Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Kevin Sousa/Getty Images Yesterday didn’t go as planned for my wife and I. We were coming up to Edmonton to go to the Folk Festival and got stopped because of an accident on the way. We sat there for about 6 hours. We listened to the whole Jays game on the radio, and that was after we were there for more than an hour after that. We were unlucky (but not nearly … [Read more...] about Game #116 GameThread: A’s @ Jays

Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images 10 Years Ago Today The Jays and Tigers played for 19 innings, 6 hours and 37 minutes long, a team record in innings and time. We would lose a 19-inning game in 2016. The final was Tigers 5 Blue Jays 6 In the 19th inning: Munenori Kawasaki led off with a single. Before this at-bat, he had been 0 for 5 with a walk. He came into the … [Read more...] about Today in Jays History: Jays win in 19 innings

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports You can’t lose to the A’s. That’s White Sox behaviour. Luckily, tonight the Jays did enough to survive. Jose Berrios was very strong, and the lineup was just good enough to secure the win. Vlad continues to hit better than .500, extending his hit streak to 21. Spencer Horwitz also seems to be breaking out of his slump, going 3-4 with a … [Read more...] about Jays beat A’s, 3-1

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports I'm stuck on Highway 2 going up to Edmonton. Bad accident, air ambulance came. Suddenly realized that I wasn't going to be in Edmonton in time to do a GameThread. Lousy internet here. Hope this works. Today's Lineups ATHLETICS BLUE JAYS Lawrence Butler - RF George Springer - RF Miguel Andujar - LF Daulton Varsho - CF JJ … [Read more...] about Game #115 GameThread: A’s @ Jays

Photo by Brad White/Getty Images Jason Frasor turns 47 today. Jason is our franchise leader in games pitched, with 505 (no one is beating down the door to pass him; Tim Mayza, at 300, is the current pitching leader in games played), yet we forget about him. I don’t know that he was anyone’s favourite. Jason was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 33rd round of the 1999 … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Jason Frasor