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Meet Joe Biagini, the former Giants farmhand now providing comic relief for Blue Jays

SAN FRANCISCO – The Toronto Blue Jays saw a dependable strike thrower and potential bullpen asset when they took Joe Biagini from the Giants in the Rule 5 draft in December.

They had no idea that Biagini would provide comic relief, too.

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The Bay Area native made the Blue Jays roster out of spring and has a 0.93 ERA in seven appearances. He’s making an even more memorable impression in his media appearances, mixing one-liners with deadpan humor and qualifying every sentence with an apology.

For starters:

“When me and my dad were both kids, we would come to games here all the time,” he said.