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  • The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry Engaged

    The Band Perry has a lot to be excited about from their hot country career to the recent news of Kimberly Perry’s engagement. The leading lady recent got engaged to professional baseball player, J.P. Arencibia.

    Arencibia is the catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays.

    The engagement was confirmed by the band’s publicist on Tuesday. The happy news was first reported by The Tennessean. In the paper she said, “yes” to her baseball boyfriend at her parent’s house in Greeneville, Tn.

    The two better get busy planning a wedding because the hit band will be kicking off their world tour next month all the way in Sweden.

    Arencibia is from Miami, FL and went to school at the University of Tennessee. The catcher was a first-round pick in the 2007 draft by Toronto.

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  • MLB Fan Dies After Receiving CPR At Blue Jays Game

    A baseball fan died at a local hospital after going into cardiac arrest in Toronto at a Blue Jays/White Sox game. He has yet to be identified publicly, but his death shocked and saddened those in attendance.

    “I saw some medics jump out around the dugout and run over,” White Sox third-baseman Kevin Youkilis said. “Then I saw a doctor or whoever was going, just pushing on the chest over and over and over. I thought maybe they were reviving him and then the next thing you know, they kept going and going. I was like `God, man. We’ve got to stop this thing.”‘

    The game was halted for about five minutes as the man was given first aid; he was taken away through the left gate by a cart which rode onto the field.

    “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the person who was taken out of here tonight,” Blue Jays manager John Farrell said.

    Fans and players alike said prayers for the man; some were clearly shaken by the incident. Sadly, this isn’t the first time a fan has been given CPR at a Blue Jays game. Hopefully it will be the last.

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  • Brett Lawrie Tweets About Almost Getting Shot

    Toronto, Canada is well-known to be one of the safest places in North America; that’s why, when shots were fired inside a mall food court over the weekend, Canadians were shocked. Brett Lawrie, third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, was there when it happened.

    An unidentified man–who hadn’t been caught as of Sunday night–fired several shots in the food court, killing one man and wounding several others. Many additional injuries were reported when people in the crowded eatery began to run for their lives, causing a stampede. One woman went into premature labor as a result.

    Lawrie, who was at the mall food court just seconds before the shots were fired, tweeted about it as it was happening.

    (image) Brett Lawrie
    @blawrie13     Pretty sure someone just let off a round bullets in eaton center mall .. Wow just sprinted out of the mall … Through traffic …
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    (image) Brett Lawrie
    @blawrie13     People sprinting up the stairs right from where we just were … Wow wow wow
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    (image) Brett Lawrie
    @blawrie13     This is crazy. … I hope everyone is ok … http://t.co/Dk1EWg4J
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    (image) Brett Lawrie
    @blawrie13     Rattled right now
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    Toronto is known for their surprisingly low numbers when it comes to gun-related incidents, so the weekend shooting certainly rattled people all over the country…especially since it comes on the heels of another shocking story about a porn star who allegedly murdered, dismembered, and partially ate another man, but also because it happened at such a well-known public spot as Eaton Centre mall, which draws tourists from all over.

    ”Any place for discharging a firearm in Toronto is dangerous. In the food court of the Eaton Centre on a Saturday evening, it’s not only dangerous, it’s outrageous,” police chief Bill Blair said. ”I believe every Torontonian is shocked and appalled by this crime.”

    Photo: Brett Lawrie