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With their loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night, the Toronto Blue Jays lost sole possession of first place in the American League East for the first time in 43 days. Doug Flutie Jersey . Not only were they bumped out of first in their division, but theyve also dropped out of a wild card spot, trailing the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners by a game going into Fridays match-up. Which brings the question with just over a week until the All-Star Break - is this team actually a playoff contender? Since their last World Series victory, the Blue Jays have been mired in a 20-year playoff drought. But it wasnt like they werent trying to change their ways. That blockbuster trade with the Marlins in 2012 produced just one more win last season than the previous one. They finished 23 games behind the John Farrell-led Boston Red Sox and 17 1/2 games back of a wild card spot. So where do things sit for this season? How did they stay atop of the division for such a long period of time? The offence has certainly been a factor. The team has had their fair share of home runs - especially in the month of May led by Edwin Encarnacion - but the small ball has been evident too. And it certainly has - until recently - a lot to do with a healthier roster. But the real question around this team making it to the postseason will depend on their ability to crawl back to a comfortable lead. They have a tough ten-game road trip prior to the All-Star break. In their first lengthy road trip of the season, they went a combined 3-7 in Baltimore, New York and Cincinnati. And over the past six seasons, Toronto has struggled hard on road trips of nine or more games. In fact, since their nine-game road losing streak in 2009, the Blue Birds have an abysmal 66-108 record over 18 road trips of nine or more games. Over those 18 road trips, they returned home with a winning record just three times. That all said, do you think the Toronto Blue Jays will re-take the division and make the playoffs this October or will are we looking at another disappointing season? As always, its Your! Call. Thurman Thomas Jersey . Canada Day is here and with it comes Free Agent Frenzy as the NHLs 30 teams storm out of the gate for signing season. Nathan Peterman Jersey . Its been two seasons in one for both parties and neither will look back on the first 18 games fondly. "I think I took the fall for a lot of things," said Gay, reflecting on his short time in Toronto ahead of Wednesdays game against his former club. http://www.thebillsgearshop.com/Bills-Adolphus-Washington-Draft-Jersey/ . He could have transferred when academic sanctions barred the Huskies from the NCAA tournament his junior season.With a 6-4 record, including a 5-2 mark in La Belle Province during the last week, the Winnipeg Goldeyes bid au revoir to the Can-Am League in winning fashion Thursday night. The Goldeyes (24-14) capped their 10-game road trip with a 6-1 win over the Trois-Rivieres Aigles at Stade Fernand-Bedard. The victory guarantees Winnipeg will return home in first place in the American Associations tight North Division. The Goldeyes have a one-and-a-half game lead on the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and a two-and-a-half advantage over St. Paul Saints, pending the outcome of the game between those two teams tonight. In the final game of the road trip, the Goldeyes slowly built a lead by scoring single runs in six innings, including five of the last six innings. "We were able to get runs in six different innings, so they swung the bats pretty well," Goldeyes pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea said on the Jewel 101 post-game show. "Its nice to hit and pitch at the same time." Brock Bond drove in Winnipegs first two runs of the game in the second and fourth innings. He finished the game two-for-three at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored. "Every single oone of his at-bats hes working the count, working deep in the count and trying to get his pitch," Vermilyea said. Bruce Smith Jersey. Casey Haerther and Reggie Abercrombie also registered two hits for Winnipeg. On the mound, Ethan Hollingsworth made his second start of the season for the Goldeyes and pitched six scoreless innings for his first win of the season. He gave up just three hits, struck out two and walked four. His ERA is now 1.59 in two starts. "He had all of his pitches working," Vermilyea said. "He used his change-up a lot more tonight, keeping guys off balance and throwing strikes, for the most part." Taylor Sewitt, Taylor Bratton, Kyle Bellamy, Brendan Lafferty and Kaohi Downing all saw action out of the bullpen in the games final three innings. Sewitt was tagged in the seventh inning for Trois-Rivieres only run in the game. Aigles starter Ryan Bollinger took the loss. 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