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Yes weve all heard the cries that John Gibbons should be fired because of the Blue Jays horrible start. Somewhere down the road it could happen, maybe even before this season is over. But it wont be right now. Gibby has only had 32 games with this bunch. As bad as the Marlins were last season, and with all the feathers he ruffled when he lauded Fidel Castro, Ozzie Guillen didnt get fired five weeks into his first season with Miami. The weirdest early firing I could find dates back to 1979. The Major Ralph Houk stepped down as manager of the Detroit Tigers after the 1978 season and retired. Shortly thereafter, Detroit named Les Moss as its new skipper. Moss had been named Manager of the Year in the American Association in 1978 and the Sporting News named him Minor League Manager of the Year. Moss was also credited with helping develop Lance Parrish into a star catcher at Triple A after the Tigers converted him from third base. So Les Moss, a former journeyman catcher in the big leagues was not without credentials. Moss managed the Tigers to a 27-26 record when suddenly out of the blue, he was fired. Detroit management had nothing against Moss performance or the teams record. They simply felt a better man was available and they wanted him before he was snapped up by another team. That man was George Sparky Anderson, who led the Big Red Machine to two World Series titles in the mid-70s but had been fired by the Reds well after the 1978 season ended. In fact, he was let go after the club made a post-season trip to Japan. It was also after the Tigers had hired Les Moss as their skipper. As classless a move as it originally appeared to fire Moss after just a third of a season and with no apparent cause, the Tigers werent about to let Sparky get away. Hiring Anderson turned out to be the right move. Though they won only one World Series under Sparky, the Tigers were the American League team of the 80s. Sparky went on to manage the club through the end of the 1995 season and still has the most victories of any manager in Tigers history (1,331). Moss continued as a coach in the Majors and even made it to the post-season as a pitching coach in Houston, but he never got the chance to manager in the big leagues again. Would the Blue Jays use the same logic to replace John Gibbons? At some point maybe, but not now. As youre no doubt tired of hearing, its too early. Injury Concerns? Over the weekend, I was going over some of the Blue Jays minor league stats and saw something that really caught me off guard. There are seven pitchers on the 7-day disabled list at Double A New Hampshire, including three of the Jays top pitching prospects, righthanders John Stilson and lefty Sean Nolin. I made a couple of phone calls and learned that these three werent actually with the Fisher Cats but in Florida for extended spring training. The people I spoke with didnt believe the problems these three had were anything serious, but neither did they know when any of the three would be reporting to Double A. Jenkins pitched a bit in middle relief with the Blue Jays late last season while Stilson really impressed John Gibbons in spring training and Nolin may actually be the best of the three. This is a situation worth keeping an eye on. What a Comeback David Ortiz is already a front running candidate for Comeback Player of the Year in the American League. After losing the bulk of last season to an achilles tendon injury, Ortiz has been on fire since rejoining the BoSox about a week into this season. Hes put together a 25-game hit streak, is batting .440, has four homers and 17 runs batted in. That RBI total is higher than anyone on the Blue Jays other than Edwin Enacarnacion, who has 21. Time Flies How the years have flown by. The great Willie Mays is 82 today. Say Hey Willie, one of the top three players of all time. As good as Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider were, Willie was the best centrefield in the era, when all three player were in New York - Mantle with the Yankees, Snider with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Mays with the New York Giants. From 1951 through 1958, one of those three and, in some of those years, two were in the World Series and, between them, won seven out of eight over that span. Kyrie 3 Samurai For Sale . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Kyrie 3 Bruce Lee For Sale . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. http://www.kyrieirvingshoescheap.com/for-sale-kyrie-flytrap-shoes.html . The Dutchmans tenure got off to a poor start when referee Guido Winkmann awarded a penalty within two minutes for Niklas Starks clumsy challenge on Alexandru Maxim. Kyrie 3 Shoes Cheap . Soukalova missed only one target and completed the 15-kilometre course in 40 minutes, 32.6 seconds for both victories in this seasons individual discipline. Darya Domracheva of Belarus was second, 34. Kyrie 1 For Sale Mens .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have recalled forward Kevin Porter and defenceman Chad Ruhwedel from the minors as part of a five-player roster shuffle made by the NHLs worst team. GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Drew Brees two-game funk ended with an offensive eruption in the desert.The New Orleans quarterback threw for 389 yards and four touchdowns, leading the New Orleans Saints past the Arizona Cardinals 48-41 Sunday in the highest-scoring game in the NFL this season.Its good for him, its good for the coach, too, Saints coach Sean Payton said.Brees, who had no TDs and six interceptions his previous two games, completed 37 of 48 with no picks.It wasnt anything earth shattering this week, he said. It wasnt a wholesale change of anything. We just got back to our stuff.It was Brees 21st career game with at least four TD passes and no interceptions, tying Tom Brady for most in NFL history.Brandin Cooks caught seven passes for a career-best 186 yards for the Saints (6-8), including touchdown plays of 65 and 45 yards .Knowing they (the Cardinals) were the No. 1 defensive team in the league, as a competitor you want to accept those challenges and bring it on, Cooks said. As a team, that is what we did. `David Johnson rushed for 53 yards and caught four passes for 55 yards for Arizona (5-8-1). The second-year back became the first player in NFL history to have at least 100 yards from scrimmage in the first 14 games of a season.As impressive of a stat that is, you kind of expect it, Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer said. Thats how good of a player he is.Johnson rushed for two touchdowns, giving him 17 TDs this season and 30 in the first 30 games as a pro.Palmer threw for 318 yards and two scores in a game that clinched the first losing season for the Cardinals in Bruce Arians four years as coach. Arians praised the play of his makeshift blocking unit, but its strong game wasnt enough.Im extremely proud of the guys on the offensive line, he said, and shocked that we gave up that many points.The teams amassed 913 yards, 488 by New Orleans, 425 by Arizona, which finished 4-3-1 at home.Thats a very good offense with a great quarterback, a great play caller, a lot of weapons, very good offensive line Palmer said of the Saints. You dont expect to come in and play the field position game and kick field goals. You have to come in and score touchdoowns, and they outlasted us.ddddddddddddThe teams traded touchdowns on four possessions in the second half before Brees put New Orleans ahead for good, 41-34, with a 4-yard scoring pass to Michael Thomas with 5:33 to play.A moment later, the Cardinals Brittan Golden fumbled and Ken Crawley recovered for the Saints at the Arizona 29. That led to Tim Hightowers 2-yard touchdown run that made it a two-score game with 3:27 remaining.Palmer threw 30 yards to John Brown for a score with 2:19 left, but the onside kick try went out of bounds and the Saints ran out the clock.Brees threw for three touchdowns in the first half, including the two long passes to Cooks.His only bad moment came when Marcus Golden stripped the ball out of his hands and Calais Campbell grabbed it out of the air. The 6-foot-8 lineman rambled 53 yards for a touchdown.CAMPBELLS LAST?Campbell also had two sacks in what could be his final home game for Arizona.Its just the harsh reality that it could be, he said. I really hope its not, but well see how that goes.His two sacks made him the only player in franchise history to have at least six sacks in seven different seasons.But the 30-year-old lineman is a free agent after this, his ninth NFL season. And theres wide speculation the Cardinals wont re-sign him, opting to devote their resources elsewhere.FITZGERALD MOVES UPArizonas Larry Fitzgerald caught seven passes to give him 1,116 career receptions. He passed Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (1,115) for the most catches in a players first 200 games in NFL history.Fitzgerald and his good friend and former teammate, Anquan Boldin of Detroit, each played his 200th game on Sunday.INJURIESArizona lost cornerback Marcus Cooper to a back injury early in the second half.UP NEXTSaints: Host the Buccaneers next Saturday in the final home game of the season.Cardinals: Visit Seattle next Saturday, a rematch of NFC West foes who tied 6-6 earlier in the year, a far cry from this 89-point affair.---For more NFL coverage: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '