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Happy Birthday Matt Stairs Share this story Today is Matt Stairs’ 53rd birthday. Matt, as you know, is a good Canadian boy. He played two seasons with the Blue Jays and started his major league career with the Expos back in 1992. Of his two years with the Jays, the first was terrific. He hit 21 home runs, 64 RBI, with a .289/.373/.549. The Jays signed him with the idea he could be a bench player, but he got into 125 games playing first base, left and right field, and a little DH. In his second season, he played more, especially after the Jays released

Oskaloosa News Recap For February 4th, 2021  SpaceX’s latest prototype exploded while landing on Tuesday. The steel Starship prototype Serial Number (SN9) went up in flames at the end of a successful high-altitude test from Boca Chica, Texas. After launching, the rocket reached an altitude of 32,800 feet before turning to a horizontal “belly flop” position. It then attempted to land upright, but came in “too fast and at a bad angle” before ending in a fiery explosion, according to the broadcast. The incident was similar to what occurred in December, when the SN8 rocket was des...

Happy Birthday Dan Plesac Share this story Blue Jay, Dan Plesac turns 59 today. Plesac had an 18-year MLB career, pitching in 1064 games (all but 14 as a reliever). He finished with a 3.64 ERA and 158 saves. Dan spent five seasons as a closer, at the start of his career, for the Brewers . In 1989 he set a career-high with 33 saves and a career-low with a 2.35 ERA. For most of the rest of his career, he was a setup man or a LOOGY. He played five seasons with the Jays, in two stints: 1997-1999 and 2001-2002. In total, he had a 4.21 ERA in 262 games, with 6 saves. His first go was the interes...

Then, it all came crashing down. "I knew something wasn't right for sure just because I couldn't really put too much pressure on (my left knee)," Glass said. "But for the first week, I didn't even know that (my left ACL) was torn, and our trainers were telling me that it might have been something with my hamstring. I didn't find out until about a week later when I took an MRI. "That's when they told me." Glass said he sustained his season-ending knee injury after catching a pass and planting awkwardly in a Week 6 win at LaPorte on Sept. 25. He walked off the field under his own power thinking...

“She’s certainly one of the top all-arounders in the state."