Jesse Barfield turns 66 today. Jesse Barfield was one of my favourite players. He was a 9th-round pick in the 1977 amateur draft, the first year the Blue Jays (and the Mariners) participated. MLB gave them the last two choices of each round (the big-hearted folks they are). Jesse made it up to the majors […]
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Tonight was game four, but actually the fifth complete nine innings of baseball in this series. The Jays didn’t look as tired as I feel, though, with a convincing win thanks to solid pitching and steady offence up and down the lineup. Eight of the nine starters reached base and they outhit LA 11-6. The […]
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Well, I don’t think they can go 18 innings today. I’m sure I can’t go 18 today. A win would be a good thing. They are in tough against Shohei Ohtani Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DODGERS Nathan Lukes – LF Shohei Ohtani – DH Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Mookie Betts – SS Bo Bichette – […]
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No Springer in today’s lineup. The Jays say that he is ‘hour to hour’. Bo Bichette DHes today. Bo DHing means he won’t come out of the game for a defensive replacement, but they still might pinch run for him, if the need comes up. Lineups: Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DODGERS Nathan Lukes – LF […]
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I mean to add out JoD’s from last night to a post today, and then forgot: Jays of the Day: Other Award:
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One of the things I try to watch out for, in myself as a fan/commentator is to try remember there are things I don’t know. I remember reading Bill James’ Baseball Abstracts, all those years ago, and I remember him saying ‘I’m just getting to the point where I’m finding out all that I don’t […]
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At a casino, once up, the term ‘playing with house money’ comes into play. Most believe the term originated in faro games in the west, where players were encouraged through early wins (often rigged) by the dealers to stay in, playing betting their winnings so they could get into their full funds. With the odds […]
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I’ll talk more about the game later. Everyone’s complaining about the lineup moves. The only one I really disagreed with was take Barger out. The others? Taking Kirk out was the right move, we needed someone who could run and giving his knees time off wasn’t a bad thing. And getting Bo out, for defense, […]
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Blue Jays 5 Dodgers 6 (18 innings) Was that the most messed up game ever?? There was a lot to talk about here…..lets go chronologically: Quick first inning for the Jays. Ohtani started the Dodgers’ half of the inning with a double but stayed at second. In the second Bo Bichette led off with a […]
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Blue Jays 5 Dodgers 6 (18 innings) Was that the most messed up game ever?? There was a lot to talk about here…..lets go chronologically: Quick first inning for the Jays. Ohtani started the Dodgers’ half of the inning with a double but stayed at second. In the second Bo Bichette led off with a […]
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Just Win Jays. I see John Schneider is asking the Dodgers’ fans to stop booing George Springer. Yeah, that’ll work. Lineups: Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DODGERS George Springer – DH Shohei Ohtani – DH Nathan Lukes – LF Mookie Betts – SS Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Freddie Freeman – 1B Bo Bichette – 2B Will […]
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We have tonight’s lineups. Bo is back in the four spot. I hope there are some runs in the lineup today. We need another good start from Max Scherzer. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DODGERS George Springer – DH Shohei Ohtani – DH Nathan Lukes – LF Mookie Betts – SS Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Freddie […]
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How are you feeling going into Game Three? We have Max Scherzer going tonight (his fourth World Series start, a 3.26 ERA in 19.1 innings). Tyler Glasnow is starting for the Dodgers. Glasnow was 4-3 with a 3.19 ERA in 18 starts this season. And Bo Bichette is going to be in the lineup tonight. […]
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I had a lousy day yesterday. We did our flu shots on Friday, and I’ve never had a reaction after one before, but yesterday made up for it. I slept most of the afternoon and still felt lousy in the evening. And then the Jays lost. I didn’t think it would be a four-game series, […]
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If the Jays’ strategy for the series is to exploit the Dodgers’ weakness by getting into their bullpen early, they couldn’t execute on it today. Yoshinobu Yamamoto went the distance, recording the first complete game in a World Series since Josh Beckett lead the Marlins over the Yankees in the clinching game in 2003. Kevin […]
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The nine runs scored in the sixth inning were one short of the World Series record, so the Jays have some work to do today. Joe Carter throws the opening pitch. Tough to do better than that. No Bo in the lineup tonight, I was sure this was how they would do things. I’m good […]
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I knew this would be the way it would go. Bo is available to pinch hit or come into the game at some point, but he’s on the bench to start. I’m sure he’ll start Game Three in LA. John said Bo felt good after the game and he expects him to be able to […]
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I knew this would be the way it would go. Bo is available to pinch hit or come into the game at some point, but he’s on the bench to start. I’m sure he’ll start Game Three in LA. John said Bo felt good after the game and he expects him to be able to […]
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The nice part about the Jays being in the World Series is everybody I talk to wants to talk baseball. It is one of the few topics I don’t mind talking to strangers about. I’d be ok if we win by half a dozen or so again tonight. Yesterday it was a 22-year-old making his […]
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I felt I gave Bo Bichette kind of the short shift in the recap last night (a normal thing; generally, I want the recap up pretty quickly, so some things get missed). I was a little worried about Bo. Not in the way some on Twitter were. I read a lot of people saying that […]
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Dodgers 4 Blue Jays 11 When you get nine runs in one inning, you generally win. The sixth inning was all we would really need. The sixth inning went: Just a terrific inning. Most runs scored in a single inning in the World Series since 1968. Trey Yesavage didn’t have his best stuff, but he […]
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We have a World Series game in Toronto. Isn’t that an amazing thing? And we have Bo Bichette hitting cleanup. And playing second. Today’s lineup: Today’s Lineups DODGERS BLUE JAYS Shohei Ohtani – DH George Springer – DH Mookie Betts – SS Davis Schneider – LF Freddie Freeman – 1B Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Will […]
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The first Blue Jays World Series game in 32 years is tonight. There are only a few guys on the team who could have watched the last one: Max Scherzer, George Springer, Chris Bassitt, Kevin Gausman, Tommy Nance, Tyler Heineman…Jeff Hoffman would have been 9 months old. Scherzer would be the only one who might […]
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I figured Bo Bichette was going to be on the roster. Ty France was a surprise, but I guess they want him as a pitch hitter against the Dodgers left-hander pitchers. Joey Loperfido and Yariel Rodriguez. Rodriguez has had a tough time of it lately, giving up three earned and two home runs in one […]
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Chris Colabello turns 42 today. The Blue Jays picked up Chris off waivers from the Twins before the 2015 season. In two seasons with the Twins, he hit .214/.284/.364, with 13 home runs in 114 games. So we can be excused for not being excited about a 31-year-old who could play first or DH but […]
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