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CHUNGJU, South Korea -- Canada captured a silver medal in the womens four event Friday at the World Rowing Championship in South Korea. Sarah Black of Ottawa, Christine Roper of Victoria, Natalie Mastracci of Thorold, Ont. and Cristy Nurse of Georgetown, Ont., were second in 6:47.62. The U.S. won gold in 6:43.15 and the Aussies picked up bronze in 6:49.26. "It felt amazing," said Mastracci, an Olympic silver medallist in the womens eight at the 2012 Olympics in London. "After our preliminary race we felt we had some work to do, we did exactly that," The silver medallists are also members of the womens eight and will compete in the final on Sunday. In the lightweight mens pair final, Eric Woelfl of St. Catharines, Ont., and Brendan Hodge of Delta, B.C., finished just out of the medals in fourth overall. The Swiss crew won the race in 6:48.85 ahead of Italy (6:51.48) and Great Britain (6:52.08). Canadas time was 6:57.58. Also Friday, Canadas mens and womens lightweight singles rowed in B finals. Both Nick Pratt of Kingston, Ont., in the mens race and Patricia Obee of Victoria were ninth overall. The mens four was second in its final race to finish 14th overall. The crew members are all Olympians: Will Crothers of Kingston, Ont., Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C., Conlin McCabe of Brockville, Ont. and Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont. The Canadian mens pair of Spencer Crowley of Lantzville, B.C., and Steve Van Knotsenburg of Beamsville, Ont., was fifth in the C final and 17th overall. In addition to the womens eight final, Canada will also shoot for a medal this weekend in the womens quad. Tedy Bruschi Youth Jersey .Y. - Geno Smith shouted a couple of mighty expensive expletives. 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He quickly tossed it to shortstop Chris Owings, who flipped over his shoulder to left fielder Cody Ross.What do Dave Stieb, Tim Wakefield, and Sergio Santos have in common? All three started out as position players, and made the conversion to pitchers. A couple of more players trying to make the switch came to light over the weekend. Both have Blue Jays connections, one direct and one in a more roundabout way. Justin Jackson was drafted as a shortstop by the Blue Jays in 2007. He was a decent fielder with a strong arm who just never came around as a hitter. Over the course of this past year, the Blue Jays convinced him to give pitching a try. Jackson worked 49.2 innings between Lansing in low "A" ball and Dunedin of the Florida State League in high "A" ball. Jackson put together a decent ERA of 3.26 over the two stops. The Jays decided not to put Jackson on the 40-man roster, so he will be available for the Rule 5 Draft next month in Orlando. The organization is gambling that no team will take a chance on claiming a newly minted pitcher with so little experience. The other pitcher-to-be is the younger son of former Blue Jays right fielder Jesse Barfield. Jeremy Barfield is a 25-year-old 65" outfielder in the Oakland As chain. Back in July, the As approached Jeremy about making the switch. He has the arm strength of his father and is a left hander to boot. The As figure its worth a shot, especially in light of the success theyve had with lefty reliever Sean Doolittle. The 27-year-old was drafted in 2007 by the As to be a 1B/OF. However, he had been a stanndout pitcher through high school and college.dddddddddddd During instructional league in 2007, the As converted Doolittle back into a pitcher. In two seasons in the As bullpen, the hard throwing 63" southpaw has pitched so well, Oakland is at least considering making him their closer for 2014. We mentioned Jeremy Barfield. Well, Jesses older son Josh is still playing as well. Once considered a top prospect with San Diego and Cleveland, the 31-year-old finished up last season with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League. Rumours and Deals The Jeff Samardzjia to the Blue Jays rumours picked up a little steam over the weekend. Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago claimed that Alex Anthopoulos was putting together a list of prospects to make an offer for the 28-year-old right-hander. The number mentioned for Samardzjia was three to four prospects and you would have to think a couple of those would need to be Major League ready. Samardzjia has struck out 394 batters over the past two seasons, but at age 28 has never won in double digits with a career record of 29-35 and a 4.19 ERA. He still might be their best option considering the money and length of contract that the likes of Ervin Santana, Matt Garza and Ubaldo Jiminez should be able to command as free agents. Another pitching option came off the board on Sunday. Veteran right-hander Dan Haren, who really wanted to pitch on the West Coast, agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal with the Dodgers. ' ' '