Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was taken out of Sundays 6-2, 12-inning home loss to Baltimore?two innings after he was hit on the right hand by a 93 mph fastball from Orioles starter Chris Tillman?in the sixth.Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said Tulowitzki suffered a broken thumb. Toronto will wait for the swelling to go down before deciding whether to place him on the disabled list.A little sore, it obviously got me pretty good, Tulowitzki said. Its blown up.Tulowitzki said he could still play defense but could not grip a bat after being hit.From what I hear, its very small, Tulowitzki said of the thumb fracture, as quoted by Sportsnet.ca. I just couldnt grip a bat, but obviously Im good enough to still play defense, so well see how fast we can get the swelling out, see how it feels [Monday], and go from there.Tulowitzki hit his 18th home run of the season on Tillmans first pitch in the Toronto fourth, a drive off the facing of the fourth deck at the Rogers Centre.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. White Panthers Jerseys . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Cheap Panthers Jerseys . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. http://www.cheappanthersjerseyselite.com/ . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others. Panthers Jerseys Sale . Sulaiman, 44, was chosen unanimously Tuesday in a vote by the leadership, the World Boxing Council said. Sulaiman becomes the sixth president of the organization. Black Panthers Jerseys Online . Darren Helm scored on Detroits sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaws shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Defenseman Dan Boyle retired from the NHL on Wednesday at SAP Center, where he played six seasons with the San Jose Sharks during a 17-year career.Boyle won the Stanley Cup in 2004 with the Tampa Bay Lightning, one of his four NHL teams, won an Olympic gold medal with Team Canada in 2010 and was a two-time NHL All-Star.Boyle, who played his final two seasons with the New York Rangers, retired as San Joses career leader among defensemen in points (269) and assists (201). He ranks second in goals (68) and shots (1,095).Boyle went undrafted, but he wound up playing 1,093 regular-season games and 130 playoff games during his career with the Florida Panthers, Lightning, Rangers and Sharks. Among defensemen, he ranks 31st in goals, 35th in points and 38th in assists.Coming out of college, I was undersized and overlooked and all that stuff thats kind of made me what I am today, said the 5-foot-9, 180-pound Boyle, sitting next to Sharks general manager Doug Wilson, with his family and many of his former San Jose teammates looking on.I definitely had a chip on my shoulder. I probably always will. Its just what makes me me, and thats probably what has allowed me to have the career that I had.Boyle signed with the Panthers as a free agent on March 30, 1998, then was traded to the Lightning in January 2002 for a fifth-round pick.Boyle said his career took off after a one-on-one meeting he had with current Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella, who coached him with Tampa Bay.We sat down and I asked him, I said, `Can yyou please trust me? Boyle said.dddddddddddd `I know I play the game a little differently than most, I know it might be a little risky at times, but I know what Im doing. Just please trust me. Thats kind of when my true career took off. He trusted in me. I responded with what I thought was good hockey and responsible hockey.Tortorella talked to Boyle on a speaker phone during his retirement ceremony.I dont think you ever received enough credit for what a fierce competitor you were, Tortorella said. I witnessed it first-hand. You were the engine of our Stanley Cup team. We dont get where we go if it isnt (for) what you do at that rover position that you had, as far as just doing your thing.Boyle, who will retire in the San Jose area, spent parts of six seasons with the Lightning, playing 394 games and amassing 66 goals, 187 assists and 253 points.Then on July 4, 2008, Tampa Bay traded Boyle, along with Brad Lukowich, to the Sharks for Matt Carle, Ty Wishart, a first-round draft pick in 2009 and a fourth-round choice in 2010.He was like a one-man breakout, Sharks center Logan Couture said of Boyle. He could skate the puck out of trouble better than most guys that play this game. As a teammate he was as competitive as they come.After the 2013-14 season, San Jose traded Boyles rights to the New York Rangers for a fifth round choice in the 2015 draft. The Rangers signed him to a new contract on July 1, 2014. ' ' '