Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images Eight Years Ago Today Josh Donaldson scored from second base on a ground ball to short to win the Blue Jays game three of the ALDS and sweep the Rangers. With the game tied in the 10th inning, Donaldson led off everyone’s favourite Matt Bush (his name has come up a lot lately, and never for a good reason) with a double. After that, … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: The Donaldson Dash

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images We have NLDS games today: Phillies @ Mets: 5:00 Eastern. Dodgers @ Padres: 9:00 Eastern. All the series in both leagues are tied at a game each. I enjoyed yesterday’s games; I’m always happy when the Yankees lose. The other game was tied at 0 until the top of the ninth. It was good to see Matt Boyd have a successful start. Luis Tiant passed … [Read more...] about Tuesday OpenThread

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images The start of a new week. There was some great baseball yesterday. The Mets/Phillies game was one of the best you’ll ever see. And the Dodgers/Padres game was interesting if not a close game. I wanted to cheer for Teoscar, but I can’t cheer for a team whose fans throw at players. That mid-game player’s meeting, seemingly led by Manny Machado, … [Read more...] about Monday Bantering: Schneider, Springer

Brad Penner-Imagn Images We have ALDS games today. At 4:00 Eastern, we have Tigers @ Guardians. Cleveland is up 1-0. Tarik Skubal gets the start for Detroit. He was 18-4 with a 2.39 ERA this year. Matthew Boyd, former Jays prospect, starts for the Guardians. He was 2-2, with a 2.72 ERA. Lineups: Today's Lineups TIGERS GUARDIANS Justyn-Henry Malloy - DH Steven … [Read more...] about OpenThread: Monday Playoff Games

Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images A look at Kevin Gausman’s 2023 season Kevin Gausman is three years into his $110 million five-year contract. He was signed as a replacement for free agent Robbie Ray (who has had more than his share of injury issues since leaving the Jays). Gausman’s first two seasons with the team were very good. The third: Standard Pitching … [Read more...] about The Season That Was: Kevin Gausman