For at least one day the clock turned back at the Rogers Centre, and the building felt uncannily like the SkyDome again, the site of so many Blue Jays triumphs over the years. This Sunday the air was thick with nostalgia as over 45,000 fans gathered to pay tribute to Toronto’s first Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and watch as Roberto Alomar’s number 12 was hung from the rafters, retired in honour of his accomplishments.

Many of you have sat behind, beside, adjacent to, or perhaps even in front of (on a particularly unlucky day) that one doofus at the ball game who will not shut up, constantly exhorting his precious “team” to “win the game.” He is only able to continue this abominable behaviour due to a combination of [...]

This Torontoist is slowly becoming a sports fan (as if.) After watching 1.5 Stanley Cup games, (my first hockey games ever,) and with plans to go to a baseball game, I’m a changed man. The plans are to see at least one game of each sport… Yes, even the CFL. But now to the NBA. [...]

SFist commeters pose for before and aftershocks when the mayor commemorates a 1906 earthquake…at 4:30 in the morning. A hot tip on the Chronicle vending machines comes in and the SFist war correspondent risks life and limb to post this dispatch from the frontlines. Houstonist announces their new Cops spinoff “World’s Funniest Tazer Videos” and [...]

The Toronto Blue Jays extended the length of their MVP’s contract today, securing the services of Roy Halladay through the 2010 season. The 2003 Cy-Young award winner will be thirty-three years old when his 3-year, $40 Million extension expires. After a less productive 2004 campaign, Halladay looked to be well headed towards his second award [...]

With the signing of AJ Burnett (pictured with Florida singer Brandy Rich) and BJ Ryan, the Toronto Blue Jays will pay $102 million to two pitchers who use letters as first names. (No offense to Torontoist blogger JK Nestruck.) Letters they want, letters they’ll get. Here’s the ABC’s of the Jay’s off-season thus far: A [...]