A day in the life of the Lansing Lugnuts with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler
I remember sitting on my balcony last summer listening to baseball. I had my screen door open and the game turned up, so that I could hear it outside.
A 100-mph story about an under-the-radar arm in the Blue Jays system
The people of Manchester are downtown enjoying bar snacks and hops, blowing some steam on another Friday night. The old red-brick buildings on Elm St. add to the character of this peaceful small town. No big city lights. No big city sounds.
Your Toronto Blue Jays lead the pack of bad
There are a lot of hardcore Jays fans from coast to coast – there’s no doubt about that. If you rounded up each and every diehard fan and built a city for them, and then relocated the Jays to that city, the numbers at the gate would be a lot higher than USA Today reported…
Let’s make some noise for the arms in New Hampshire
As many of you know, I love taking hard swigs from the prospect bottle. I dive into it like it’s the Gulf of Mexico and I’m a Canadian who hasn’t felt the warm sun or splashed in salty water all winter. I open my shitty MiLB app that functions like it was designed by grade 11…
The Jays already have many parts of a successful team in place
I was at the final game before the Vlad era began. And as far as I’m concerned that’s being a part of Blue Jays history folks. It’s just as important to witness the end, as it is to be a part of the new beginning. When I bought my tickets earlier in the month, I…
The day-to-day grind of a former 33rd-round pick
It’s early in the morning. The sound of an alarm on a phone rings through the main floor of a house. The summer sun shines through the big window in the living room. It’s time to wake up and get at another hot day.
Talking great moments from Blue Jays and Jays Talk history with Mike Wilner
Back when Broken Social Scene’s ‘You Forgot It In People’ was the cool CD to own and the Nokia Flip Phone wasn’t a thing yet, I graduated from Brock University with a degree in English Literature. I dreamed about being a cool screenwriter slash novelist. I was going to type up something great like Mean…
Hey Charlie – Let’s talk about bunting
Hey Charlie ol’ Gibbers here, I know that you’re off to a real rough start. Heck, I’d even say a shitty start if ya want me to be honest with ya – sorry about the cuss. I’m trying to keep the language a lil’ more PG-13. Good ol’ Mrs. Gibbers doesn’t like me cussin’ much…
Eric Pardinho’s unlikely story is a fascinating one
If you walk up Blue Jays Way towards the Rogers Centre, then you know that the ghosts of yesterday are everywhere. The names of Bautista, Price, Tulowitzki, Donaldson, Encarnación, and the rest of the 2015 25-man roster scream at you in blue. I’m being hyperbolic here and not exactly everyone on that roster has their…
Revisiting Toronto’s stance on retired numbers
I like Paul Simon, but I love the album Graceland. Songs like ‘The Boy In The Bubble’, ‘Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes’, ‘Under African Skies’, and even ‘You Can Call Me Al’ send me to a place that other songs just don’t. It’s a happy little corner filled with terrific memories of being…
What’s next?
So, I’m not sure if you heard the big news yet? But, yes, it has been six weeks since my last dumb cigarette. Every Jays fan is talking about it. It’s trending on Twitter and even in the internet ghost town known as Facebook. I’ve been the talk of the town. I’m not going to…
Extend Stroman And Sanchez You Cowards
During the cold offseason, I usually get up early ever morning, put on my parka, and walk down John St. to the Dome. I think about baseball things, specifically the Jays. I stand near the statue of Ted and talk to him, as if I were having a conversation with some sort of capitalistic God. I…