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Top 60 All-Time Greatest Jays: #59 Reed Johnson Share this story I’m likely to say this a lot, but we have another of my favorites. Reed Johnson was born December 8, 1976, in Riverside, CA. The Blue Jays drafted him in the 17th round of the 1999 amateur draft out of Cal State Fullerton, where he was named an Academic All-American and played baseball and soccer. Players drafted in the 17th round have to work harder to make it to the majors, and Reed worked as hard as any major leaguer. His hi...

Skip to main content Howie Kendrick was an unlikely October hero for the Nationals, but he also was so much more Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post Dec. 23, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Unlikely postseason baseball heroes for $1,000, Alex. "His grand slam in extra innings knocked the 106-win Dodgers out of the playoffs, and his Game 7 homer beat the 107-win Astros in the World Series. No one else has ever hit game-winning homers to beat two teams with 105-win years in the same postseason." Do I ...

cam long, the nice scoop shot there plus the foul. count the free throw, patriots up 20-18 but dcu shot the lights out from three-point land. james dean had one of the rams first three-pointers, dcu up 14 at the half. 2nd half here comes mason, cam long three from the corner brings them to within seven. he had a team high 20. patriots are energized, but dcu would not allow mason to get any closer. edmundson to brad burgess. george mason falls, their first loss since january 8th snappin...

no pressure. were with you live. thank you very much. above all, a special thanks to you for voting and keeping this show on top. well see you next wednesday at 8:00, 7:00 central. take a look at these faces. your local news is next. good night, america.  breaking news right off the top tonight. a high rise apartment up in flames along g street in southeast d.c.. >> inside, dozens of senior citizens, some unable to get out. tonight, many are looking for a place to sleep. ro...

across the area, generally upper 20s and low 30s. some 20s off to the north and west. frederick is 27. lots to talk about and generally our forecast for today, not too bad. there will be more cloud cover in the forecast than what weve had the last couple of days and eventually that rain out to the west will start to get in here as we get into the weekend. a lot of clouds around so kind of a partly to mostly cloudy start to the day and than well see a little afternoon sun. when all is s...

declared a state of emergency, after wilmington had at lest 18 inches of rain since sunday. 4 months worth of water in 100 hours. one inch more would top a record set by hurricane floyd a decade ago. for landscape businesses, its disappointing. >> it just hurts you. it hurts everybody. like four days in the house doing nothing. >> reporter: for others, its disorienting. >> i normally make my swing around to go to this box over here. to deliver. and i misjudged the payment, you know. >>...

tearing apart trees. we begin coverage, now, with emily schmidt. >> reporter: its hard to know, looking at all of the rain falling all along the east coast. if people are testing the water. >> first tropical storm ive ever been in.of coo so, its kind of cool. >> reporter: or is the water testing them? north carolinas governor declared a state of emergency, after wilmington had at lest 18 inches of rain since sunday. 4 months worth of water in 100 hours. one inch more would top a record...

up and down the east coast today, with air delays stretching nationwide. >> its all because of a powerful storm system, already spawning possible tornadoes and tearing apart trees. we begin coverage now with emily schmidt. >> reporter: its hard to know, looking at all of the rain falling all along the east coast. if people are testing the water. >> first tropical storm ive ever been in. so, its kind of cool. >> reporter: or is the water testing them? north carolinas governor declared a...

leaks in natural gas lines, starting with high pressure lines where people live." regulators said the company budgets for pipeline safety and replacement and how much the utility actually spends. meantime investigators are zeroing in on the section of pipeline that fail, trying to determine how and why the 30" main exploded. the blast left a huge crater in the neighborhood, a hole authorities still have not been able to inspect due to safety concern. ktvus maureen naylor in san bruno w...

a bizarre case, derrick. >> reporter: bizarre indeed. you witness what appears to be a kidnapping in broad daylight with dozens of people watching. what would do you? citizens in stafford faced with just such a question yesterday. authorities said they did the right thing even though what appeared to be a kidnapping turned out to be something else. the video is very disturbing in a target parking lot in virginia. two women and a man struggle with a teenager. she was screaming i dont wa...