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title: John Axford text: winners of the 2014 Oscar awards via his Twitter account. Selecting winners in all 24 categories of the 2015 Oscar awards, Axford successfully chose 17 winners. Axford is involved in the annual Milwaukee Film Festival. John Axford John Berton Axford (born April 1, 1983), nicknamed "Ax Man", is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. Axford led the National League in saves in 2011, when he won title: John Axford text: John Axford John Berton Axford (born April 1, 1983), nicknamed "Ax Man", is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. Axford led the National League in saves in 2011, when he won the Rolaids Relief Man Award. Raised in Port Dover, Ontario, Axford attended Assumption College School in nearby Brantford. Because the school didn't have an interscholastic baseball program, he played for Port Dover Minor Baseball, Team title: 2011 New York Yankees season text: in the sixth inning was the 1,742nd of his career, moving him past Honus Wagner for sole possession of 21st place on baseball's all-time list. On August 25, the Yankees became the first team in history to hit three grand slam home runs in one game with a 22–9 win over the Oakland Athletics. It was done by Robinson Canó, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson. On September 13 against the Seattle Mariners, Mariano Rivera became the second player in history to attain 600 saves. He also became the first to get all 600 with a single team. On September 19 title: Craig Kimbrel text: in the last game of the season. The loss knocked Atlanta out of playoff contention, completing a late-season collapse that squandered an early-September lead of 8½ games. Kimbrel's mediocre September (4.76 ERA) led to charges that manager Fredi González had overworked him over the course of the season. Kimbrel ended the season tied for the National League lead with 46 saves—shattering the previous rookie record of 40, set by Feliz in 2010—and led the Major Leagues with 127 strikeouts in 77 innings of relief. On November 14, the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced the results of their 2011 National title: 2011 Atlanta Braves season text: August 31, 2011: Closing out a 3–1 win against the Washington Nationals in front of a home crowd, Braves rookie closer Craig Kimbrel collected his 41st save of the season, setting a new major league record for most saves in a single season by a rookie closer. The previous record-holder was Neftalí Feliz, who saved forty games for the Texas Rangers during his rookie season in 2010. Kimbrel went on to finish the season with 46 saves to set the mark for the new rookie record. September 8, 2011: While recording a no-decision in a 2–3 loss to the Phillies,