Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Kevin Sousa/Getty Images That game was fun last night; we haven’t had nearly enough fun games this season. Joey Loperfido is on a bit of a hot streak. In his last eight games he’s hitting .435/.480/.913 with a double, two triples, and a home run. The usual small sample size warnings, but they seem to have simplified his swing some. Addison Barger hasn’t had as … [Read more...] about Saturday Bantering: Jays Bits

Photo by Kevin Sousa/Getty Images Game 130...only 32 games left. As much as this hasn’t been the funniest season on record, we’ll miss baseball afterward. Yesterday’s game was a ton of fun—well, at least the bottom of the ninth was a ton of fun. If I had to pick the two guys to go back-to-back, those would have been the two I wanted. I hope this is the start of many … [Read more...] about Game #130 GameThread: Angels @ Jays

Tippy Martinez | Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images 41 Years Ago I remember this game. I’m sure everyone who watched it remembers it. Orioles left-handed reliever Tippy Martinez picked off three Blue Jays in the top of the tenth inning. There was a bit of backstory. The Jays were up 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth. The Jays scored a run in the third on a Garth Iorg … [Read more...] about Today in Jays History: Three Jays Picked Off In One Inning

Photo by Kevin Sousa/Getty Images Angels 4 Blue Jays 5 Back-to-back home runs from Joey Loperfido (after people were writing him off, he’s been great of late) and Addison Barger in the bottom of the ninth turned a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 Jays win. Just when we were wondering when Vladimir Guerrero was going to pinch-hit in the ninth. It was one of those rare games in … [Read more...] about Loperfido and Barger Go Back-To-Back To Walk Off Angels

Photo by Kevin Sousa/Getty Images All the talk today, is about Ernie Clement hitting a home run on a pitch that was head level, something we haven’t seen since the days of Corey Paterson, who hit a home run on a pitch, apparently, an inch lower than that. The problem with Paterson’s is that he started swinging at higher and higher pitches (hard to blame him; he hit that … [Read more...] about Monday Bantering: Jays Bits