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TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Japanese pitcher Tomo Ohka and infielder Jared Goedert to minor-league contracts. Both have been invited to attend the Jays spring training camp. Ohka, 37, is trying to make a return to the major leagues as a knuckleballer. At camp with Toronto, he will be able to compare notes with knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. He made 10 starts for the Blue Jays in 2007 in a 10-year major-league career that includes stints with Montreal, Boston, Washington, Milwaukee and Cleveland. Ohkas career record from 1999 to 2009 is 51-68 with a 4.26 ERA. He has pitched in Japan since 2010. Goedert, 28, spent last season for the Pirates Class-AAA affiliate in Indianapolis where he hit .241 with 32 doubles, 11 home runs and 62 RBI in 130 games. He primarily played third base. In eight minor league seasons, Goedert has a .271 average with 113 home runs and 482 RBI in 825 games. Guillermo Ochoa Jersey . With the results, North America claimed 2.5 of the three available points, opening up a 17.5-12.5 lead in the overall standings. A total of 60 points are available, meaning the first team to 30.5 points will win the Continental Cup. Javier Hernandez Jersey . Patrik Bartosak turned away 50-of-52 shots for the Rebels (28-26-4), who halted their losing streak at seven games. Trailing 2-1 after 40 minutes of play, Feser forced overtime with his second goal of the game at 5:35 of the third period. http://www.mexiconationalshop.us/Customized/. -- Jimmie Johnson has a sixth NASCAR championship in hand and two legends within reach. Hirving Lozano Jersey . It was the first game back in Columbus for Rangers star Rick Nash, the Blue Jackets franchise leader in goals, assists and games. He was given a standing ovation during a video tribute in the first period, but was booed loud and long after a second-period, two-handed shove up high on Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky. Carlos Salcedo Jersey . Jeter doubled high off the left-field wall and scored on Jacoby Ellsburys first hit in pinstripes in the fifth. Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings in the Yankees 112th opener in New York. In what manager Joe Girardi said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shortstop was cheered every step of the way by an adoring crowd of 48, 142 -- even when his double-play grounder back to Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2) scored Solarte in the third inning for the first run.St. Louis, MO - The St. Louis Rams announced Wednesday the signing of guard Davin Joseph, a two-time Pro Bowl selection during his previous tenure with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. NFL.com reported the deal to be a one-year contract. Joseph, a first-round choice (23rd overall) of the Buccaneers in the 2006 draft, earned Pro Bowl honors in 2008 and 2011 and started 99 games over seven seasons with Tampa Bay, inccluding all 16 at right guard in 2013.dddddddddddd The Bucs released the 30-year-old in a salary-cap related move in March. Joseph gives the Rams a veteran option in the event starting left tackle Jake Long, coming off a torn ACL sustained in late December, isnt ready for the start of the upcoming season. In that case, right guard Rodger Saffold would likely shift over into Longs spot. ' ' '