SEPTEMBER 26TH, YANKEES 7, JAYS 5:
FOR IT’S 1, 2, 3 PINGS “YER OUT!”
AT THE O-O-O-LD BRA-A-A-WL GAME!
Just to create some distance from a strange and disturbing game, one that laid bare the dark underbelly of baseball culture, I'd like to start with a reflection on the creation of baseball expressions. In the title of this post I've used an expression that, according to Mr. Google (Ms Google?) does not exist in…
SEPTEMBER 25TH, JAYS 4, YANKEES 3:
ZEKE SQUEEZES YANKS IN COMEBACK
FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN
Let's pretend we're on a game show, one of those shows where the contestant gets to pick one of three doors and gets to have whatever is hidden behind the door chosen. We're going to put surprises from tonight's game behind each door, and you get to pick and see if you got your fave.…
SEPTEMBER 24TH, JAYS 3, YANKEES 0:
JOSE DOES IT ALL FOR YOU
Say what you will about Jose Bautista, there is no denying that he has a finely-tuned flair for the dramatic. Wednesday afternoon in Seattle, in the top of the ninth inning, with the Mariners clinging to a 1-0 lead after a scorching pitchers' duel between Felix Hernandez and Aaron Sanchez, the distance around the bases…
SEPTEMBER 23RD, JAYS 9, YANKEES 0:
YA GOTTA PITCHER,
YA GOTTA SHORTSTOP,
WHAT ELSE D’YA NEED?
So home again to Toronto for the last ten games of the season, seven here, and the final big three games in Boston next weekend. It was a winning road trip, though we needed it to be more. The Red Sox, more aptly called the Red Tail Lights as they pull away in the distance,…
SEPT 21st, M’S 2, JAYS 1 (12 INNINGS):
THE KING, THE KID, JOEY AND JOSH
We certainly expected a pitcher's duel this afternoon in the rubber match of Toronto's series with the Mariners in Seattle. But who expected to see a game in which the Jays were brought back from the brink in the top of the ninth by a dramatic home run off the bat of Jose Bautista? And…
SEPTEMBER 20TH, JAYS 10, MARINERS 2:
BIG TEN FOR THE GAME,
BIG TWENTY FOR JAY HAPP!
The informal definition of a “laugher” is “a contest or competition in which one person or team easily overwhelms another; easy victory”. If there was any chance of tonight's game being a laugher after the Mariners batted in the bottom of the third, you would have thought it would be for Seattle. How little we…
SEPTEMBER 19TH, JAYS 3, MARINERS 2:
Rx FOR A BAD BACK:
SEVEN INNINGS OF ONE-HIT SHUTOUT!
On the fourteenth of September, Marco Estrada had a rather strange outing against the Tampa Bay Rays. Ever since before the All Star Game, for which he was named but could not participate, there have been issues with his back. This would explain why the quality of his starts had deteriorated somewhat since the break.…
SEPTEMBER 18TH, ANGELS 4, JAYS 0:
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
Inspired by the disappointing results of the last two games, though haunted would be the better word, maybe we should talk turkey about the playoff setup up, how that setup would affect the Blue Jays, and what we need to understand about their present circumstances. First of all, let's look at how it works, who…
SEPTEMBER 17TH, ANGELS 6, JAYS 1:
HONEY, WHERE’S THE AIR FRESHENER?
THE TV’S STINKING UP THE ROOM AGAIN
Man, when we played good ball to win the first two game of this series, I thought all the bad vibes and noxious fumes emenating from the last two home series had been dissipated across the continent along with the jet contrails as the team flew west Wednesday afternoon. But two good games do not…
SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH, JAYS 5, ANGELS 0:
COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT, CIRCA 2016
The collective groan you heard last week from the heart of Blue-Jay land was the response of the Yahoo Faction of the Toronto Fan Club as they reacted to the news that R.A. Dickey would receive a start in the Jays' current series with the Angels in Los Angeles. No doubt the groans intensified last…