Blue Bird Banter

Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images Nine Years Ago Today: Between this and Joe Carter’s home run, I’m unsure which is my favourite moment in Blue Jays’ history. I’m sure you remember it all, but from the recap: The top of the 7th was nuts. I’m not sure I can explain it all. Aaron Sanchez came in, replacing Marcus Stroman (who was just terrific, with the score … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: The Bat Flip

Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images 2023 was Daulton Varsho’s first season with the Blue Jays after we picked him in trade from the Diamondbacks for Lourdes Gurriel and Gabriel Moreno. He didn’t have a great offensive year, hitting just .220/.285/.389 with 20 home runs. But he played terrific defense in both left and center field and had a 3.9 bWAR. The guys we traded … [Read more...] about The season that was: Daulton Varsho

Allan Henry-Imagn Images There is only one playoff game today: the Mets vs. Dodgers. I’m sure MLB will be thrilled with whichever team wins the series, as they will have a big market in the World Series. The Dodgers/Yankees would be their dream series, but they would be happy with the Mets/Yankees. Guardians would be their last choice. Go Cleveland. Teoscar Hernandez … [Read more...] about Playoff OpenThread: Mets @ Dodgers

Carol Kugler/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Happy Thanksgiving We are having our meal tonight. All the boys and their extras will be there. We aren’t doing the turkey thing, as none of us are big fans of turkey, so we have a prime rib roast. Our tradition is to go around the table to say what we are thankful for. The easy one for me is family. I’m … [Read more...] about Happy Thanksgiving

Photo by Doug Griffin/Toronto Star via Getty Images Garth Iorg turns 70 today. He played with the Jays from 1978 to 1987. Garth Iorg was born in Arcata, California. The Yankees picked him in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft. He came to the Blue Jays in the 1976 expansion draft. He played for the Jays for nine seasons, batting .258/.282/.347 with 20 home runs in … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Garth Iorg