Blue Bird Banter

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Thirty Five Years Ago The Blue Jays clinched first place in the AL East by beating the Orioles 4-3. We scored 3 runs in the eighth to come back from down 3-1. Our lineup that day: Lloyd Moseby CF Mookie Wilson LF Fred McGriff 1B George Bell DH Ernie Whitt C Kelly Gruber 3B Nelson Liriano 2B Junior Felix RF Jimmy Key got the start. He went … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: Jays Clinch Playoff Spots

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images I’m sure I joked that the Jays would make a roster move today. They did: Brandon Eisert is up with the club. Yariel Rodriguez was optioned to the Spring Training Complex. No Rodriguez isn’t going anywhere, but I’d guess he’ll lose a few dollars for this move. By my count this is the sixth time Eisert has been … [Read more...] about Jays Roster Move: Eisert Up, Rodriguez Down

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Marlins 3 Blue Jays 1 The good news is that we won’t have another Blue Jays loss for six months. And we kept within a field goal. The bad news, Vlad didn’t get his 200th hit. He did get two walks. I was surprised that he took a ball just off the plate for ball four in his last at-bat. But it doesn’t take anything away from his season, he’s … [Read more...] about Jays Lose Final Game of the Season

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The last game of the season is a signal to put on my snow tires. My car has ‘performance tires’, which don’t work at all on ice or snow. I’m sure they would be great on a race track, but I don’t often drive on race tracks. It starts at 3:00 Eastern. Over in the Sun, Rob Longley talked to Kevin Gausman, who says, “I’m sick of the … [Read more...] about Game #162 GameThread: Season’s End

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images I am glad I missed most of yesterday’s game. I had a fun night at a ‘Men’s Night Out’ charity night—maybe too much fun. I usually say I don’t get hangovers, but today is the exception. I played tennis this morning and did pretty well, considering, but I’m going to lay out on the couch. I guess the good news is we found a new bullpen arm: … [Read more...] about Game #161 GameThread: Marlins @ Jays