Blue Bird Banter

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Another close loss and Philadelphia sweeps the mini-series. These are the kind of games that would be maddening if the Jays’ record mattered. They’re still annoying when it doesn’t, but at least we have no expectations. Every win is just a chance for the young guys to show their stuff, every loss is just better odds of landing Ethan Holliday … [Read more...] about Jays Lose to Phillies 4-2

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images And Erik Swanson Former Blue Jays pitcher Doyle Alexander turns 74 today. Doyle played with the Jays for four seasons, or, more accurately, two full seasons and two half seasons. As a Jay, he was 46-26 with a 3.56 ERA in 106 games and 103 starts. The Jays signed him as a free agent on June 21, 1983, about a month after the Yankees … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Doyle Alexander

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Well, the offence showed up. They knocked 15 hits, including three home runs and a couple of doubles, to plate eight runs. Unfortunately, the pitching was awful and the defence didn’t really help. On the other side, Kyle Schwarber decided to do it himself. He went 5-6 with three home runs and a double, knocking in six. The other Phillies did … [Read more...] about Kyle Schwarber beats Jays 10-9

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Bowden Francis won the AL Pitcher of the Month Award. That’ll happen when you post a 1.05 ERA with 39 Ks in 34 innings. In the latter four starts of the month, he posted an amazing 0.310 WHIP, the lowest in MLB history in 4 consecutive starts totaling at least 20 innings. It’s kind of an arbitrary cut off, but at the same time “best … [Read more...] about Game #140 GameThread: Phillies @ Jays

Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports The Jays will start a two-game series with the Phillies tomorrow at Rogers Centre. The Phillies are 81-56, in first place in the NL East, seven games ahead of the Braves. They are fourth in the NL in runs scored per game at 4.81. And they are third in runs allowed per game at 4.01. I sent some questions to Ethan Witte, Supreme Blog Lord of … [Read more...] about View From The Other Side: Phillies Questions For Ethan Witte Of The Good Phight