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The Blue Jays are still very much in the American League East race as well as the Wild Card picture. Golden Tate Womens Jersey . Theyre also in a bit of a rut, having gone 14-14 over their last 28 games. Dont hold your breath waiting for a trade though, not unless you can go without breathing until mid-July. The earliest the Jays pulled off a deal in-season during the last two years was July 14, 2010, when they acquired Yunel Escobar in a five-player swap with Atlanta. The last two seasons, there have been no major swaps by any club in the month of June. The first major trade last season occurred right after the All-Star Game when the Mets dealt their former closer Francisco Rodriguez (K-Rod) to Milwaukee. The Jays pulled off that three-way deal with St. Louis and the White Sox that landed Colby Rasmus on July 27 and the Kelly Johnson swap with Arizona for Aaron Hill and John MacDonald on August 23. Even if the Blue Jays are pushing hard for the Cubs Matt Garza or maybe even Ryan Dempster, dont expect anything to happen overnight. Positives and Negatives The Jays dropped two out of three at Atlanta over the weekend to fall to 3-3 in inter-league play. There were some positives, such as the hitting of Brett Lawrie and Colby Rasmus out of the top two spots in the order and the experiment of putting Edwin Encarnacion in left field on Sunday. He fielded two chances without a problem and rapped out another three hits. Ricky Romero continues to be a puzzler. He only lasted 69 pitches, in the shortest outing of his Major League career by pitch count. Ricky didnt get the loss because of the way his teammates exploded from the fifth inning on, once he was out of the game. He may be 7-1, but this Ricky hasnt pitched nearly as well as the All-Star version of last year. Adam Lind is hitting .405 at Las Vegas, but there is no indication hes going to be rejoining the big club anytime soon. A bit of a set-back for Vladimir Guerrero as well. He was hit on the hand by a pitch Saturday and had to come out of the 51s game early. Vlady didnt play Sunday either and is listed as day-to-day. Hes only hitting .214 at Vegas with no homers and two runs batted in. Upcoming Games The Jays are back home now for a six-game inter-league homestand against Washington and Philadelphia. The Nationals, with a Major League-leading staff ERA of 2.97 are coming off a three-game sweep at Fenway where they had never beaten the Red Sox before and lead the N.L East by two games on Atlanta. It will be the first chance Blue Jays fans get to see 19-year-old budding outfield star Bryce Harper and the ace of the Nats staff Stephen Strasburg, who struck out 13 at Fenway on Friday night in just six innings. Strasburg will be pitching the series finale on Wednesday afternoon against Kyle Drabek. The Phillies, minus the injured Roy Halladay, hit town Friday night. The Phils are five and a half games back of the Giants and the second Wild Card slot. Theyre going to be sellers at the deadline if they dont get back on track the rest of this month. Its unfathomable that Phils lefty Cliff Lee has a 3.18 era through 10 starts and still hasnt won yet. Zach Miller Jersey . Not exactly a welcome sight for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. The versatile tight end hurt his right ankle in the first quarter of the Patriots 20-18 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Kam Chancellor Jersey . A first-half goal by Juanlu gave Levante a 1-0 win at Real Betis on Sunday in a match between two surprise early pacesetters in the Spanish league. Juanlu scored in the 33rd minute to give unbeaten Levante a provisional league lead with 14 points -- one ahead of Malaga and Valencia, which both had wins on Saturday. http://www.nflnikeseattleseahawks.com/brandon-browner-jersey . Among the topics discussed were a potential deal for Carey Price and the frontrunner for Roberto Luongo. Jonathan Quick gets a lucrative 10-year contract so is it now Carey Prices turn? Bob McKenzie: I dont think theres any question that Carey Price is next up on the tee. Paul McQuistan Jersey . Quinn will serve behind the bench for Team Orr, while Recchi will coach Team Cherry. Quinns coaching career includes both Olympic and world junior gold medals and two Jack Adams trophys as the NHLs top coach. Richard Sherman Womens Jersey . Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said Monday that Gonzalez had a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Gonzalez was injured Saturday, sliding into second base during a 5-2 loss at San Francisco. Last week, Brewers first baseman Mat Gamel also tore the ACL in his right knee chasing a foul popup.GLENDALE, Ariz. - John Skelton made the most of a brief opportunity. Kevin Kolb mixed some good with the bad. And, after Arizona beat Oakland 31-27 on Friday night, Kolb got a scathing review from Raiders defensive end Tommy Kelly, who sacked the Arizona quarterback for a safety. "He is skittish. He is scared back there," Kelly said. "Anytime anybody gets close to him he starts looking at the refs. As a defensive lineman you love a quarterback like that. He aint even trying to look at the routes no more. He is paying attention to us and you aint going to get nothing done like that." Skelton took just five snaps, but that was enough for him to throw the first touchdown pass for either quarterback candidate this preseason. Oakland running back Mike Goodson, who fumbled the ball away twice, left later in the second quarter with a chest injury. Arizona starting left tackle Levi Brown was sidelined in the second quarter with a triceps injury. Raiders wide receiver Jacoby Ford also left early with a foot injury. Skeltons 3-yard toss to a wide open Anthony Sherman was part of Arizonas 17-point second quarter. Coach Ken Whisenhunt wasnt prepared to make any quarterback pronouncement. "Not with only five plays for John," Whisenhunt said. "I think Ill have to get John some extended time this next week." Skelton entered the game after Oakland fumbled the ball away at its 23. He completed 3 of 3 passes for 23 yards. Whisenhunt said he didnt want the starting offensive line to play in the second half and he didnt want Skelton playing behind the backups. Skelton said he understood, grudgingly. "Theres a little frustration but at the same time you kind of understand it," he said. "They want to give everyone an equal opportunity but at the same time you cant have the o-line in there for an extended period of time just to make everything equal. I kind of was a little mad about the decision but at the same time I understand it." Kolb was 3 of 3 for 22 yards in Arizonas opening touchdown drive but was sacked by Kelly in the end zone on the Cardinals next possession. He completed 3 of 6 passes and was sacked three times. Raiders backup quarterback and former Cardinals starter Matt Leinart left the game in the third quarter with a cut on the index finger on his right (non-throwing) hand after he took a late hit from Arizonas Ricky Lumpkin, who was called for a personal foul on the play. The Cardinals lost starting left tackle Levi Brown to a triceps injury in the second quarter. Whisenhunt said he would know more about the severity of Browns injury on Saturday. Oakland running back Mike Goodson, who fumbled the ball away twice, left later in the second quarter with a chest injury. Raiders wide receiver Jacoby&nbssp;Ford also left early with a foot injury. Sidney Rice Jersey. . In a matchup of teams tied at No. 23 in the AP Pro32, Oakland had a 184-52 advantage in yards at halftime but trailed 24-11, thanks to two turnovers that resulted in 10 Arizona points. Another Cardinals TD came on a blocked punt as Arizona won for the first time in three preseason games. "We have got to execute better. Weve got to eliminate the turnovers," Oakland coach Dennis Allen said. "The self-inflicted wounds , they are hard to come back from so we have to execute in that regard a lot better." Arizonas Justin Bethel, a sixth-round draft pick out of Presbyterian College (enrolment 1,200), blocked the punt and returned it 19 yards for a touchdown. He later blocked an extra point. Carson Palmer played the first half for Oakland, completing 13 of 24 passes for 107 yards. He was intercepted once. Darren McFadden ran nine times for 34 yards for the Raiders (0-2), who scored their first touchdown of the preseason when Lonyae Miller ran in from the 1-yard line against the Arizona reserves in the third quarter. Rookie Eddy Carmona kicked a 52-yard field goal for Oakland after Sebastian Janikowski booted three field goals and called it a night. The Cardinals Ryan Williams, the second-year pro playing for the first time since tearing his right patella tendon in the preseason a year ago, rushed five times for 25 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown run. "I cant even lie, I was so nervous," Williams said. "I felt like I was six years old again playing Pop Warner." Bethels blocked punt return capped Arizonas 17-point second quarter. Moments later, Goodson fumbled, and Stewart Bradley recovered for Arizona at the Raiders 23. Skelton threw 11 yards to Todd Heap on his first play, connected with Rob Housler for 8 yards, and then tossed to Sherman for the touchdown. King boomed a 71-yard punt early in the game, but Patrick Peterson, who returned four punts for touchdowns as a rookie last season, returned it 46 yards to the Raiders 41. Kolb completed all three attempts for 22 yards, and Williams carried four times for 19, including a 15-yarder to the Oakland 5. Two Oakland turnovers resulted in 10 first-half points for the Cardinals. First, Palmer overthrew intended receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, and Kerry Rhodes intercepted, returning it 66 yards to the Oakland 5 to set up Jay Feelys 32-yard field goal. On Arizonas second possession, Kolb was called for intentional grounding, pushing the ball back to the Cardinals 1. On the next play, Kelly broke through to sack Kolb for a safety. Following the subsequent free kick, the Raiders drove to the Arizona 23, and Janikowskis 40-yarder gave the Raiders their first lead of the preseason, 8-5. ___ ' ' '
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