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Tyler Flowers Pointed Directly At Jose Bautista To Order His Plunking

Last night the Atlanta Braves finally fired back at the Toronto Blue Jays for carrying out an immensely pathetic beef during the four-game series.

Kevin Pillar Suspended Two Games For Using Homophobic Slur

MLB announced yesterday that it was investigating whether Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar called Braves pitcher Jason Motte a “fag” or “faggot” during Tuesday night’s game. The Blue Jays, perhaps in an attempt to get out ahead of any punishment from the league, have since suspended Pillar for two games.

Blue Jays Pitcher Marcus Stroman Hit His First Dong

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman knocked his first career dinger tonight off Atlanta Braves pitcher Julio Teheran. In doing so, Stroman became the first pitcher in 14 years to homer for the Blue Jays.

MLB Is Investigating Kevin Pillar's Apparent Homophobic Slur Toward Opposing Pitcher

Last night Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar appeared to have called Braves reliever Jason Motte a “fag” or “faggot” after Motte quick-pitched him to strike him out swinging and end the seventh inning.

The Blue Jays And Braves Cooked Up Some Beef

In the seventh inning of tonight’s Blue Jays-Braves game, Jason Motte struck Kevin Pillar out to end the inning on a quick pitch. Pillar took issue with Motte’s tactics and yelled something indiscernible at the mound, immediately drawing a warning from the umpire. Both benches cleared and milled around before…

Kevin Pillar Is A Highlight Machine Who Can Maybe Fly

An update on Kevin Pillar, baseball’s most exciting center fielder: He has taken flight.

Ezequiel Carrera Has To Wait Until Monday To Learn If His Home Run Was Inside-The-Park

Ezequiel Carrera hit a home run yesterday. He just doesn’t know if it was out of the park.

Chris Coghlan Scores With Spectacular Swan Dive

In the top of the seventh inning against the St. Louis Cardinals, a man achieved flight. After Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar hit a deep shot to right field, Chris Coghlan took off from first base. He rounded third as the throw came, sprinted for home as it arrived, and then launched himself over Cardinals catcher…

Things Are Not Good For The Blue Jays, Who Are Starting A 29-Year-Old Rookie Tonight

Most of the panic around the Blue Jays and their major-league-worst record of 4-12 has focused on their offense, and rightfully so—they’ve been the worst in baseball, with a collective slash line of .215./.283/.323. Three weeks into the season, their team offensive WAR is a negative number. (There are many valid…

Florida's Go-To Stadium Economist Is A Hack, A Shill, And Also Not An Economist

If you are even a casual Deadspin reader, you know a couple of truths: Stadiums and arenas provide little-to-no economic benefit to their communities, and studies written to support public funding for stadiums and arenas are almost universally bogus. Tampa CBS-affiliate WTSP found a frightening collision of these two…

Otis Nixon Is Missing

Otis Nixon, a former outfielder who spent 17 seasons on nine Major League teams, most famously on the Atlanta Braves’ worst-to-first turnaround team in 1991, is missing, according to police in Woodstock, Ga.

Kevin Pillar Robs Manny Machado, Eats Fence

Baseball is back and with it comes the return of Kevin Pillar, one of the most reliably terrific defensive center fielders in baseball. Dinger-mashing Manny Machado tried to squeeze one past him tonight, but Pillar pounced on it, even if he had to run into the fence in the process.

Dan Duquette: Orioles Fans Hate Jose Bautista, Prefer "Working Class" Players

Over the summer, Orioles general manager Dan Duquette told then-free agent outfielder Jose Bautista that the O’s weren’t in a position to sign him because of how despised he is by Baltimore fans. In an interview with MLB.com yesterday, Duquette reiterated that theory and went one step further, explaining specifically…

Blue Jays Pitcher T.J. House Leaves Field In Ambulance After Being Hit By Line Drive

A spring training game between the Blue Jays and Tigers was called off in the bottom of the ninth after Jays pitcher T.J. House left the field in an ambulance.

I'm Sorry, But When Did They Become The Toronto Red Jays???

Folks, get a load of this:

Jose Bautista And The Blue Jays Needed Each Other More Than They Were Willing To Admit

In the end, both sides miscalculated. Jose Bautista misread the market for power hitters, and had to settle for what Toronto was offering. The Blue Jays mishandled the slugging outfielder they really wanted, and had to settle for the 36-year-old Bautista. It’s not romantic, but it’s a marriage nonetheless: Bautista…