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A last-minute, ambitious court application couldn’t ban the broadcasting of the baseball team’s controversial name and logo

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With news this morning that the Jays GM is leaving, here’s our interview from back at the start of playoff ball

Major League Baseball hurls a curveball into the Canadian election

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The San Francisco Giants won the World Series last night in a four-game sweep against the Detroit Tigers.

According to the people who keep track, last night’s victory was “the largest comeback ever in a winner-take-all postseason game.” As the AP explained: “No other club in this sort of ultimate pressure situation had come back from more than four down.” So, anyway, Cards fans are joyous;

Tweeps responded quickly and enthusiastically this afternoon to manager Joe Girardi’s decision to bench Alex Rodriguez for tonight’s deciding match up against the Orioles. Desperate move or genius play?

After winning a play-in game to make the MLB playoffs, the Cardinals celebrated with many of bottles of champagne. The armchair umpires, still debating a controversial call, were quick to respond:

Armchair umps sound off on infield fly rule