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The Toronto Blue Jays fate right now reminds me of the scene in the movie The Princess Bride were the wizard Miracle Max, played by Billy Crystal, is assessing whether the hero Westley is dead or if he can be saved. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Vincent-Rey-Jersey/ . He used adjectives like "nearly" and "mostly" but saying ultimately that Westley wasnt dead and could be revived with his chocolate-coated miracle pill. Until the great back-to-back pitching performances in San Francisco this week by Josh Johnson and R.A Dickey, I think most Jays fans were looking ahead to next year. In fact, Ive heard many suggest that maybe its time to trade Jose Bautista and get as much as you can for him. For my part, that would be a mistake - at least for now. Its true Bautista will be 33-years old in October and his production has diminished over the last two seasons; largely because of injuries. Still, hes second on the club in RBIs with 30 and tied for second in home runs with 12, and after a horrible start over the first five or six weeks, has his batting average up to .263. Bautista is also the closest thing to a team leader this team has. With Edwin Encarnacion, he gives the Blue Jays a 1-2 power punch that ranks with the best in baseball. Theyre not Cabrera and Fielder in Detroit, but they supply the intimidation factor in the middle of a line-up that a contender simply must have. Bautista still has two years left on his deal with the Blue Jays with an option year, worth $14 million apiece. If things dont work out for this years edition of the Jays and things dont improve by next years trade deadline, that would be the time to move on Bautista. To do it now just doesnt make any sense. I can think of three other teams that traded star right fielders who watched those deals blow up in their faces. Lets start with the Cleveland Indians. On April 17, 1960, they swapped their beloved slugging right fielder Rocky Colavito to Detroit for Harvey Kuenn, who had won the American League batting title the season before. But Rocky was a hero in Cleveland and had blasted 42 homers and drive in 111 runs in 1959. The trade didnt really help either team all that much and hurt Cleveland the most because of how crushed the Indians fans were over their favourite player being moved. Frank Robinson had a solid 10 year career with the Cincinnati Reds and was only 29-years-old when the ball club hinted he was starting to look old and dealt him to Baltimore for pitchers Jack Baldschun, Milt Pappas and outfielder Dick Simpson. Robinson went on to forge a Hall of Fame career in Baltimore, helping the Orioles win a World Series and finished with 586 homeruns. He capped his career by becoming the first African American manager in the Majors in  Cleveland. The Reds got burned again on November 3, 1992. They swapped Joe DeBerry and a 29-year-old outfielder by the name of Paul ONeill to the Yankees for outfielder Roberto Kelly, who was touted as a rising star. ONeill turned out to be the difference maker. He played mainly right field for the Yanks and helped them win four World Series titles between 1996 and 2000 under Joe Torre. Though his temper flare-ups were part of the reason the Reds moved him, it was ONeills rage to win that helped put the fire in the belly of those great Yankees teams. Im not saying dont ever trade Jose Bautista -- just not now. See how this season and next play out and then if you have to make, your move. Cuban defector Yasiel Puig is off to an incredible start with the Dodgers. In just four games, the 22-year-old, five-tool player is hitting .438 with three homers, including a grand slam and nine runs batted in. His OBPS is a staggering 1.501. He also has an incredible throwing arm and gunned down a runner at the plate to end a game from the warning track. With Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford injured, Puig will get plenty of playing time playing right field and batting lead-off. But when those two return, the Dodgers are going to have to make some pretty tough decisions, especially with the contracts Kemp, Crawford and their other outfielder Andre Ethier have. Seven of the Blue Jays next 10 games are against Texas - three at Rogers Centre and four at the Ballpark at Arlington next week. Going into last nights game, the Rangers had a 36-22 record - the best mark for 58 games in franchise history. So the next week-and-a-half could really tell the tail on the Blue Jays season. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Clayton-Fejedelem-Jersey/ . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Geno-Atkins-Jersey/ . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. Jordan Siev, a lawyer for Rodriguez, wrote in a joint letter to the judge from lawyers on both sides that MLB lawyers planned to ask that the lawsuit be dismissed. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Customized/ .C. -- After a listless first half, the Washington Wizards used a big third quarter run to beat the Charlotte Bobcats Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Wizards used a 17-0 run in the third quarter to take control of what had been a close game and beat the Bobcats 97-83 on Tuesday night. SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Spurs turned to their most tenured veteran to fight off the youthful energy of the Boston Celtics.Tony Parker had 16 points, including 10 in the final period, and the Spurs played their second consecutive solid home game in beating the Celtics 108-101 on Wednesday night.Tony made it a point that he wanted to finish the game out, Boston guard Avery Bradley said. You could tell. You could see it in his eyes, you could see it in his play. Every time he got the ball he was aggressive. He was either making a play for himself or making a play for his teammates.After entering the NBA as an 18-year-old rookie in 2001, Parker is now in his 16th season, all with the Spurs. The 34-year-old point guard has slowed, but he showed flashes of his old self against the Celtics.Parker was 8 for 15 from the field, including a turn-back-the-clock, teardrop floater in the first quarter over a hard-charging Amir Johnson after crossing over Marcus Smart. Parker also hit an 18-foot fall-away jumper off his left heel that gave San Antonio a 96-85 lead.It was just one of those situations, Parker said. It was kind of like they were coming back, and (Spurs coach Gregg Popovich) is the boss, I just try to do whatever he wants. Just put me in that situation. Im just happy they went in.Parkers second straight game in double figures backed up Kawhi Leonards 26 points.Pau Gasol added 17 points and 13 rebounds for San Antonio, which has won three straight at the AT&T Center after dropping three of its first four at home. The Spurs (20-5) are 7-4 at home after matching an NBA record with a 40-1 mark last season.I thought the ball movement was a little more aggressive tonight, Popovich said. We communicated pretty well defensively. The ball moved. The ball moved better than it has at home all year.After collecting a season-high 38 assists in Saturdays home win over Brooklyn, the Spurs had 33 assists on 44 field goals against the Celtics while shooting 55 percent from the field.Its too early to say that weve turned the corner, but its a good sign, said Manu Ginobili, who is in his 15th season with the Spurs.Ginobili finished with 12 points and four assists.Boston was without injured leading scorer Isaiah Thomas. San Antonio rested starting power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, and both teams showed off their depth.David Lee, who started in place of Aldridge, had eight points and 10 rebounds.Bradley had 25 points and 10 assists for the Celtics, and Boston got 34 points from its bench.The Celtics outscored San Antonio 118-4 to pull to 74-73 with a minute left in the third quarter, but San Antonio came out on top in a game of big runs to win its 11th straight over Boston. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Josh-Shaw-Jersey/. They are tremendous at maximizing every detail of the game, Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. We have had our moments where we play really well, but were not as good as them at that.TIP-INSCeltics: Gerald Green was a late scratch after tweaking his left hip Tuesday in practice while playing 1-on-1. Greens status changed when he experienced soreness in the hip Wednesday morning. He went through all the practice, felt pretty good, didnt feel good this morning, Stevens said. ... Boston is 3-7 against the Western Conference this season, including 1-4 against the Southwest Division. ... Smart started his ninth game, including his third at point guard in place of Thomas. The Celtics are 4-5 with Smart starting at small forward or shooting guard.Spurs: Aldridge was rested for the second time this season, initially sitting out Oct. 30 in a 94-87 win at Dallas. Hes a little banged up, Popovich explained. A little back-to-back, a little bit of rest, a little bit of everything. ... Aldridge, Parker, Gasol and Ginobili have missed a combined eight games for rest this season. Ginobili has sat out three times. ... Lee is the 88th player in NBA history with 10,000 career points and 7,000 rebounds. ... San Antonio is 11-2 against Eastern Conference teams.DUNKING DUNCANSan Antonio will retire Tim Duncans jersey during a postgame ceremony Sunday, but Parker is already feeling nostalgic about his longtime teammate.After teaming with Dewayne Dedmon on an alley-oop, Parker couldnt help but recall all the times he did the same with Duncan. Or maybe Parker was getting an early dig in at Duncan.The last time I had a guy who could jump like that was Tim Duncan for the lobs. Weve been missing that, Parker said, attempting to stifle a laugh about Duncans lack of leaping ability. Missing the Timmy lobs, Dewayne is fulfilling the job.LOOKS GOODStevens expects Thomas to play Friday at home against Charlotte.I have not spoken to him directly, but via others and text, he feels really good and the goal is to play Friday, Stevens said.The 5-foot-9 guard has missed four straight games with a strained left groin he initially injured Dec. 5 at Houston. Boston is 1/3 without Thomas.UP NEXTMavericks: Host Charlotte on Friday.Spurs: At Phoenix on Thursday. Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China Cheap Nike Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Hockey Jerseys China Nike Baseball Jerseys Cheap College Jerseys China Cheap Football Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Canada Wholesale NHL Jerseys Canada Wholesale Nike MLB Jerseys Canada Cheap NBA Jerseys Authentic Canada Stitched Soccer Jerseys Canada Cheap Jerseys Canada NFL ' ' '

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