Blue Bird Banter

We did have color film back then, I don’t know why this needs to be in black and white. | Photo by Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images Former Blue Jays reliever Dennis Lamp turns 72 today. Lamp pitched three seasons for the Jays in the middle of a 16-year MLB career. His career started in 1977 with the Cubs, and he pitched for four seasons there. In 126 games, 108 … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Dennis Lamp and Willie Greene

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Blue Jays 3 Rays 4 I want to talk about one moment in the game....the rest was the same old stuff we’ve seen all season with the team that can’t score. In the sixth inning, Jonatan Clase doubled off the left field wall (only a coupleof feet off a home run) to lead off the inning. Now Clase is fast, that’s what got him to the majors. I was … [Read more...] about Jays Lose Another

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images The last road game of the season. It hasn’t been a run season, but at least we aren’t White Sox fans (they lost their 119th game yesterday). It is a 1:40 Eastern start time. Ryan Burr gets the start. It would nice if he would go 2 innings. Ryan Yarbrough will be the bulk guy. And then it is Johny Wholestaff. No Springer today. He’s … [Read more...] about Game #156 GameThread: Jays @ Rays

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Maybe we could score today? That was the ninth time we’ve been shutout this year. I could do without sitting through anymore of them. The Jays have had a number of pitcers have Tommy John this season: Blue Jays prospects Chad Dallas (Buffalo), Nolan Perry (Dunedin) and Carson Pierce (Vancouver) had Tommy John surgery earlier this … [Read more...] about Game #155 GameThread: Jays @ Rays

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Blue Jays 2 Rays 3 You often hear baseball commentators tell us that ‘even though they aren’t in the playoff race, the team hasn’t quit’. Well it looks to me like the Jays have quit. That might not be fair....they did get nine hits today. And they had runners on base every inning except for the fourth and eighth. They had: One run in … [Read more...] about Kirk Triples, Jays Lose