How are you feeling going into Game Three? We have Max Scherzer going tonight (his fourth World Series start, a 3.26 ERA in 19.1 innings). Tyler Glasnow is starting for the Dodgers. Glasnow was 4-3 with a 3.19 ERA in 18 starts this season. And Bo Bichette is going to be in the lineup tonight. […]
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I had a lousy day yesterday. We did our flu shots on Friday, and I’ve never had a reaction after one before, but yesterday made up for it. I slept most of the afternoon and still felt lousy in the evening. And then the Jays lost. I didn’t think it would be a four-game series, […]
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If the Jays’ strategy for the series is to exploit the Dodgers’ weakness by getting into their bullpen early, they couldn’t execute on it today. Yoshinobu Yamamoto went the distance, recording the first complete game in a World Series since Josh Beckett lead the Marlins over the Yankees in the clinching game in 2003. Kevin […]
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The nine runs scored in the sixth inning were one short of the World Series record, so the Jays have some work to do today. Joe Carter throws the opening pitch. Tough to do better than that. No Bo in the lineup tonight, I was sure this was how they would do things. I’m good […]
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I knew this would be the way it would go. Bo is available to pinch hit or come into the game at some point, but he’s on the bench to start. I’m sure he’ll start Game Three in LA. John said Bo felt good after the game and he expects him to be able to […]
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I knew this would be the way it would go. Bo is available to pinch hit or come into the game at some point, but he’s on the bench to start. I’m sure he’ll start Game Three in LA. John said Bo felt good after the game and he expects him to be able to […]
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The nice part about the Jays being in the World Series is everybody I talk to wants to talk baseball. It is one of the few topics I don’t mind talking to strangers about. I’d be ok if we win by half a dozen or so again tonight. Yesterday it was a 22-year-old making his […]
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I felt I gave Bo Bichette kind of the short shift in the recap last night (a normal thing; generally, I want the recap up pretty quickly, so some things get missed). I was a little worried about Bo. Not in the way some on Twitter were. I read a lot of people saying that […]
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Dodgers 4 Blue Jays 11 When you get nine runs in one inning, you generally win. The sixth inning was all we would really need. The sixth inning went: Just a terrific inning. Most runs scored in a single inning in the World Series since 1968. Trey Yesavage didn’t have his best stuff, but he […]
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We have a World Series game in Toronto. Isn’t that an amazing thing? And we have Bo Bichette hitting cleanup. And playing second. Today’s lineup: Today’s Lineups DODGERS BLUE JAYS Shohei Ohtani – DH George Springer – DH Mookie Betts – SS Davis Schneider – LF Freddie Freeman – 1B Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Will […]
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The first Blue Jays World Series game in 32 years is tonight. There are only a few guys on the team who could have watched the last one: Max Scherzer, George Springer, Chris Bassitt, Kevin Gausman, Tommy Nance, Tyler Heineman…Jeff Hoffman would have been 9 months old. Scherzer would be the only one who might […]
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I figured Bo Bichette was going to be on the roster. Ty France was a surprise, but I guess they want him as a pitch hitter against the Dodgers left-hander pitchers. Joey Loperfido and Yariel Rodriguez. Rodriguez has had a tough time of it lately, giving up three earned and two home runs in one […]
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Chris Colabello turns 42 today. The Blue Jays picked up Chris off waivers from the Twins before the 2015 season. In two seasons with the Twins, he hit .214/.284/.364, with 13 home runs in 114 games. So we can be excused for not being excited about a 31-year-old who could play first or DH but […]
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33 years ago today The Blue Jays won their first World Series. It seems our first World Series win isn’t as celebrated as our second one, likely because it didn’t end in a walk-off homer. But it did end with Joe Carter jumping up and down. Game 6 was a 4-3, 11-inning win. We were […]
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I was sure Kevin Gausman would start game one, but I was wrong. Trey Yesavage is getting tomorrow’s start. He’ll be the second youngest pitcher ever to start a game one. Ralph Branca, who started for the Dodgers way back in 1947 was the youngest, 21 and 267 days. Right now, one of my kids […]
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Happy Thursday. Tomorrow we has something we haven’t seen for 32 years, the Blue Jays in the World Series. Ben Nicholson-Smith tells us that Bo Bichette has been taking balls at second base. I’ve always thought that second would be his position. But expecting him to learn a new position for the World Series is, […]
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32 Years Ago Today I remember the moment. I remember thinking that win or lose, we would be okay. The Blue Jays had Pat Hentgen ready to be our starter in Game 7, and he had a great start in Game 3. But I’m happy with the way it ended. No matter how many times […]
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When you have several days between the ALCS and the start of the World Series, surprisingly enough there isn’t much for news. The Dodgers have announced their starters for games one and two: Blake Snell (5-4, 2.35) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8, 2.49). Arden Zwelling has a thread on Twitter talking about the ‘third time seen’ […]
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One year ago today, the Jays hired David Popkins as their new hitting coach. At the end of the post about the signing, I wrote “Hopefully, he’ll find a way to get our guys scoring more.” Well, he did. In 2024, the Jays hit .241/.313/.389, scoring 4.14 runs per game. In 2025, the Jays hit […]
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I don’t know about any of you, but I’ve talked more people about the Blue Jays today than ever in my life. I were my Jays’ jersey (my signed by Brett Lawrie one) and every person wanted to talk about yesterday’s game. Even small children wanted to talk about it. Sportsnet tell us that it […]
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We have five days to talk about last night’s game (and I won’t get tired of doing that). The Mariners had their own bullpen usage controversy. Seventh inning. Bryan Woo has given up a walk and a single. With the addition (I spelled that addison at first) of a bunt, the Jays had the tying […]
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George Bell turns 66 today. George Bell was born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. His brother Juan Bell also made the majors as a utility infielder for several teams for seven seasons. He has two other brothers who played professional baseball. The Phillies signed George as an amateur free agent in 1978. The […]
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Mariners 3 Blue Jays 4 That was a terrific series. The Mariners played great. We’ll do a real recap later but…. We had ten hits but other than a run in the first (Springer walked, Vlad singled, and Varsho singled home Springer) we didn’t do much until the seventh inning. In the seventh: We should […]
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JUST WIN Marco Estrada throws out the opening pitch. Shane Bieber is the ninth former Cy Young winner to start a Game Seven Arden Zwelling tells us that the ‘most productive pitch’ a Blue Jay has throw this postseason is Bieber’s slider. A 61.1% whiff rate. Lineups: Today’s Lineups MARINERS BLUE JAYS Julio Rodriguez – […]
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Game Sevens are special things. This is just the second Game Seven in Jays history (and the less said about the other one the better). There is some news from the Jays: Tonight’s lineups. No changes for the Jays. Today’s Lineups MARINERS BLUE JAYS Julio Rodriguez – CF George Springer – DH Cal Raleigh – […]
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