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Brett Lawrie against the Yankees on Wednesday showed people what Mike Trout meant when he said the Blue Jays third baseman plays “crazy hard.”

Lawrie equal parts scared and impressed those watching when he sacrificed his body leaping over a railing and tumbling some five feet into a camera well when trying to make a play on a Mark Teixeira foul ball skied toward the dugout. He didn’t make the catch. But still. “Good job, good effort!”

No surprise, Lawrie came away limping and left the game, but it wasn’t so much slamming his body into the concrete floor as it was his leg banging on an adjacent railing on the way down. He’s listed as day-to-day with a bruised calf.

But seriously though, is Mark Teixeira trying to maim everybody in Yankee Stadium’s foul territory or something?

There was a fatal shooting inside the Eaton Centre mall in Toronto on Saturday, and Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie witnessed it and was one of the first people to spread the news.

The third baseman was in the mall following his team’s 7-3 loss to the Red Sox on Saturday and shared the following account of what happened:

Pretty sure someone just let off a round bullets in eaton center mall .. Wow just sprinted out of the mall … Through traffic …

— Brett Lawrie (@blawrie13) June 2, 2012

People sprinting up the stairs right from where we just were … Wow wow wow

— Brett Lawrie (@blawrie13) June 2, 2012

After sending the two tweets seen above, Lawrie then said “This is crazy. … I hope everyone is ok,” and “This is serious .. Oh my god” when multiple police cars and an ambulance arrive at the scene. He shared the following photo of what he saw:

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Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie went overboard on an umpire during Tuesday’s game and can expect a suspension because of it. Lawrie was upset about being called out on strikes by homeplate umpire Bill Miller on a pitch he thought was up in the zone. Lawrie began heading to first for what he thought was ball four, but he snapped after hearing Miller say it was the third strike. Lawrie went crazy and chucked his helmet into the ground, right at the umpire’s feet. He was immediately ejected and can expect a suspension from MLB for the incident.

Lawrie defended himself after the game, and apologized for his actions.

“That was not my intention at all,” Lawrie said. “I’ve never, ever done anything to go at an umpire before in my life, and I didn’t mean to tonight. I apologize for that.

“It’s just my passion for the game,” he said. “I wanted to help my teammates out as best I could. That’s the pride I have in this game. I leave my emotions out on the field.”

Miller filed a report with MLB after the game, and said Lawrie went too far.

“Upon seeing that he was ejected, he took several steps toward me and fired his helmet. It hit me in the right hip,” Miller said.

“That’s a bit extreme,” Miller said.

As if being hit by a helmet wasn’t bad enough, a Jays fan threw a drink at Miller after the game:

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