Blue Bird Banter

Movies, shows, lint in your navel? Maybe a really good video game? Anything! I NEED IDEAS! I’m at a loss. Team management seems determined to break our hearts. They make a performative run at Soto and then fold up tents and slink off to get drunk for the holidays I guess. Seems like their MO from last season’s attempt at Shohei in fact. They must have a playbook. Let’s talk … [Read more...] about Surviving The Off Season: What Are Y’all Watching/Doing?

Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images Please, Jays, make some news. I’m begging. Next on the list is David Wright. Wright played for the Mets for 14 seasons, hitting .296/.376/.491 with 242 home runs (and 196 steals) in 1585 games, with 1777 total hits. Baseball-Reference has him at a 49.2 WAR. He made seven All-Star teams and received MVP votes six times (finishing … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll: David Wright

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care. Actually, they are hung on the fireplace mantle, but that’s ‘by the chimney’. Usually, I put up a Happy Birthday Rickey Henderson post today, but, well, you know. We are having our Christmas a couple of days late. My son and his partner are coming up after the 25th. But I have everything wrapped and ready. My little tradition is … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Billy Wagner’s on the Hall of Fame ballot for the tenth and last time. He was on 73.8% of the ballots last year, following just short of entry to the Hall (five votes short). In 2023, he was on 68.1% of the ballots. Billy started at 10.5%. He pitched for five teams in his 16-year career, spending most of it with the Houston … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll: Billy Wagner

Basic Joinery & Home Improvement Been a long off season, innit? How is everyone getting by? What y’all doing to make it go faster? It’s not like we’re getting a 1B guy who can slug under our baseball Christmas Tree, now is it? So, we gotta do something to pass the time. Me? I’m renovating a hall bathroom. Now, I’m writing this knowing our resident carpenter and building … [Read more...] about Surviving The Offseason