Article Tweet Happy Canada Day! Ryan Dempster pitched for the Boston Red Sox against the Blue Jays at Fenway Park on Sunday afternoon. And he gets the ball again Monday afternoon wearing a red jersey for our 13th annual Canada Day team. What is Ernie Whitt thinking ... starting him on less than 24 hours rest? Well, when we began selecting our Canada Day team in 2001, there wasn’t a World Baseball Classic and major-leaguers were not allowed in the Olympics. It was a mythical team then. It’s a mythical team now. Unlike the WBC, there are not any meddlesome general managers or farm directors worrying about the season. So, co-GMs Doug Melvin and Alex Anthopoulos, along with trusted...
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