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Yankees @ Jays Game Thread
Many roster moves happened today, check the post below this one for the details. Rickey (no e) Tiedemann (two e’s) sounds thrilled to be up with the Jays: Today’s Lineup: Today’s Lineups YANKEES BLUE JAYS Trent Grisham – CF Brett Bateman – CF Ben Rice – DH Nathan Lukes – RF Heliot Ramos – LF […]
Jays Roster Moves: Guerrero To IL, Cameron Up, Tiedemann Up
I thought the Jays and I had an understanding, I would play tennis on Saturday mornings and they wouldn’t make any news while I play. Anyway: Vladimir Guerrero has been put on the 7-day concussion IL. Concussions are terrible things. My youngest son got play playing rugby and it ended his rugby playing. He had […]
Jays Beat Yankees 3-1
Gerrit Cole was a tough assignment, but the pitching staff was more than up for the challenge of winning the pitching duel and the offence took advantage of their opportunities and did just enough. There was bad news, though. Vladimir Guerrero jr. left the game after being kicked in the side of the head sliding […]
Yankees @Jays GameThread
As a reminder, today’s game is on AppleTV. Yesterday afternoon was disappointing, but taking three of four from the Red Sox still counts as a statement by a team that’s playing surprisingly well since the deadline. The Yankees will test whether this run can amount to anything. The Jays draw Gerrit Cole today, Cam Schlittler […]
Friday Bantering: Jays Notes
It is funny how things work. Going into the series with the Red Sox, I would have been thrilled with the Jays winning three of four. There is something about losing the last game of the series. If we lost the first game and won the last three, I’d be thrilled. If we just lost […]
No Offense and Poor Relief Pitching, Jays Lose
Red Sox 7 Blue Jays 0 If you had told me, going into this series, that we would win 3 of 4, I would have been happy. I knew we weren’t going to run the table. As Meatloaf never said, 3 out of 4 ain’t bad. But…..when you win the first three, you get greedy. […]
Red Sox @ Jays Game Thread
Game four of four. Might as well make it a sweep, since it is just sitting there. Speaking of sitting there, I think I’m going to be doing that at a near by bar for today’s game. I feel like lunch out today. Max, we could use a great start. Everyone else is giving us […]
Thursday Bantering: Blue Jays Notes
We have an afternoon game today, 3:00 Eastern. The Jays now have a 15.6% chance of making the playoffs, which is almost double than what it was a couple of weeks ago. The next couple of weeks well tell us a lot. After today’s game, they play six games (home and road) against the Yankees […]
Happy Birthday Randal Grichuk
Today marks Randal Grichuk’s 35th birthday. Across five seasons as a Blue Jay, Grichuk played 479 games and slashed .243/.289/.461, belting 90 home runs—good for 26th on the franchise’s all-time list. He was worth 4.2 bWAR during that time, providing solid offensive power and stretches of exciting play. The Blue Jays acquired Grichuk from the […]
Jays Win Third In Row Over Red Sox
Red Sox 4 Blue Jays 6 The bottom of the eighth was one of those great innings for those of us who tend to think we’ve seen everything: A great inning, and a ball being just two or three feet foul turned out to be very important (also that Contreras can’t catch, something you would […]
Red Sox @ Blue Jays Game Thread
Game #122. Forty games left after this on. I think I’m going to use this picture for every Game Thread the rest of the season. It will save me the time I usually waste looking at the pictures we are allowed to use, trying to remember ‘did I use that one already’. Might as well […]
Wednesday Open Thread
I got a few things going on today, and I’m kind wanting a day off, so lets do an open thread. I saw a tweet for a post saying “How could the Jays pull it off?“ and I was thinking win a lot of games? That’s it right? Cause blowing up the other teams’ ballparks, […]
Jays Beat Red Sox
Red Sox 3 Blue Jays 5 Despite Dylan Cease not having his usual great start, it turned out to be a good game. Cease went 5 innings, allowed 5 hits, 4 walks, and 7 strikeouts, but gave up 2 home runs. Neither one was crushed; one just barely cleared the wall. For anyone else, it […]
Red Sox @ Blue Jays Game Thread
We really should have a contest to guess how the umpires will award the Red Sox a run tonight. Maybe an Act of God, or Act of Manfred? Oh well, the fun of playing in the AL East. If we played in the AL Central, the umpires couldn’t care enough about any of the teams […]
Tuesday Jays Notes
There is a little bit of news from the Jays: But now will look like this: I’m interested in moving Bateman into center, when Straw was originally there. I’d love to hear the wherefore and the why, one of my favorite Gordon Lightfoot songs. I’m interested in seeing how the umpires will manage to award […]
Happy Birthday Colby Rasmus And Melky Cabrera
Today marks Colby Rasmus’s 40th birthday. Rasmus was selected as the 28th overall pick in the first round of the 2005 draft. The Blue Jays chose Ricky Romero with the 6th pick that year. He appeared on Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list for three consecutive years: ranked #29 in 2007, #5 in 2008, and […]
More On Last Night’s Game
I was told last night that the Jays couldn’t appeal because they left the field. Of course, since I was watching the game and they weren’t, I asked if a team had ever stayed on the field after the umpires called the inning over. What would happen if a team just stayed on the field? […]
Jays Overcome A Really Weird Ruling and Beat Red Sox
Red Sox 0 (in reality) Blue Jays 2 All that’s worth talking about happened in the top of the seventh. Red Sox down 2-0. Game is going along quickly. All is well. Anthony Seigler singled off Simeon Woods Richardson to lead off the inning. Connor Wong also singled. Nick Sogard lined one at Vladimir Guerrero, […]
Red Sox @ Blue Jays Game Thread
The first of four against the Red Sox. We do need some wins. Okamoto has the day off after fouling the ball off his knee yesterday. So Charles McAdoo gets to play third. He was on a hot stretch with the Bisons, so I’m hoping it continues. And Ernie Clement gets a day off. He […]
Blue Jays Roster Moves: Estrada, Schneider Down, McAdoo, Woods Richardson Up
The Jays made a bunch of roster moves: McAdoo was named International League Player of the Week. He was 13 for 28 with 4 home runs on the week. I hope he can continue that with the Jays. He’s in, playing third tonight, as tonight’s lineup is Okamoto-less, as he’s got a bruise on his […]
Monday Bantering: Jays Notes
The Jays start a four-game series against the Red Sox tonight and then three games with the Yankees, all at home. So it is a tough week. Of course they play the Rays and Yankees on the road next week, so it doesn’t get easier. Starting Pitchers: I’d think the Jays would need to, at […]
Today in Jays History: Jays win in 19 innings
12 Years Ago Today: The Blue Jays and Tigers endured an epic 19-inning showdown that lasted 6 hours and 37 minutes, setting franchise records for both innings played and game duration. Notably, the Jays would later lose another 19-inning contest in 2016. The Blue Jays ultimately prevailed, defeating the Tigers 6-5. In the marathon’s 19th […]
Jays Lose In Extra Innings
Blue Jays 6 Phillies 7 (12 innings) Until the top of the eighth, it looked like we weren’t going to put up a fight. With two outs in the eighth, Alejandro Kirk singled. Then, after fouling a pitch off his knee and spending a few minutes fighting off the pain of that, Kazuma Okamoto singled. […]
Jays @ Phillies Game Thread
I’m playing tennis tomorrow morning, so putting together the Game Thread after our Saturday night win. I should be able to finish tennis, shower and get up to the bar in time for first pitch. I was a non-drinker in my younger days. Maybe an occasional glass of wine, but beer didn’t interest me until […]
Jays Win In Extra Innings
Blue Jays 7 Phillies 5 (11 innings) That was a game and a half, as my dad would say. Baseball doesn’t get much better. Max Scherzer was great, thru five innings, and then gave up two solo homers in the sixth, before leaving the game. In all, he allowed 5 hits, 2 earned, 0 walks […]
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