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
Jays Win Today’s Second Game
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Blue Jays 7 Red Sox 3 The only thing better than beating the Red Sox is beating them twice. The Red Sox are now five games back of a Wild Card Spot. If we could win again tomorrow, their chances would be just about nil. And our Jays are just 3 games below .500, which surprises me. Getting back to .500 would be just short of a miracle. … [Read more...] about Jays Win Today’s Second Game
Jays Beat Red Sox In First of Two Today
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Blue Jays 4 Red Sox 1 I love it when we beat the Red Sox. Once again, we got great pitching: Yariel Rodriguez pitched his scoreless inning back a couple of months ago. Ryan Burr pitched the season and the first out of the third. He had three strikeouts with one walk. Ryan Yarbourgh threw the next 3.1 innings, allowing two hits and 1 … [Read more...] about Jays Beat Red Sox In First of Two Today
Game Thread for Monday Game Two: Jays @ Red Sox
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Winning game one is good. Winning game two would be great. Tom_M and I are going to watch the game at a bar tonight, so expect the recap to be late and badly written. Brandon Eisert gets the call to be the 27th man for game two. Tonight’s lineup. No Varsho. Today's Lineups BLUE JAYS RED SOX George Springer - DH Jarren Duran … [Read more...] about Game Thread for Monday Game Two: Jays @ Red Sox
Happy Birthday David Price
Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports David Price turns 39 today. Price was only with the Blue Jays for three months, but it was a pretty exciting three months. We traded for him on July 30th, 2015. We were 52-51 at the time, tied for second place six games behind the Yankees. After the trade, we went 41-18 and finished first place in the AL East. That led to an exciting ALDS … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday David Price