When I look back on growing up in the eighties, I think about Steven Spielberg movies, Star Wars, riding my BMX bike, and playing Nintendo. My favourite Blue Jays were Rance Mulliniks, Tony Fernandez, George Bell, Jesse Barfield, and Dave Stieb. My mom let me pick out my clothes from a Sears catalogue. I wasn’t allowed…
I wake up at dawn every morning and I stare out the window of my condo. I gaze out at the glass walls and old brick that block the beautiful sunrise. A modern city with fingerprints of its old past pressing on the new streets. The light tries to slip through the cracks. I stand…
I have an honest question: Can the Jays trade Elvis Luciano for Travis Bergen and fix their Rule-5 fuck up for 2019? (If you don’t remember who Travis Bergen is, here’s the link to a piece I did on him last September.)
Welcome to the first of many ‘Hot Takes’, which is a series that I will try to do every now and then during the season – or whenever there’s a ‘hot take’ worth taking a ‘take’ on.
The Jays are heading into their final stretch of spring training games, as Charlie’s ship has set sail. There has been a hypnotist, maybe a ventriloquist, or even a contortionist to help the players bond and have a laugh. But, there is news breaking that is no laughing matter: BREAKING: #BlueJays to impose pre-game curfew…
Last year, I interviewed Jays prospect Brayden Bouchey. After I got off the phone with the young pitcher, I thought about how most minor-league players don’t sign big contracts, or have a MLB royal bloodline like Guerrero, Biggio, or Bichette. Most of these young men are working hard to make ends meet while chasing their…
I came up with the idea to do an optimistic, pessimistic, and realistic take on the 2019 Jays season. I ran it past Cam a couple of weeks ago and he was all in on us doing this before the season begins in two weeks. So, let’s get at the optimistic Jays take and how…
It’s official: The Toronto Blue Jays are ‘teaching championship baseball’. Teaching championship baseball. That's the Blue Jay way. #LetsGoBlueJays pic.twitter.com/SbUtzaP20V — Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) March 11, 2019 Because…That’s the Blue Jays way. Unfortunately, when I walk up Blue Jays Way, I still see the names of players like Bautista, Encarnacion, Tulowitzki, and Price painted…
Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro must have the Hall and Oates blasting this morning because… #Bluejays say Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. will be sidelined three weeks with a Grade 1 oblique strain, suffered Friday. It means he's out for the rest of the Grapefruit League season and will miss Montreal. So at least we won't be…
This is some serious satirical stuff that I’m typing up here because I’m pretty bored and just want the season to start already. I’d like to say that I appreciate all the hardworking folks who are a part of the Jays’ PR team (and this post is in good fun). Actually, I appreciate all hardworking…
With most of our country still in a deep freeze, Canadians are trying to stay warm and cursing the tail end of winter. It’s hard to believe that baseball is back in a few short weeks. But, soon all of us hosers will be putting our toques away and eyeing the May two-four weekend. Rip roarin’ and…
It wasn’t that long ago that Mark Shapiro said this about the type of culture that the organization is trying to build: We need to have a culture that is built upon some very clear and defined values: that the identity and the traits and attributes of what a Blue Jays player is; and what…
