Toronto Blue Jays
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Over 11 years ago, I wrote about Magic Numbers. Trust me, there's nothing supernatural about this magic. Here's an excerpt of what I wrote back then. My fondest memories are of the Magic Number. The Magic Number is simply the number of games that the team leading a division needs
Other than the news on CBC, I can't remember the last time I watched TV on a station other than Sportsnet. Every day around this time, if I'm home and available, I turn on Sportsnet for the Jays game. Almost every ad I consume is on Sportsnet. That awful Harper
I've been sharing retro Blue Jays songs on this blog for over a decade. I loved those old cheesy Jays songs from the late 80s and early 90s. Hoodat Singer, who I believe to be Geets Romo from the old Pete and Geets radio show Dave Platel, Associate Manager of
Call me a party pooper, but I have no patience for your jinx nonsense. The Blue Jays got hammered by the Orioles last night, and Justin Trudeau was in attendance. Stephen Harper was in attendance last Monday, another Blue Jays loss. On August 14, a game I also attended, we
Toronto Blue Jay Edwin Encarnacion recorded nine RBI yesterday, tying a long-standing franchise records for RBI in a game. But whose record did he match? If you guessed George Bell, Carlos Delgado or Jose Bautista, you're wrong. You're also wrong if you guessed Jesse Barfield, Jose Canseco or Shawn Green.
Our Blue Jays are two games up on the New York Yankees in the AL East. I'm absolutely loving this team that seems capable of putting up double-digits at will. It's been a long, long time since we've had an honest-to-goodness pennant race in this city, and I'm enjoying every
I loved our '85 Jays. It was probably the first team I followed every single day. I listened to most games on 1430 CJCL, falling asleep nightly to the sweet tones of Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth. My favourite player was George Bell, but I loved that entire team. This
The WindupI was jazzed about this ballgame all day. The Blue Jays had never won 12 games in a row, but were riding an 11-game win streak. I had also never met the greatest Blue Jay of all-time, and that was on the agenda. I biked to the dome and
I love seeing everyone donning their Blue Jays caps, jerseys and tees. The Jays logo is everywhere. I'm so glad we changed our logo in 2011. Prior to the change, our primary logo was awful. I hated it so much, I refused to buy a single piece of memorabilia that
On my daughter's birthday, the Blue Jays were 8 games back of the New York Yankees in the American League East. We were just hoping for run at a wild card spot. Fast forward to today and our Jays are only 1.5 games back of the Yanks. We've won
I've been sharing retro Blue Jays songs on this blog for over a decade. I loved those old cheesy Jays songs from the late 80s and early 90s. Suddenly, traffic to these entries are spiking. I wonder why? For the first time since '93, Blue Jays fever is sky high.
In the spring of 2013, following a few big moves by AA, the Blue Jays tried to push the hashtag #LoveThisTeam on us. That shit has to be earned, and that team wasn't particularly lovable. Things improved last season, but we were still pretenders as opposed to contenders. By August,
I've got to give Alex Anthopoulos credit. He's all in for 2015. He just sent prospects Daniel Norris, Matt Boyd and Jairo Labourt to Detroit for lefty David Price. We wanted an arm, and we got an arm. Price becomes our #1 guy down the stretch, bumping down Mark Buehrle,
Blue Jays' GM Alex Anthopoulos landed Troy Tulowitzki and LaTroy Hawkins from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Jose Reyes, Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman and Jesus Tinoco. Jose Reyes has become a defensive liability, and Tulowitzki is a nice upgrade at SS. The man can also hit, making the league's
Josh Donaldson is having a heck of a season. The Blue Jays third baseman currently ranks first among American League third baseman in runs batted in (48) and slugging percentage (.525), is second in on-base percentage (.879) and is third in hits with 84. His 18 home runs are good
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Firstly, this entry is about NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB championships. I realize Toronto has had great success in lacrosse and has won Grey Cups recently, but with all due respect, I'm not counting them as major championships. For Toronto, I'm only counting the Maple Leafs, Blue Jays and Raptors.
I was listening to the Jays game this afternoon. I'm struggling with Buck and Pat on the TV lately, so the radio has become my preferred method of following my Jays. Ryan Goins hit a ground ball and quickly crumpled to the ground, writhing in pain. At the time, we
I've been sharing retro Blue Jays songs on this blog for over a decade. I loved those old cheesy Jays songs from the late 80s and early 90s. With the Jays set to start their 2015 season in just over an hour, I thought I'd share an old Jays song
The other day, I started thinking about former Blue Jays second baseman Dámaso García. García was one of my first favourite Jays and he hit a bases loaded triple when I was at Exhibition Stadium for the first time. The man played a sweet second base, hit for average and
Ok, it wasn't just often injured Canadian third baseman Brett Lawrie that was sent to the Athletics. It was also Kendall Graveman, Franklin Barreto and Sean Nolin. But Donaldson is one of the best players in the game. If you look at WAR, only Mike Trout has been more valuable
The Blue Jays have signed Russell Martin to a five-year, $82 million contract. Martin hit .290 with the Pittsburgh Pirates last season with 11 home runs and 67 runs batted in. The Toronto-born player is poised to become the 21st Canadian Blue Jay. I'll update this list after he gets
In this 96th episode, Mike chats with Blue Jays broadcaster Mike Wilner about his career in radio, the Cito controversy, whether he's condescending and arrogant to BlueJaysTalk callers and when and why he'll block you on Twitter. This episode is exactly 1:11:24. You can listen to this episode
I will be sitting down later this week with Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Mike Wilner. He'll be dropping by to record an episode of my podcast Toronto Mike'd, and I get an entire hour to ask him anything I want. I know what questions I'll be asking him, but I'd
