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TORONTO -- Toronto FC is about to find out to find out whether it has won over its beleaguered season ticket-holders. Drew Sample Womens Jersey . On Tuesday the MLS club reached out to its ticket base, months later than normal, hoping that its off-season moves have given ticket-holders a reason to get back on board a franchise with a 51-105-66 career mark. "A new, winning tradition begins this season for Toronto FC and the most important thing to us is that you are there to share it with us," general manager Tim Bezbatchenko said in an email to the clubs 14,600 season ticket-holders. "We hope that you believe in our direction based on the moves that have been made and are still to come and that you will be there with us again this season." Fans have until Jan. 31 to renew their tickets. Toronto opens the 2014 season March 15 in Seattle. MLSE president Tim Leiweke pushed back the renewal date when he cleaned out the clubs front office Sept. 5 as another failed season lurched to a close. January marks the opening of the international transfer window, allowing Toronto to reload. "By then we will either have done what we have to do and they will hold us accountable and say I like what you did, Im in. Or if we fail here, were going to have a mass exodus," Leiweke said in September. "And we get it. Were OK with that, all of us. "We will put our feet to the fire here ... We better do a good job because I dont think a marketing campaign is going to cut it this time." Leiweke and his staff are about to find out how well they have done. "Every move weve made this off-season has been made with our promise to you in mind, Bezbatchenko said in Tuesdays email. In a bid to lure ticket-holders back, Toronto is maintaining the same prices as last year and offering two complimentary lower bowl tickets to a 2014 Toronto Raptors game for signing up by the early renewal deadline of Jan. 17. The club has made moves to improve. Toronto has already signed Brazilian striker Gilberto, with England star Jermain Defoe expected to join him soon. The signing of former league MVP Dwayne De Rosario, who played in Toronto from 2009 to 2011, is expected later this week. Those recruits are expected to bolster an attack that produced just 30 goals last season, second-worst in the league. Since the end of the 2013 season, Toronto has also acquired MLS experience in the form of Brazilian midfielder Jackson and defender Justin Morrow while picking up draft picks in trading away the rights of goalkeeper Stefan Frei and midfielder Bobby Convey. While Toronto finished out of the playoff for a seventh straight year with a 6-17-11 record in 2013, there were encouraging signs under first-year manager Ryan Nelsen. The team showed a strong spine with Joe Bendik excelling in goal, Scottish defender Steven Caldwell providing stability at centre back and captain, and young Argentine Matias Laba strengthening the midfield. Salary cap issues have largely been straightened out and the current 24-man Toronto roster features 19 players aged 25 or younger. Joe Mixon Youth Jersey .com) - The Los Angeles Kings werent playing their best hockey before the league went on break during the Winter Olympics. Anthony Munoz Womens Jersey . Grilli hasnt pitched since straining his left oblique in late April. Manager Clint Hurdle says the right-hander will make a couple of appearances in middle relief before the team determines whether to return Grilli to the back end of the bullpen. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Germaine-Pratt-Jersey/ . The premature end left 26 players still to finish the round in the Asian Tour event. Siddikur, who shot a bogey-free first round to share the lead with five others, eagled the par-5 first hole before bogeying twice and rebounding with six birdies.Boston MA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Boston Red Sox and free-agent shortstop Stephen Drew have agreed on a one-year contract through the end of this season, the team announced Wednesday. Drew takes the 25-man roster spot of left-hander Felix Doubront, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strain in his pitching shoulder. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but multiple outlets reported that Drew will received around $10 million -- the prorated portion of the $14.1 million offer he declined last November. Drew batted .253 with 13 homers and a .333 on-base percentage in 124 games for the Reed Sox last season, then started all 16 postseason games in Bostons run to the World Series title. Drew Sample Bengals Jersey. Teams were reluctant to sign the eight-year veteran in the offseason because they would have had to surrender a high draft pick since Drew received a qualifying offer from the Red Sox. Boston will not have to forfeit a draft pick for re-signing Drew because he was its own free agent. Doubront started Tuesdays game against Toronto, a 7-4 Boston loss. He left in the fifth inning and said later he felt numbness in his shoulder, described by the Red Sox on Wednesday as "fatigue." ' ' '
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