Royal Ups and Downs: Post Deadline Push Edition
The series that chronicles the highs and lows of the Royals roster.If nothing else, the Royals have refused to fade totally out of the postseason picture. Given, nothing really was done to improve the...
View ArticleSeries Preview: Baltimore Orioles @ Toronto Blue Jays, August 5-7 2014
After a 4-2 homestand and a win in a makeup game at Nationals Park, the O's head to Toronto for a brief three-game road trip.Tuesday, August 5, 7:07 ET: Bud Norris @ Mark...
View ArticleGame #114 Preview: Blue Jays vs. Orioles
The Blue Jays get a rather important series underway tonight at the Rogers Centre as the division-leading Baltimore Orioles come to town. With a four-game lead in the AL East, it's quite the...
View ArticleOverflow GameThread - Game 114: Orioles at Blue Jays
The fourth inning started out badly: Brett Lawrie was taken out of the game with back tightness, and Mark Buehrle had an extended inning that started with back-to-back homers and later followed by...
View ArticleUPDATED: Brett Lawrie comes out of the game in the 4th with lower back...
Brett Lawrie's return lasted just 3 innings, he left before the top of the 4th. No word on the reason why yet, but it has to be an injury of some sort.Well, not some sort, this sort:Lawrie removed as a...
View ArticleOrioles gain a game on the Blue Jays as Buehrle leaves early
Orioles 9 @ Blue Jays 3 For the first time in what seems like decades, the second place Blue Jays started a meaningful series at home against the first place Orioles--a sweep of the series would've put...
View ArticlePhillies 2, Astros 1:Houston falls to Philadelphia in extra innings
Bats go flat as game mercifully ends after 15 innings.My mom always told me that honesty is the best policy, so I won't lie to you guys. Full disclosure: I've always loathed pitchers' duels. In fact,...
View ArticleGame #115 Preview: Blue Jays vs. Orioles
The Blue Jays try to get back on track tonight against the Orioles in the second game of the "Series of Statement Games". Toronto now sits 5.0 games back of the division-leading Orioles, although it...
View ArticlePiecing the Blue Jays Lineup Together for their Playoff Push
The Blue Jays were quiet at the trade deadline. But they are due to get a few injured starters back. Here we take a look at how the Jays can best use their resources to continue the playoff push. One...
View ArticleWhy hasn't Alex talked to the players?
So this is going to be the reoccurring story line, every time the Jays lose a game (from Scott Macarthur at TSN):General manager Alex Anthopoulos, who's cut his travel with the big league club...
View ArticleOrioles @ Blue Jays lineups and game notes - August 6
Wei-Yin Chen is going for his sixth consecutive victory. Drew Hutchison pitches for the Jays. Nolan Reimold is playing!! Oh, and the O's lineup is back to normal; Davis hits fiMany people's heads may...
View ArticleOrioles unable to solve Blue Jays, Drew Hutchison, in 5-1 loss
The Orioles had absolutely no answer for the Blue Jays' Drew Hutchison in a 5-1 loss on Wednesday night. Hutchison held them to two baserunners in 8.2 innings, with the O's lone run coming from a Chris...
View ArticleBlue Jays move Daniel Norris up to Buffalo
Daniel Norris tweeted this:On the move again. One step closer. I've been promoted to AAA Buffalo. A big gracias to God & all my supporters. #justkeeplivin — Daniel Norris (@DanielNorris18) August...
View ArticleBlue Jays put Brett Lawrie on DL (again), Rob Rasmussen recalled
I hate this: the Blue Jays got 3 innings (and 1 single) out of Brett Lawrie and he's back on the DL. Obviously the MRI he had showed a reason for the 'lower back stiffness' that took him out of the...
View ArticleGame #116 Preview: Blue Jays vs. Orioles
Another big game takes place at the Rogers Centre this evening as the Blue Jays and Orioles wrap up their series with a decisive third game. The series finale will either push the Blue Jays to within...
View ArticleCaleb Joseph's two-run homer was all the offense the Orioles needed in their...
The Orioles have now won five straight series and nine of their last ten.*The Orioles beat the Blue Jays 2-1 tonight to take another series and go 3-1 on their short road trip. J.A. Happ mostly shut...
View ArticleGame 113 Preview: Tigers at Blue Jays
The Blue Jays' former Cy Young winner, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, will face the Tigers' Anibal Sanchez in Toronto.Detroit Tigers (62–50) at Toronto Blue Jays (61–55)Time/Place: 7:07 p.m., Rogers...
View ArticleAround The Nest: Blue Jays Minor League Podcast - Week 19
This week's episode: "Lone Starlyn Suriel"... I think I need to go see Spaceballs.There's just under a month left of the minor league regular season (time flies!) so there are just a few more Around...
View ArticleA look at our fellow Wild Card contenders
The Royals are a pretty flawed team, but so is everyone else they're contending against.The Royals now sit alone in the second Wild Card position, but this thing ain't over yet. We have seven weeks of...
View ArticleAnibal Sanchez leaves game with injury
Sanchez was removed from tonight's game in the fifth inning having suffered what the Tigers are calling a right pectoralis strain.Anibal Sanchez was pulled from tonight's game with the Toronto Blue...
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