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Baseball home-opener, or super-spreader event?
Image of the Week: The Texas Rangers lost to Toronto, but with 40,000 fans on hand, the more important outcome will become clear in about 14 days
Field of cheats
Major League Baseball dropped the ball on a Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal that threatens the fabric of the game. Will the players ever be punished?
What does it mean when we mourn sports heroes like Roy Halladay?
It can be baffling when people mourn over celebrities—and even more so when it’s a pro athlete. But there’s something elemental about that kind of grief
The case against the Cleveland Indians
A last-minute, ambitious court application couldn’t ban the broadcasting of the baseball team’s controversial name and logo
One photo, less than 1,000 words: Ken Pagan vs. Everybody
Ken Pagan stands accused by the crowd, and makes us wonder how we look in photographs
The Toronto Police let the Jays beer thrower—and all of us—down
The Blue Jays fan who threw a beer at the Orioles game was wrong. But the police response may be even worse.
Batter up! Tee off on Maclean’s Baseball Quiz
Get your baseball brain into midseason form by taking Maclean’s Baseball Quiz, and try to beat our experts’ score
What happened with Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos?
‘Not the right fit for me’: Michael Friscolanti on the legacy and exit of the Blue Jays architect, who lives by an ego-free approach
Toronto has a self-esteem problem
Those popular ‘Toronto vs. Everybody’ shirts are caught in a copyright tussle with a Detroit brand. Why Toronto needs to take pride just in being itself