Here's a great flowchart if you're looking for a baseball team to root for this season.  It's from pcaputo1 on Flickr. Click the image below to see it full sized. You should join me as a Blue Jays fan if you'd answer yes to the following statement: If a foul

Let's get the business side of things out of the way first. Vernon Wells will make $86 million over the next four years.  Many call it one of the worst contracts in MLB, virtually unmovable.  GM Alex Anthopoulos just moved this unmovable contract, without sending any money to Anaheim. I

Yeah, I'm late on this one.  Bautista won the AL home run crown over Paul Konerko by 15 dingers, but I only now realize how big a gap that is, thanks to the Baseball-Reference Blog. In related news, Babe Ruth could hit.  In 1920, he had 4 more HR by

A glove tap to YouTube user Retrontario who found this gem from 1987.  It's about the ballpark that would be known as Skydome and it includes information about the "Name the Dome. Win Seats For Life." contest I desperately wanted to win. Retrontario barely salvaged this one for us. This

On December 5, 1990, the Blue Jays pulled off their biggest trade in franchise history.  Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter came to Toronto in exchange for Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez.  This trade changed everything. Alomar and Carter were key ingredients in our back-to-back World Series championships.  Carter was Mr.

Exactly six years ago today, I wrote Good News For Robbie.  Ryne Sandberg was voted into the baseball Hall of Fame and if Sandberg got in, Alomar had to be a shoe-in. I was watching baseball every day when Syndberg starred, and Alomar played the same position, only better.  As

This is why Roy Halladay had to leave.  The Greatest Blue Jay Starting Pitcher of All-Time has been my man crush for some time.  Hell, I once wrote that I heart the guy.  But when he left for the Phillies, we all knew why... Roy needed to pitch in October,

A tidy 2-1 win at Target Field this afternoon marked the end of the Blue Jays' 2010 season.  It was the 85th win for this promising young club, and Cito's last game as manager.  Jose Bautista went 0 for 3, meaning his 54 home runs are officially in the books

Roy Halladay is heading to the playoffs for the first time.  Halladay gave up only two hits to earn his 21st win with his fourth shutout and ninth complete game.  Those are all highs in the majors this season, by the way, because Roy Halladay is a gem. Halladay deserves

Jose Bautista is sitting at 46 homers on the season.  The Blue Jays face the Tampa Bay Rays at 2:07 this afternoon, so George Bell's single-season Jays home run record could fall over the next several hours. A few weeks ago, I asked Jose Bautista to slow the fuck

I love my Blue Jays, but Jose Bautista needs to slow the f**k down. Last night, Jose Bautista became the first player to reach 40 home runs this season.  That puts him on pace for 52 home runs, five more than George Bell hit in 1987.  That means that

On June 13, 1986, the Jays lost to the Tigers 10-5 at Exhibition Stadium.  This game was note-worthy for two reasons.  Cannon-armed Jesse Barfield threw out Dwight Lowry at home plate which was my favourite mid-80s Jays play and Cliff Johnson pinch-hit for Rick Leach and went deep. Cliff friggin'

Blue Jays pitcher Brandon Morrow has 16 strikeouts through 8 innings, but more importantly, he's got a no-hitter and a 1-0 lead. The Rays are coming up in the top of the ninth and I'm going to live blog this inning.  Remember, there is currently only one no-hitter in Blue

Called up from Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday, J.P. Arencibia homered on the first pitch of his first at-bat, a two-run shot to left in the second. He added another first-pitch homer in the sixth, and finished with four hits. Arencibia is the first player in the modern era

Someone named Rumplestiltz has put together a hip hop song about old school Toronto Blue Jays.  Anyone who reads this blog, especially my collection of old school Blue Jays Songs, knows I'm a sucker for Stieb, Upshaw, Fernandez, Bell and other Jays of yesteryear. I'm not sure about some of

The other day, I started thinking about September 14, 1987.  I watched the Jays take on the Orioles that afternoon, and we hit 10 home runs. 10 home runs in a game by a single team remains the major league record, 23 years later.  I'm hoping this record is never

I don't get out to as many Jays games as I used to, but they're still my team.  If you've read this blog at all during the years, you know how fanatical I was about the Blue Jays from 1983 through 1993.  Growing up, Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth provided

We all love Johnny Mac.  In a previous era, John McDonald could be our everyday SS.  I remember when your defensive gem of a shortstop didn't have to carry a big bat, but those days seem to be long gone. John's father, Jack McDonald, died of liver cancer last Tuesday