Blue Bird Banter

Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports Blue Jays 3 Red Sox 6 We haven’t had a ‘bad’ game in a while, so we almost forgot what they are like. This was a bad game. We had ten hits and three walks, and we had many, many base runners, but we either left them on the bases or threw them out. 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position, but it was worse than that. Vlad was thrown out … [Read more...] about Base Running Mistakes Cost The Jays, They Lose To Red Sox

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Not quite a month ago, the Jays traded Trevor Richards to the Twins for a minor-leaguer Jay Harry, who plays almost every position. Richards wasn’t great for the Twins. In 10 appearances, he’s pitched 13 innings, allowing 8 hits, 11 walks and 13 strikeouts, with 2 hit batters and 7 wild pitches. So not really a surprise that he was … [Read more...] about Twins DFA Richards

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The Jays are on a five- or six-game win streak, depending on how you view time. If time is constant, it is six games. If time sometimes jumps around, it is five games. It would be a shame if a player had a long-hitting steak going back in July and snapped yesterday. “Hey Frank, do you remember that 30-game hitting … [Read more...] about Game #134 GameThread: Jays @ Red Sox

Photo by Kevin Sousa/Getty Images The Jays are just three games under .500. They are also just a game back of the Rays for fourth and three games back of the Red Sox for third. So the question is: Is this important to you? Would you like them to finish above .500? Would you like them to finish third? Or is tanking more important to you? Yeah, it is a lottery now, but … [Read more...] about Tuesday Bantering: Jays Bits

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images 32 Years Ago Today On August 27, 1992, the Blue Jays traded for David Cone from the Mets. We traded for him twice, this being the first time. Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson went to New York. At the time of the trade, the Jays were 72-55 up two games on the Orioles in the AL East. We would go 24 and 11 the rest of the way. Kent played … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays history: Jays trade for David Cone