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bonanza for the Jays, it might not WORD
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By Peter Collins have guaranteed success. His signing T HE B R E A K F A S T P L A C E
with the Dodgers was his logical and SEARCH
sensible choice because they have the brings you
cache, they have a dominant team, Winter
and most importantly, they have the
cash. Seven-hundred million dollars F S V O T L U S J R D C O L D E S Q C
or many of the Toronto Blue Jays’
Ffaithful, this past December was in cash to be exact, add that to the I I N B O G E M L I C K S S B E R H O
rest of the Dodger’s allure and it was
a time of extreme promise, followed R S G O I L K V Y C M S A O V E R W N
by extreme disappointment. They a done deal. So, while we Canadians E G R D W I G V O E U R O R T I O C A
held our collective breath for a week
were jilted at the alter of free agency, or two in early December, the big P G N A C F X I T H E T A A S L S I V
left with unrequited expectations of L F N I E S L A A O S C E T P S T X A
what could have been, in their pursuit money was on the Dodgers all along.
Now what do the Jays do to alleviate A G C I D Y N A H C S W M W L S E V L
of the messiah, one Shohei Ohtani.
The curious aspect in this quest for some of the discontent of not signing C L S M T R W T K K S A O E Y N K R A
Ohtani? They’ve got to find a third
Ohtani is that for the past six seasons, baseman and an outfielder, and they E F H L E A A E M E S N G N O O C D N
his team, the Angels, only won 46% S A R B E P K O N Y S N C P S W A R C
of their games, never once climbing could always use pitching. My guess
is that the Jays brass will go all-in and T P I O A I F S B Q A N Z V Q B J A H
above the .500 mark. They finished
fourth five times and third once, never make a few big signings to help us get S H G N S R G T E W E Q A I P A G Z E
over the pain of losing Ohtani. If they L F T H O T C H O C O L A T E L N Z S
getting a sniff of the post-season.
can figure out a way to find players
E S F S F V B N V C I N T X L L I I N
His talents are generational, of that can perform in the playoffs, they
D T T U H E S I H S B T S E P F Z L O
that there is no doubt. But while his might meet Ohtani and his Dodgers
presence would have been a marketing in the World Series next fall! D E S M M W L I T Z L A M G D I E B W
I E N L I R L I C E S K I I N G E H M
Heads up Hockey N L O U S L A M I T T E N S I H R P A

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and take these COLD ICICLE SNOW PLOW
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is gap control all over the ice, as
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the player skating towards you. You a defender it is crucial to have a
good stick-on-puck, take time and
must get as much ice as possible, THE BREAKFAST PLACE
leading with your stick, to absorb the space away from the player, and
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