Blue Jays to play two spring games in Montreal
Earlier the Drunks told us it was likely that the Jays would announce tomorrow that they would play an exhibition game in Montreal and now Shi Davidi tells us:#BlueJays are expected to announce...
View ArticleBlue Jays to play exhibition games in Montreal
The Toronto Blue Jays will play a pair of spring training games in Montreal next season, reports Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.Toronto will host the New York Mets at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. An official...
View ArticleMets, Blue Jays to play two in Montreal in 2014
Shi Davidi of Sportsnet Canada is reporting that the Mets and Blue Jays will meet up in Montreal at the end of the 2014 spring training schedule. New York and Toronto will face off in two exhibition...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Joey Hamilton
It is Joey Hamilton's 43rd birthday today (it is also my middle son's birthday. It is nice of the Jays to have the day off so we can go out for supper and not miss the game. Happy Birthday Tommy).Joey...
View ArticleNorthwest League Championship Game 3 GameThread: Boise Hawks @ Vancouver...
The Vancouver Canadians (short-season A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) are seeking to win back-to-back-to-back Northwest League Championships tonight in the deciding game against the Boise Hawks...
View ArticleBlue Jays affiliate Vancouver Canadians win third-straight Northwest League...
It was a winner-take-all game down in Vancouver, game three of the three-game Northwest League Championship Series, and take all was what the Canadians did. They blanked the Boise Hawks 5-0 to win...
View ArticleFan Scouting: Tom Tango wants your help
Tom Tango wants your help.Baseball's fans are very perceptive. Take a large group of them, and they can pick out the final standings with the best of them. They can forecast the performance of players...
View ArticleThe 2014 Blue Jays schedule
The MLB has released the 2014 schedule.Our Blue Jays start the season on March 31 at Tampa Bay, the start of a 4 game series there. Hopefully our luck there will be better than in the past. That makes...
View ArticleWho Are Ya: Jerome Williams
The Angels come into town tonight to battle with the Blue Jays in a battle of teams that were apparently overhyped before the season began. Jerome Williams will face off against Mark Buehrle in the...
View ArticleBlue Jays' Ryan Goins: The Picasso of Second Base?
Blue Jays infielder Ryan Goins wasn't on anyone's top-prospects list heading into the season, probably because, despite his hitting a soft .314 in 52 major-league plate appearances, it's not at all...
View ArticleAngels Bats Bash Blue Jays
Final Score: Angels 12 Blue Jays 6In Toronto Tuesday night, Mark Trumbo became the first Angel to ever have five hits and score five runs in a game, Josh Hamilton drove in four runs, the Angels had 18...
View ArticleBlue Jays 6 Angels 12: Anthony Gose hits a grand slam in losing cause
Angels 12 Blue Jays 6Only reporting the positive will  be quick tonight:Anthony Gose hit a grand slam home run and also had a nice bunt single, as much as I'm not a fan of 2 out bunt singles. Who...
View ArticleMark Buehrle and Baseball's Minor Mysteries
One of the great things about baseball is its continued unpredictability in the face of so many advanced statistical forecasting efforts. In a particular game J.P. Arencibia might play the role of...
View ArticleWho Are Ya: C.J. Wilson
Left-hander C.J. Wilson takes on R.A. Dickey tonight in a battle of pitchers with initials as their first name. Wilson was the Angels' new toy last year after he agreed to a 5-year $77.5 million deal...
View ArticleWednesday Bantering: Edwin done?, Colby not? and Josh Johnson's agent speaks
We knew this step was coming, in the slow progression to the Blue Jays admitting that Edwin Encarnacion needs to have his arm amputated, but for the sake of documenting each of the steps along the way...
View ArticleHot Hambone and Trumbo Deliver Angels Win
Final Score in Toronto: Angels 5 Blue Jays 4Mark Trumbo hit his 33rd home run of 2013 and Angels batters hit three run-scoring sacrifice flies to squeak by the Blue Jays 5-4 in Toronto.Josh Hamilton...
View ArticleBlue Jays 4 Angels 5: Moises Sierra gets 3 of Jays 4 hits
Angels 5 Blue Jays 4Generally, you would expect that if you score 3 runs in the first, you really should win. Well, not tonight.The first inning was good. A one-out walk for Rajai Davis and a two-out...
View ArticleThursday's Three Things: Grand Slams, 200 Innings, Bullpen Decisions
Thing 1: Grand SlamsOn Tuesday, Anthony Gose hit a game-tying grand slam in the second inning off the Angels' Jerome Williams. The grand slam was Gose's first of his career and the club's third of the...
View ArticleWho's Up, Who's Down On the Blue Jays In the Last Two Weeks, August 29 to...
Over this 2 week period the Jays went 7-4. Just think how thrilled we would be if we were still in contention. Sigh.PitchersR.A. DickeyR.A. had three starts, one was good, one was ok, and then there...
View ArticleAngels Sweep Blue Jays on Garrett Richards Quality Start
Final Score in Toronto:Angels 4, Blue JaysGarrett Richards had a rough beginning but settled down for some clean innings and ended up delivering a Quality Start. He allowed three earned runs - all...
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