The Punch Heard Round Major League Baseball
(Richard W. Rodriguez/Star-Telegram via AP ) It started off as a usual Sunday for Toronto sports fans. I woke up to "Cotton Eyed Joe" by the Rednex stuck in my head, but somehow I knew it was going to be exceptional. The Toronto Raptors were playing in Game 7 against the fired-up Miami Heat, and nearly 2,000 km away in Arlington, Texas, the Blue Jays were playing the Rangers in the final game of a 3-game series. Needless to say, half of the country was probably watching the Raptors, as they were going to be making history by going the furthest they've ever gone in the NBA Playoffs. But that didn't stop the Toronto-Texas game from having a moment of their own. In the Top of the 8th, ex-con Matt Bush was on the mound for the Rangers, and who just happened to be at the place? None other than the $14 million outfielder, October bat-flipper, and Toronto's hottest Free Agent at the end of the season, Jose Bautista. I think every Toronto sports fan knows what happ...