TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays have selected the contracts of
right-hander Bobby Korecky and Canadian right-hander Shawn Hill to the
major-league roster and transferred left-hander J.
.A. Happ to the 60-day disabled list.
Hill started 15 games for triple-A Las Vegas this season, posting a
record of 9-2 with a 4.52 earned-run average.
In parts of six seasons in the majors, the six-foot-two, 225-pound
right-hander from Georgetown, Ont., has a 9-18 record with a 4.74 ERA in
44 starts with Montreal (2004), Washington (2006-2008), San Diego
(2009) and Toronto (2010).
He also started in Canadas 11-1 win over Great Britain last week in the
World Baseball Classic qualifying tournament.
Korecky appeared in 42 games for Las Vegas with two starts, posting a
3-4 record with a 3.44 ERA. The five-foot-11, 185-pound right-hander has
appeared in 21 major-league games posting a 2-0 record with a 6.85 ERA.
Both players are expected to be with the Jays for a twilight
double-header against Baltimore later Monday.
To make room on the 40-man expanded roster, the Jays moved Happ from the
15-day disabled list to the 60-day list. He is out for the season with a
fractured right foot.
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The Anchorage native won a new, US$50,000 Acura MD X Thursday when he
hit a hole-in-one at his own Scotty Gomez Foundation Celebrity Golf
Tournament.
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Bondarenko was bounced in Thursdays quarterfinals by Swiss teenager
Timea Bacsinszky 7-6 (8-6), 6-2, while Pennetta withdrew from her
quarter against sixth-seeded and defending Strasbourg champion Anabel
Medina Garrigues, citing a left thigh injury at Ligue dAlsace de Tennis.
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The former LSU track star had his third kick return for a touchdown of
the preseason and Justin Forsett rushed for 114 yards and two more
scores in the Houston Texans 28-24 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the
preseason finale Thursday.
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While others perceived an improved Canadian performance over last weeks
win over the U.S. Eagles, the former All Black saw his rugby team pay
the price for abandoning its game plan.
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The Raptors will host the Celtics on Sunday, Dec. 18 at the Air Canada
Centre, and then visit Boston on Wednesday, Dec.PITTSBURGH - Who knows
when Cody Ceci will eventually get to move out of his parents house in
suburban Ottawa?
Not only did the 18-year-old defenceman get the chance to play major
junior hockey with his hometown 67s, hell also have a chance to one day
pull on a Senators sweater after Ottawa selected him 15th overall at the
NHL draft on Friday night.
That was clearly a popular decision for his enthusiastic mother Karen,
who might have been the happiest person in Consol Energy Center.
"She likes me at home apparently," said Ceci. "Getting to stay (in
Ottawa) for major junior was special for her and getting the chance to
stay there now for the National Hockey League is something else that
will be really cool for me and my whole family."
One of the reasons Ceci was so appealing to the Senators was his deep
roots in the community. The son of a former CFLer (Parri) and former
figure skater (Karen), Ceci is an offensive-minded blue-liner who nearly
scored at a point per game in the Ontario Hockey League this season.
Hell soon become a player that young kids in Ottawa can look up to.
"I just think that so many good hockey players are developed in the
Ottawa area," said Senators GM Bryan Murray. "I really think that its a
great influence on minor hockey, I think its a great message to young
players from Ottawa that if you are a good player we will certainly
look at you as being a candidate for the Senators. .
"I think that these people become role models."
Ceci estimates that it will be about a 30-minute commute to Scotiabank
Place from his parents home in Orleans. With the 67s moving there next
season, its a drive hell be making often no matter what.
By the time he starts playing for the Senators, Ceci expects hell move
out of his parents home.
"I guess its realistic (to stay) for major junior, but the next level
Ill probably have some money," he said. "Ill probably get a spot a
little closer."
Ceci recalled once getting tickets to a Senators game in his stocking at
Christmas and it being "the best thing ever."
He was nervous on Friday night as the Senators turn to take the podium
got closer and closer on Friday. After he was called to the stage, his
cellphone was inundated with messages from excited friends.
"I havent gotten a chance to look at my phone or my Twitter or anything,
but Im sure its blowing up right now," said Ceci. "I hope I dont get
too much activity because Im in the States and therell be roaming. It
should be blowing up.
"Im sure all my buddies back home are going crazy right now. Ill have to
wait or just take the bill."
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