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Big League Stew:
Perhaps the terms on which Lyle Overbay left the Toronto Blue Jays weren't all that amicable. Or maybe the handwritten note (pictured above) that was taped to the door of the Pittsburgh Pirates' clubhouse at Rogers Centre was merely a good-natured gag for an old pal who had come in from out of town.
It read:
ATTN: ALL PIRATES PLAYERS WELCOME EXCEPT "LYLE OVERBAY"
Well! Whatever the truth about the note, it is obvious Overbay does not live in Toronto and work for the Jays anymore. He went 1 for 4 with a run scored for the enemy, and the Bucs won 7-6.
As 'Duk noted on Tuesday in advance of his big return to the Great White North following free agency, Overbay thinks Blue Jays fans are still bitter about the 1994 players' strike, and that's why they don't attend games in larger numbers. Or something. So they'd be sure to hold a grudge over him leaving after he spent five seasons in Canada. Or something.
Hey, as Dave Mason sang, "There ain'...
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