Blue Bird Banter

Brad Penner-Imagn Images We have ALDS games today. At 4:00 Eastern, we have Tigers @ Guardians. Cleveland is up 1-0. Tarik Skubal gets the start for Detroit. He was 18-4 with a 2.39 ERA this year. Matthew Boyd, former Jays prospect, starts for the Guardians. He was 2-2, with a 2.72 ERA. Lineups: Today's Lineups TIGERS GUARDIANS Justyn-Henry Malloy - DH Steven … [Read more...] about OpenThread: Monday Playoff Games

Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images A look at Kevin Gausman’s 2023 season Kevin Gausman is three years into his $110 million five-year contract. He was signed as a replacement for free agent Robbie Ray (who has had more than his share of injury issues since leaving the Jays). Gausman’s first two seasons with the team were very good. The third: Standard Pitching … [Read more...] about The Season That Was: Kevin Gausman

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images Only two games today, the NLDS games, with the AL teams getting the day off. Some great games yesterday. Tigers 0 Guardians 7: Ok this wasn’t a great game. It was over after the first inning. Using the ‘opener’ didn’t work out for the Tigers. And Tanner Bibee was very good, though he came out after 4.1 innings. But four Cleveland relievers … [Read more...] about OpenThread For Sunday Playoff Games

RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports Alfredo Griffin turns 67 today. Alfredo Griffin was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Cleveland signed him as an amateur free agent in 1973 at 16. He made the majors with Cleveland in 1976 at 18 but only played a handful of games. In 77 and 78, he also appeared in a few games. Then, in December 1978, he was traded with Phil Lansford … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Alfredo Griffin

Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images At the end of each season, we do a Haiku contest. The rules are: come up with a Haiku that says something about the Blue Jays. A haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Rec the ones you like. In a week or so, we’ll take the five that get the most recs … [Read more...] about The 2024 Bluebird Banter Haiku Contest