Jason Bay
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"Jason Raymond Bay" is a Canada/Canadian former professional baseball outfielder. Bay played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Seattle Mariners.

Bay was the Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award/National League Rookie of the Year in 2004 and he won the Silver Slugger Award in 2009. He is a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game/MLB All-Star and a three-time Tip O'Neill Award winner as the best Canadian baseball player.

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I'm not a batting practice home-run hitter. I think I'm done with it.

I can understand that. It's a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately business, obviously, and we're an easy target, I guess. You can't put too much stock into it, I think. People who are here and in the city know about the great history here. But the people here are frustrated, too, and we understand that.

It's good to finally win a game ? it seems like it's a lot longer than it's actually been.

It's unfortunate to see one guy take the fall for 25. It really is. There seems to have been not as many questions about us and the way we've played than there were about him. If we can take a positive from it, that's going to change. This is the wake-up call maybe we need.

We showed a little bit of character coming back. With the way we were going, we could have easily rolled over.

It's one of those unfortunate things that happen in sports, ... We weren't playing well and a change had to be made. It wasn't necessarily [McClendon's] fault. We've all been playing bad lately but it usually falls on one guy -- that's always the manager or coach, unfortunately.

Maybe this is a wakeup call for us, too, to say `Hey, we're shaking things up,' and, hopefully, it can help motivate us.

It's definitely not just me carrying the team, ... As a middle-of-the-order hitter my job is to drive in runs and score runs.