ALDS GAME THREE, JAYS 7, RANGERS 6:
PROFILES IN COURAGE AND KARMA
TAKE JAYS BACK TO ALCS
Artwork courtesy of storyboard artist Ed Chee. View more of his work at http://www.edwardchee.com “There's nothing wrong with this team that a nice little winning streak won't fix” --Blue Jays' Manager John Gibbons, in far too many post-game press conferences throughout the 2016 regular season. Well, how about six straight wins in October? In fact, how…
ALDS GAME TWO, JAYS 5, RANGERS 3:
HOMER HOEDOWN IN TEXAS
BACKS HAPP’S HOUDINI ACT
Artwork courtesy of storyboard artist Ed Chee. View more of his work at: http://www.edwardchee.com Yesterday afternoon we were mesmerized by Marco Estrada's brilliance. So were the Texas Rangers, and we know how that turned out. Today Jay Happ, Toronto's rock (apologies to Toronto's lacrosse team) mesmerized exactly no one. But at the end of five…
ALDS GAME ONE, JAYS 10, RANGERS 1:
JAYS RIDE WC MOMENTUM,
HAMMER HAMELS IN SERIES OPENER
Wherever you are, Bud Selig, come back. Our favourite team, having survived the wild card game Tuesday night, played like champs this afternoon under a bright Texas sun. They have the chops of a legitimate contender. All is forgiven. I have always thought that, while it was obviously a good thing to expand the baseball…
OCTOBER 4TH, JAYS 5, ORIOLES 2:
WILD CARD WALK0FF!
WHY BASEBALL IS THE REAL
“BEAUTIFUL GAME”
A note from yer humble scribe: Last night's game was beautiful indeed, but long. My story on last night's game is also long. I hope it does justice to the game. Just in case your interest lies one way or the other, I have taken the initiative of dividing it into two parts. If you…
OCTOBER SECOND, JAYS 2, RED SOX 1:
JAYS’ OCTOBER TICKET PUNCHED
BEHIND SANCHEZ GEM
I have an idea: let's talk about whether or not the Blue Jays should limit Aaron Sanchez' innings on the mound this season. I have an even better idea: let's never raise that subject again. Note: this means you, idiotic radio call-in guy who no more than two days ago was rambling on about how…
OCTOBER 1ST, JAYS 4, RED SOX 3:
PILLAR OF STRENGTH, MR. CLUTCH,
AND THE HAPP-Y WARRIOR
Let's all cast our minds back to Opening Day, April third. We've gathered with a bunch of our friends and other like-minded fans at our favourite sports bar to watch the Blue Jays open the season in Tampa against the Rays. Suddenly, a wild-eyed, disheveled, agitated stranger dressed from head to toe in rumpled Jays'…
SEPTEMBER 30TH, RED SOX 5, JAYS 3:
FIE ON THE BOSOX’ FOUL BALLS!
On August 14th, I wrote that if the Blue Jays didn't make the playoffs this year,I'd eat my Jose Bautista shirt. Right after the end of tonight's game, I started googling recipes for baked, boiled, broiled, sautéd, fried, fricaseed, and or juiced baseball jerseys. They all look pretty unappetizing, but a promise is a promise,…
SEPTEMBER 29TH, ORIOLES 4, JAYS 0:
IF YOU CAN’T HIT UBALDO JIMINEZ . . .
If the Blue Jays don't brace up at Fenway this weekend, it will likely be the end of the line for Manager John Gibbons. I have been at times this season highly critical of Gibbie, and I'm not convinced that he ever was the right fit for this club, even the first time around, but…
SEPTEMBER 28TH, ORIOLES 3, JAYS 2:
O’S EAT JAYS’ LUNCH;
MAIN COURSE: KIM-CHEER!
T.S. Eliot might have been a great poet, but he didn't know beans about baseball. Tonight, after the brilliant promise of last night's confident disposal of the Orioles, the Blue Jays had to learn the bitter lesson that sometimes the game ends not with a whimper, but a bang. Though, truth be told, when Toronto…
SEPTEMBER 27TH, JAYS 5, ORIOLES 1:
SANCHY LAYS DOWN A CHALLENGE
Okay, let's start with the now undeniable fact that the Red Sox, who lead the Blue Jays by six games with six to play are pretty well home and cooled out for the division championship. They're not going to lose six straight while we win six to create a playoff for the division, so we…