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Overbay happy to catch up on sleep
April 4
Toronto Star: "Lyle Overbay is no fan of spring training. It shows. 'You're getting up at 6 or 6:30,' the first baseman said."
<hr> Jays' Zaun unfazed by Father Time
April 4
Toronto Sun: "Gregg Zaun plans on fooling Father Time. A widespread belief in major league baseball is that the shelf life of a catcher diminishes rapidly before they reach Zaun's age. Zaun, who turns 36 on April 14, naturally disagrees. "

Way to help those Skychiefs, brother!
April 4
Toronto Sun: " It didn't take long for Blue Jays reliever Casey Janssen to discover that fame is fleeting. Janssen, in his second season with the Jays, is a converted starter now working out of the bullpen. "
<hr> Swing and a miss for Blue Jays' commercial
April 4
Globe and Mail: "However, the sight of Mr. Thomas, nicknamed the Big Hurt, swinging a pillow at a child in a commercial for the Toronto Blue Jays is not being as well received, at least by officials who regulate advertising on Canadian private television."
<hr> When a Johnny come lately gets his foot caught in his big motor mouth
April 4
Toronto Sun: "I consider myself a big baseball guy and was pretty excited on Monday when the Blue Jays season began."
<hr> Dugout heat on Toronto's Gibbons
April 4
USA Today: "A day into the new season, John Gibbons has his Toronto Blue Jays where they finished 2006, ahead of the Boston Red Sox with sights set on the New York Yankees in the American League East. The Blue Jays knocked off the AL champion Detroit Tigers on opening day of what they hope is the season that puts them back in the playoffs for the first time since the second of consecutive World Series championships in 1993."