Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Jays made a roster move today: Nathan Lukes was called up. Steward Berroa was sent down. Lukes is hitting .333/.403/.469 in 54 games for the Bisons. I thought he would be a September callup, but they brought him up a couple of days earlier. Berroa hit .152/.317/.182 in 41 PA with the Jays. He didn’t get much … [Read more...] about Jays News: Called Lukes Up, Berroa Sent Down

Photo by Jay Gula/Getty Images Scott Richmond turns 45 today. Richmond was a favourite of mine. He had a great story. Scott came to the Jays within a year of pitching for the Edmonton Cracker-Cats of the Independent Golden Baseball League. And he’s Canadian. He threw for Canada in the Beijing Olympics, was on Team Canada for the WBC, and pitched in the Olympic … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Russ Adams and Scott Richmond

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images We are finally coming to the end of this series with the Red Sox. It seems to have been going on for a long, long time. But a win tonight would give us either a series win or a series draw. I’m not going to try to figure out which. There isn’t much news at the moment, which makes it harder to write, but The one thing that caught my … [Read more...] about Wednesday Bantering: Jays Bits

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Game 15 of this series in Boston (or is it 16?). A win today would tie the series or win the series. Bowden Francis is trying to continue an excellent run. In his last four starts, he has a 1.33 ERA and is holding batters to a .090/.138/.214 line. For comparison, Kutter Crawford has a 6.98 ERA, but batters only hit … [Read more...] about Game #136 GameThread: Jays @ Red Sox

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Blue Jays 2 Red Sox 0 Yet another great start for Bowden Francis. He’s been so good, I’ve remembered his name is Bowden Francis, I haven’t typed Francis Bowden in weeks. Francis went seven innings and allowed just one hit, no walks, with five strikeouts. He came out after just 70 pitches, which puzzled the Red Sox radio guys, but … [Read more...] about Great Start By Francis, Jays Beat Red Sox