Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Abelimages/Getty Images Former Blue Jays infielder Maicer Izturis turns 44 today. You’ll likely remember him. Alex Anthopoulos signed him as a free agent in November 2012. Maicer got three years (plus a team option for a fourth) at $3 million a year. At the time, it was Alex’s biggest free-agent signing. It didn’t turn out well. Alex said he was the ‘leading … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Maicer Izturis

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Mets 6 Blue Jays 2 Bowden Francis went eight no-hit innings, and then Francisco Lindor hit an 0-2 pitch out of the park. That was one of the best starts we are ever going to see. Bowden seems to have lost a couple of mph off his fastball, but he was brilliant. Francis is having an amazing time of it lately. He takes his second … [Read more...] about Francis Throws 8 No-Hit Innings, Jays Lose In A Blowout

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images September 11th is a day that always depresses me a bit. I spent a good part of the morning watching the news and then decided I might as well go for a workout because watching people die by the thousands wasn’t helping my mood. I understand that the complaints about the one-knee thing are mostly because it isn’t good for certain … [Read more...] about Wednesday Bantering: Jays Bits

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images I’m keeping the mute button close today. Could we win two in a row? We need 12 and 4 to get to .500, so maybe winning two in a row would be a plan. Today's Lineups METS BLUE JAYS Francisco Lindor - SS George Springer - DH Jose Iglesias - 2B Nathan Lukes - RF Mark Vientos - 3B Vladimir Guerrero - 1B Brandon Nimmo - … [Read more...] about Game #147 GameThread: Mets @ Jays

Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Over the last few years, I've tried not to let baseball commentators' words bother me as much as they used to. When I started on the site, many of my posts complained about something a sports writer wrote, something Tabler said, or some other old-school comment that came up during a game. I’ve tried using the mute … [Read more...] about Pitch Blocking and Rants