Blue Bird Banter

That’s Cliff on the ground | Set Number: X28939 TK1 R6 F7 And Dave Stieb gets his last MLB win 39 Years Ago On August 29, 1985, the Blue Jays sent three minor leaguers, Matt Williams (no, not that Matt Williams), Jeff Mays and Greg Ferlanda, to the Texas Rangers for Cliff Johnson. At the time of the trade, the Blue Jays were in 1st place, 4.5 games up on the … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: Jays trade for Cliff Johnson

Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports Jays 0 Red Sox 3 I get this for thinking the Jays would get to .500. They are now 5 games back from .500. If you only get two hits, you deserve to lose. Red Sox starter Brayan Bello was terrific and the Jays batters weren’t. Addison Barger had a double (he also had our lone walk), and Vlad a single, which was it for offense. For some … [Read more...] about No Offense, Jays Lose to Red Sox

Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports I think it is a good day to start a new win streak. I had ringing in my ear all day yesterday, and I was more than a little bit grumpy. Today, it is fine. I had some suggestions from friends and it seems to have helped. We are four days from the September callups. My guess is that we’ll see Jake Bloss and Nathan Lukes. Bloss has a 0.00 … [Read more...] about Wednesday Bantering: Jays Bits

Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Go Jays Go. The Lineup: Today's Lineups BLUE JAYS RED SOX George Springer - RF Jarren Duran - CF Daulton Varsho - CF David Hamilton - 2B Vladimir Guerrero - 1B Tyler O'Neill - LF Spencer Horwitz - DH Triston Casas - 1B Addison Barger - 3B Wilyer Abreu - RF Alejandro Kirk - C Masataka Yoshida - DH Joey Loperfido - … [Read more...] about Game #135 GameThread: Jays @ Red Sox

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports Eight Years Ago The Jays beat the Twins 9-6. Josh Donaldson hit three home runs for the first (and only) time in his career. The field was showered with hats (well, caps, but a “cap trick” doesn’t sound right). The win pushed our record to 74-56, 2 games up on the Red Sox for first place. We would finish second but beat the Orioles in the … [Read more...] about Today in Jays History: Donaldson Hits 3 Home Runs