Bautista knocks one out of the park for dying fan

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MIKE STROBEL | TORONTO SUN

TORONTO - The home-run king and his dying fan have restored my faith in sports and life and the whole damn thing."Hello, Doris, it's Jose Bautista," says the slugger, down the line. "Happy birthday."
Man, oh, man, Doris Rudy's smile would clear the Green Monster at Fenway, and for five magic minutes her pain is gone.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" - a hoarse whisper above the morphine drip.
Doris Rudy is in extra innings...continue reading

Lawrie slams Jays past A’s

By John Lott, Postmedia NewsTORONTO — OK, so this Brett Lawrie kid looks like he might be for real.
Maybe a little dangerous in his own dugout too.
After the latest defining moment in his five-game Major League Baseball career, the tightly wound phenom used karate-chop force to high-five his teammates as he roared down the receiving line. Then he fired his batting helmet to the floor so hard that it sent a laughing Edwin Encarnacion scurrying to the end of the dugout.
“I don’t think I hurt anyone,” Lawrie said with a sheepish grin afterward, “but I don’t think a lot of people are going to shake my hands from now on.”
This was all about his grand-slam home run, which rode a majestic arc into the left-field seats and proved pivotal in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 8-4 win over the Oakland A’s.continue reading