Blue Bird Banter

Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images And J.A. Happ and Rajai Davis Jose Bautista turns 44 today. From 2008 to 2017, those years would have been so much different without Jost. He gave us so many great moments over the years, but of course, the best was the home run and bat flip in Game 5. When we traded for him in August of 2008, the trade didn’t even merit a post on our site. It … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Jose Bautista

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Likely the last time we have two games in a day until next season. 5:00 Eastern: Dodgers @ Mets. The Dodgers can end the series today. 8:00 Eastern: Yankees @ Guardians. Yankee are up 2-1. Yesterday’s game was great. I really enjoyed it, especially the ending. … [Read more...] about OpenThread for Tuesday Playoff Games

RVR Photos-Imagn Images 32 Years Ago Today Ed Sprague, batting in the 9th inning with the Blue Jays down 4-3, hit a pinch-hit home run to help us win game two of the 1992 World Series. We had lost game one of the series 3-1. Jack Morris gave up three runs in the 6th inning, and we only managed 1 run off Braves starter Tom Glavine, who threw a complete game 4 hitter. Our … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: Ed Sprague’s Home Run

Dark times, revisited I have a lot of unresolved traumas that I have refused to re-examine and game 2 of the 2022 Wild Card series between the Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays was one of those. But when Secret Base released a Rewinder episode on it today, I felt it was time to confront that day. I was in attendance, sitting with some fellow Bluebird Banterers in … [Read more...] about Secret Base: Mariners’ comeback in 2022 Wild Card Game 2

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images A look at Schneider’s 2024 season. Davis Schneider was called up in early August 2023 and started amazing, going 9 for 13 with 2 home runs in his first three games. He had some ups and downs in his two months with the Jays, a nine-game hit streak and a, well, nine-game hitless streak, but he was terrific in his 35 games, hitting .276/.404/.606 … [Read more...] about The season that was: Davis Schneider