Ted Lilly

The Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 10-4 in a Major League Baseball game that was punctuated by a bench-clearing brawl late in the contest. Punches were thrown on both sides and Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson appeared to get the worst of it as he suffered big red welt on his forehead. Both teams are waiting to hear about possible suspensions from the league's disciplinary committee. The drama started in the sixth inning when Blue Jays' batter Edwin Encarnacion was plunked by a pitch. Two innings later, Carlson decided to get some revenge by throwing behind Yankee's Jose Posada. Posada walked ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson were both ejected after sparking a bench-clearing brawl at Yankees Stadium on Tuesday. The Blue Jays won the game 10-4 but the result was largely overshadowed by the wild fighting, which left some players and one manager nursing minor cuts and bruises. The violence erupted after Posada and Carlson twice clashed in the eighth inning. The umpires managed to avert a melee the first time but were powerless to stop players from both teams spilling out of the dugout to trade punches after the second incident. Tensions ... Read Full Story

New controlling owners have been approved for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays. Jim Pohlad succeeded his father as head of the Twins. Carl Pohlad died in January at 93 . Jim Pohlad has been in charge of the Twins as one of three brothers on the team's executive board. But the change in ownership needed approval from Major League Baseball owners. They voted Thursday at their quarterly meetings. Edward Rogers III replaces his father as head of the Blue Jays. Ted Rogers founded Rogers Communications Inc. and bought the Blue Jays in 2000. He died in December. There was no vote on ... Read Full Story

After trying in vain to keep an underachieving Toronto roster out of last place this season, John Gibbons has been relieved of his duties as of this morning. And his replacement, Cito Gaston??? Good luck, Mr. Gibbons; however, I can never respect you for going into Smackdown mode with Ted Lilly and Shea Hillenbrand. Read Full Story

After a 1:31 minute rain delay, the Cubbies and Reds finally got under way. Theodore Roosevelt Lilly got off to a rough start but by the time he threw his first pitch the Brewers were already losing 7-1 to the Cards. Can the Lovable Ones finally take advantage of Milwaukee's poor play? Lilly managed to escape the first, thanks to a couple of nice plays by Ryan Theriot , after surrendering a pair of singles to start the game but gave up a two-run homer to Ryan Jorgenson . The young catcher connected for his first major league hit and sent the ball well ... Read Full Story