Former Blue Jays Player Doug Ault Dies
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Doug Ault, who hit two home runs in the first game in Toronto Blue Jays history in 1977, died at 54.
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Former Texas and Baltimore manager Johnny Oates has died at age 58. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago. Oates&#39; death was confirmed by John Blake, who formerly worked as a spokesman with the Rangers organization.
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Former Blue Jays pitcher and television commentator John Cerutti was found dead in a Toronto hotel room on Sunday. He was 44.
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Syd Thrift, who spent nearly 50   years in professional baseball, has died following knee   replacement surgery, officials said Tuesday. He was 77.
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Former Northern Ireland and Wolves forward Derek Dougan dies at the age of 69.
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Bob Mitinger, a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s, died at 64.
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Hank Bauer, the tough ex-Marine who set a World Series record with a 17-game hitting streak for the New York Yankees and later managed the Baltimore Orioles to the 1966 title, died Friday. He was 84. Bauer died in the Kansas City area, where he made his home, Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said.
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TORONTO -- Carlos Delgado has left the building. A Toronto Blue Jays source confirmed last night that the Jays and the greatest slugger the franchise has ever had parted ways when the club declined to offer the free agent arbitration.
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Former Dodgers star Clem Labine, whose relief pitching helped Brooklyn win the 1955 World Series over crosstown rival Yankees, died Friday at age 80, the National League club announced from their Vero Beach, Florida, training camp.
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For Brian Leetch, being honored Wednesday with the Lester Patrick Award for contributions to American hockey was one of a series of events that followed his retirement this year.
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Chuck Hiller, who hit the National League's first grand slam in the World Series, has died. He was 70.
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John Cerutti, a former Toronto pitcher and current Blue Jays television announcer, was found dead in his hotel room Sunday morning, the team said.
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Ted Abernathy, who twice led the National League in saves during the 1960s, has passed away at the age 71.
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Eddie Layton, the Yankee Stadium organist and ballpark fixture for more than 35 years, has died after a brief illness.
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Au revoir, Expos. The team's final game in Montreal on Wednesday night brought sadness and a flood of memories back for Canadians and former players, who had long ago resigned themselves to saying so long to the country's first major league team.
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Ted Abernathy, who twice led the National League in saves during the 1960s and pitched for seven teams during his major league career, died at 71.
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Johnny Oates, who managed the Texas Rangers to three American League division titles in the 1990&#39;s, the only postseason appearances in the franchise&#39;s history, died yesterday at a hospital in Richmond.