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Rick Bowness furious following the 2-1 loss to Washington. The Blue Jackets finish the season losing six straight at home, barely missing the playoffs, more tonight @nbc4i #CBJ

Great way to spend Easter Monday (and the hills are all but empty !) … hope everyone had a lovely Easter weekend !

Back at BMO Training Ground for the first time since retiring from the #TorontoSun. Covering #TFC for CP

This is Stacy - shes less than a week old and she thinks she’s a dog (lol) … so friendly too. Have a great day everyone !

One more flashback as we celebrate Dave Keon’s 86th birthday. In a uniform from day 1 and always capable of a good deed. #leafsforever

Happy 82nd Birthday to Cito Gaston! His resume: - 894 wins (most by Blue Jays manager) - First Black manager to win a WS - 2 World Series rings (1992-93) - 4 division titles as manager (1989, 1991, 1992-93) - Blue Jays Level of Excellence (1999) - @CDNBaseballHOF (2002)

#Leafs Thoughts on what didn't happen on Thursday night:

WBC update. Canada (3-1) finishes 1st in Pool A with consecutive W’s over PR and Cuba. If Team USA (3-1) can sneak into Final 8 as a result of tonight’s Italy-Mexico game they finish 2nd in Pool B. Quarter-final game for Canada would be vs. USA. Do you believe in miracles 🇨🇦⚾️

This is the beauty of the WBC: A 29-year-old bearded electrician from Ostrava, Czechia who has played baseball his whole life in a country where very few play the sport helps Czechia qualify for its first-ever WBC, strikes out Shohei Ohtani on a pitch he says came out of his hand wrong, and becomes one of the faces of the Classic. Ondřej Satoria, who is retiring from the national team after this tournament, will leave Japan where he gets stopped for autographs and photos and receives standing ovations, and fly back to Ostrava where he’s a normal guy with a simple life. And while no one back home is stopping him in the streets for autographs, imagine the stories he’ll have for his 2-year-old son when he grows up. “The most important thing is that the baseball community from around the world now knows that Czechia plays baseball.” - @OndrejSatoria in @michaelsclair’s book “We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball” 🇨🇿

A blessing of a day - fire and ice ! Hope everyone is having a lovely evening …

RIP Robert Duvall An all-timer and a one of one Godfather 1 + 2 Apocalypse Now Great Santini The Natural Network MASH Tender Mercies The Apostle Guilty pleasures like Days of Thunder & Gone in 60 Seconds One Oscar, 6 noms Will always wish Duvall/Coppola figured out Godfather 3

Sidney Crosby, to the surprise of absolutely no one, will captain Canada's men's hockey team at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Connor McDavid and Cale Makar are the alternates. Wrote about the "Crosby effect" earlier this week: ctvnews.ca/calgary/articl…

Beloved Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez retires on his own terms , by @RGriffBaseball open.substack.com/pub/richgriffi…

Familiar location (Leuty Lifeguard Station), but always fun to see … bloody cold out so stay warm all and have a wonderful Saturday !!

Please take a moment to remember trailblazing reporter and @CDNBaseballHOF Jack Graney Award winner Alison Gordon who was born on this date in 1943. She became the first full-time female beat reporter in MLB history when she covered the Blue Jays in 1979 She died in 2015.

Eight Sceptres Headed To Olympics My story for @HockeyHStove hockeyhotstove.com/eight-sceptres…

My one-on-one with Mitch Marner thestar.com/sports/leafs/m…

A Western a Maryland Challenger type steam loco hauling freight at the Model Railroad Club of Toronto. Pretty good sound and realism on this loco … we have open houses throughout February - massive layout and lotsa fun for the kids. Best to everyone …