Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Maybe we could score today? That was the ninth time we’ve been shutout this year. I could do without sitting through anymore of them. The Jays have had a number of pitcers have Tommy John this season: Blue Jays prospects Chad Dallas (Buffalo), Nolan Perry (Dunedin) and Carson Pierce (Vancouver) had Tommy John surgery earlier this … [Read more...] about Game #155 GameThread: Jays @ Rays

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Blue Jays 2 Rays 3 You often hear baseball commentators tell us that ‘even though they aren’t in the playoff race, the team hasn’t quit’. Well it looks to me like the Jays have quit. That might not be fair....they did get nine hits today. And they had runners on base every inning except for the fourth and eighth. They had: One run in … [Read more...] about Kirk Triples, Jays Lose

We have a few birthdays today. It is Prince Fielder’s daddy’s, Cecil’s 61st birthday today. Is Prince sending him a card? I’ve read that they aren’t exactly close and have some troubles because of Cecil’s treatment of Prince’s mother. Cecil was a similar player to Prince, and they were both big slugger types. Prince was the better player, but Cecil wasn’t bad himself. The Jays … [Read more...] about Happy birthday Cecil Fielder, Danny Cox, Brian Tallet, and Jeremy Jeffress

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Jays 0 Rays 1 I had to look, but this is only the second 1-0 loss the Jays have had this season. I could have sworn there were several. Anyway.....Jose Berrios gave up a solo homer to Jonathan Aranda (a name I had never heard before) and that was enough for the Rays. Berrios went six innings, allowed six hits, one walk, with six strikeouts. … [Read more...] about Jays Get Shutout Again, Lose To Rays

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images We start the third last series of the season, against the Rays who are also not going to the playoffs this year, after getting there last. Odd are we’ll get a Tropicana moment. There was some Jays news today: Will Wagner has already had surgery on his left knee. Daulton Varsho will have surgery on his rotator cuff Monday. Bo Bichette … [Read more...] about Game #134 GameThread: Jays @ Rays