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Associated Press:
Blue Jays Not Allowed to Play Games in Canada Amid Coronavirus Pandemic — The U.S.-Canada border remains closed to nonessential travel until at least Aug. 21. — The Blue Jays won't play their home games in Toronto this year because Canada's government doesn't think it's safe for players …
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Associated Press:
Blue Jays' Anthony Bass says team is looking for major league park — TORONTO — The Blue Jays' front office is working to find a major league ballpark for the team to use this year after Canada's government barred Toronto from playing in its home stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic, pitcher Anthony Bass said Sunday.
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Chris Bumbaca / Chillicothe Gazette:
With no MLB north of the border in 2020, a look back at most memorable baseball moments on Canadian soil — For the first time since 1968, Major League Baseball will not hold a game in Canada. — The Canadian government denied the Toronto Blue Jays' request to play their home games …
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Bluebird Banter and AZ Snake Pit
ESPN:
No Canada: Blue Jays not allowed to play games in Toronto — The Blue Jays won't play their home games in Toronto this year because Canada's government doesn't think it's safe for players to travel back and forth from the United States, one of the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jason Mackey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Sources: Blue Jays exploring possibility of playing games at PNC Park — The Yankees could be coming to PNC Park this season after all. — After Canada declined to allow the Blue Jays to play in Toronto this season, primarily because it would require repeated cross-border trips …
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Alex Pavlovic / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
George Kontos joins Giants broadcast team on NBC Sports Bay Area — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — made for a season like this one. — In his six years with the Giants, Kontos was known to the staff as “Everyday George” for his ability to carry a heavy load out of the bullpen and bounce back quickly.
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Jacob deGrom completes bullpen session, but will not start against Yankees this weekend — Jacob deGrom completed a milestone in his progression from minor back tightness by throwing a bullpen session on Friday. — The 17-pitch session was designed to give deGrom the green light to pitch …
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Amazin' Avenue and Pinstripe Alley
Todd Dybas / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Victor Robles thinks he will be ready for Nationals' opener — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Victor Robles ran in his parking garage and lifted weights in his apartment for two weeks. Without anyone around to do his usual high-energy visiting with, he listened to music and watched a lot of Netflix.
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
Hard-throwing reliever Jordan Weems to make A's roster — The A's will have at least one semi-surprise on their Opening Night roster: a minor-league free agent whose pitching resume is slim. — Reliever Jordan Weems, drafted as a catcher by the Red Sox in 2011, was told Sunday that he'll open …
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Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
Joe Girardi returns to virtually empty Yankee Stadium for Monday's exhibition — NEW YORK - As the New York Yankees' longest tenured player on the current roster, Brett Gardner has only played for two managers in his 12 big-league seasons - Joe Girardi and Aaron Boone.
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Jorge Castillo / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Self-described country kid Mookie Betts relishes chance to ‘bring a ring’ to L.A. — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Mookie Betts' first national television appearance this year came on a Sunday in May. He should have been two months into his first season with the
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Release Logan Forsythe, Francisco Liriano; Neil Walker To Make Opening Day Roster — The Phillies announced a series of roster moves, including the news that left-hander Francisco Liriano and infielder Logan Forsythe have been granted releases. Infielder Neil Walker, meanwhile …
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MLB.com:
MLB, MLBPA disclose latest COVID-19 results — Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association jointly announced Friday the latest COVID-19 testing results under MLB's COVID-19 Health Monitoring & Testing Plan, through the end of Thursday, July 16: — MONITORING TESTING
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB, MLBPA Announce Latest COVID-19 Testing Results
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