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I was thinking about Melky Cabrera the other day and his odds of being named Comeback Player of the Year. China Shoes Jordans . After all, he was a disaster in his first season with the Jays in 2013. It was only after the fact we learned he needed surgery to have a tumour removed from his back, which seriously impeded his abilities last season to be the player he had been in San Francisco and Kansas City. Right now Melky is hitting .298 with 11 homers and 37 runs batted, and is playing better defence in left field than at any point last year. Hes even beginning to put the PED suspension in the review mirror. Yes, he would be a worthy pick for American League Comeback Player of the year. This really is a fascinating award. Its often said it is one no player really wants to win because it means at some point your career has gone off the rails or youve suffered a serious, possibly career-threatening injury. Only one Blue Jays player has even won the award. On May 29 of 2008, second baseman Aaron Hill suffered a concussion when he collided with teammate David Eckstein. Hill missed the remainder of the season. He came back though with a vengence in 2009, batting .286 and 37 doubles, 36 homers and 108 runs batted in. He went to the All Star Game in St. Louis in July, was named Blue Jays Player of the Year, and ultimately, American League Comeback Player of the year. Its interesting that there are actually three versions of this award. The original and the one with the most historic cache was established by the Sporting News in 1965. The Players Association created its version in 1992 followed finally by Major League Baseball in 2005. Two players won it after coming back from heart attacks, Tony Conigliaro of the Red Sox in 1969 and Scarboroughs own John Hiller - the Tigers starter turned closer. In addition to Hiller another Canadian "Hall of Famer" Fergy Jenkins won the award in 1974 with Texas. In 1976, the National League honours went to Tommy John, naturally for the year he had after undergoing the landmark elbow reconstruction surgery that still bears his name. In the American League, three men have won the award twice - Norm Cash of the Tigers, "Boog" Powell of the Orioles and Royals right hander Bret Saberhagen. In the National League, the club is even more exclusive. Former Expos first baseman Andres "The Big Cat" Galaragga won in Colorado in 1993 and Atlanta in 2000, while former Blue Jays right hander Chris Carpenter won twice with St. Louis in 2004 and again in 2009. Former pitcher and current broadcaster Rick Sutcliffe stands alone as the only player to win in both leagues. He did it in 1987 with the Cubs and 1992 with Baltimore. Talk about impressive runs, from 1977 through 1979, future Hall of Famers won in the National League three years running, with Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell and Lou Brock so honoured. But the ultimate comeback story is unfolding this season in Cincinnati. Heck this guys entire career has been one gigantic comeback story. Alfredo Simon is a 33 year old right-hander out of the Dominican Republic. He was signed back in 1999 by the Phillies as an amateur free agent. But in those days he went by the name of Carlos Cabrera. He hid his true identity so he could conceal his true age. The Phillies thought he was younger and didnt find out the truth until 2004. Simon has bounced around a lot and didnt actually crack the Majors until 2008 with Baltimore. He had brief snatches of success with the 0s saving 17 games in 2010 and starting 16 in 2011, but in 2012 he was claimed on waivers by the Reds off the Orioles. Before this season, Alfredo Simon had a career record in six years of (17-18) with 19 saves. He had been with six organizations, three of them twice. Yet the other night at 33 he become the National Leagues first 10-game winner this season. In fact he is (10-3) with a 3.05 ERA and he is convinced he can pitch 200 innings this season even though his previous high was 115 2-3 with Baltimore in 2011. A truly amazing story. All of which brings us to Ricky Romero, whos been slogging it out in Triple-A Buffalo trying to find the old Ricky who used to be the ace of the Blue Jays staff three years ago. We learned Thursday, that Ricky had to undergo surgery on his left knee and is done for the rest of this season. Ricky will be 29 years old next season and in the final guaranteed year of his contract. The Jays will be paying him another $7.5 million dollars. Maybe the knee surgery will make a difference and Ricky can author the kind of comeback story that Alfredo Simon has. One more thing on Simon. He had to battle back from Tommy John surgery as well after getting injured in just his second start for the Orioles in 2009.. This weekend marks a special anniversary at Rogers Centre. Saturday it will be 14 years since the only no-hitter in the history of the facility was pitched there. Oaklands Dave Stewart accomplishing the feat on June 21, 1990. Ironically later that same night, Fernando Valenzuela no-hit St. Louis. It was the only time in Major League history two no-nos have been thrown on the same day. Three years later Stewart won a World Series with the Jays and later became their assistant General Manager. China Shoes Outlet . A receiver doesnt make the catch on a passing play and instantly motions to the ref – and everybody else – for a pass interference flag. Fake China Shoes . Mueller is the grandson of the late Ron Lancaster, the Hall-of-Fame quarterback and longtime head coach in the CFL. Last season, Mueller was quarterbacks coach of the University of Regina Rams, his alma mater. https://www.chinashoesshop.com/ .C. -- The Edmonton Oilers used a late-power-play goal to get a hard-fought road victory.NEW YORK, N.Y. - One of the biggest issues on the agenda when the NBAs owners arrived in New York for the board of governors meetings was thwarting the tanking strategy employed most brazenly by the Philadelphia 76ers.A proposal that would reduce the incentive for teams to lose games on purpose in an effort to get a better pick in the draft appeared to be gathering momentum earlier in the week.All that momentum disappeared almost overnight, with enough skittish owners unable or unwilling to sign off on significant reforms that could have widened the gulf between small and big-market teams.The proposal needed 23 votes for approval but only received 17, with 13 lining up to vote against it on Wednesday.I think, in essence, the owners were concerned about unintended consequences, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. I think we all recognize we need to find the right balance between creating the appropriate incentives on one hand for teams to, of course, win, and on the other hand allowing for appropriate rebuilding and the draft to work as it should in which the worst performing teams get the highest picks in the draft.The vote means the existing system will remain in place for now. The team with the worst record will still have a 25 per cent chance at getting the top pick and cannot drop lower than fourth. The board agreed to send the issue back to the competition committee for additional study.The reform proposal presented by the leagues competition committee would have drastically reduced the worst teams odds of winning the lottery while also increasing the chances that the teams with the best record in the lottery field would jump up to the top of the board.Another element of the proposal, the defeat of which was first reported by Yahoo! Sports, would have made it possible for the worst team to plummet all the way to seventh in the order.The 76ers are at the centre of the debate. General manager Sam Hinkie, with the blessing of ownership, has assembled a roster designed to lose in the present in hopes of building a foundation that can win in the future.Hinkie has been unapologetic about his approach, believing that it provides the Sixers the best chance to not just be competitive in a few years, but to contend in the Eastern Conference.They have already landing promising point guard Michael Carter-Williams, forward Nerlens Noel, centre Joel Embiid and European standout Dario Saric by stockpiling those high draft picks, but theyve also lost a lot of games while doing it. China Shoes Free Shipping. Philadelphias strategy didnt sit well with some in and around the league who think it compromises the integrity of the games in the present.I dont necessarily disagree with the way it works now, Silver said of the lottery. Id say from a personal standpoint what Im most concerned about is perception out there right now and frankly the pressure on a lot of our teams, even from their very fans, to somehow underperform because its in some peoples view the most efficient and quickest way to get better.I think thats a corrosive perception out there.But is there really a problem? Since the league went to a weighted lottery system in 1985, the team with the worst record has received the top pick just four times, the most recent time coming with the Orlando Magic in 2004. The Cleveland Cavaliers have won it the past two years while having the ninth-worst record and third-worst record.Other subjects broached on Wednesday include:—The league held a presentation on domestic abuse that Silver said focused on prevention. Silver said he doesnt think increasing punishments is the only answer to address the issue. He said the league will implement new training for players this year and will continue to look at more changes to the policy.—The new television contracts. The NBA is set to cash in with a $24 billion TV deal in 2016 and Silver said he is having discussions with the union about smoothing in the money over the next couple of years so the increase to the salary cap isnt so dramatic in just one year. He also said one-third of the teams are still losing money, and that TV deal is expected to help that.—Silver said it was too early to be concerned about a possible work stoppage in 2017 when both sides have an opt-out of the collective bargaining agreement. He did say he is in favour of a harder salary cap, but putting money aside, I think the system elements are working in the new collective bargaining agreement.—A review of the ownership situation in Atlanta. Silver said there seems to be enormous interest in the Hawks franchise, but that having a buyer in place by the end of the calendar year might be a little ambitious.—The league also elected Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor as chairman of the board and announced a new $30,000 scholarship in David Sterns honour for students studying sports management.___Follow Jon Krawczynski on Twitter: —http://twitter.com/APKrawczynski ' ' '