopher Up to Bat

February 21, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Mark Kingwell

Baseball is the sport that brings jocks and nerds together

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Photograph by Angelina Earley
Sports

Get the Nanny State Out of My Blue Jays Beer Can

October 20, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Jonathan Kay

Are we really going to let one idiot in the bleachers ruin our boozy ballpark fun?

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Photograph by Harley Rustad
Sports

Bring Back Cracker Jack

October 7, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

The Blue Jays’ stadium has replaced the legendary caramel corn—and removed one of baseball’s greatest icons

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Photograph by Keith Allison
Books

Change Up

March 29, 2016August 8, 2020 - by Stacey May Fowles

Legendary voice of the Blue Jays, Buck Martinez, on how baseball needs to get back to basics

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Photograph of Jose Reyes by Keith Allison
Sports

Code of Misconduct

November 16, 2015December 7, 2020 - by Stacey May Fowles

José Reyes and Greg Hardy are pointed reminders of sports culture’s tortured relationship with domestic violence

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