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Don't Like This Team 25 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Fellow Jays fans, I feel your pain. If I have spent much of the last seven seasons looking on the sunny side of things, and finding the lightness where most saw dark, and providing my optimistic sens...
"Does This Team Suck?", and Other Unanswerable Ponderances on the Eve of the Second Half 19 Jul 2013 | 12:04 am
Photo courtesy the revelatory Flickr stream of @james_in_to. Maybe it's a touch harsh to say that the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays "suck". The team itself is not so awful as to be unwatchable, and has actu...
Some Candid and Free PR Advice for J.P. Arencibia 5 Jul 2013 | 02:41 am
Photo courtesy the outstanding Flickr stream of @james_in_to. First off, let me cop to this: I never played the game. So yeah, I have a hard time telling a player what he should do when he steps int...
A two-sentence post on... Munenori Kawasaki (who else?) 26 Jun 2013 | 08:14 am
Munenori Kawasaki has been optioned to the AAA Buffalo Bisons. And you can take your "cheering for laundry" nonsense and stick it in your ear.
Reflections on a Winning Streak 24 Jun 2013 | 07:41 am
Photo courtesy the outstanding @james_in_to's Flickr stream. It would be redundant to re-hash all the super duper great things that have been happening during the Toronto Blue Jays' current 11-game (...
Weekend Whatnot - The Crowded 25-Man Roster 21 Jun 2013 | 09:27 pm
Photo courtesy @james_in_to's peerless Flickr stream. Burning questions, idle thoughts and silly preoccupations as we ease into the first official weekend of summer. The Crowded Roster, Part 1: As I...
Blue Monday - Scattered thoughts to kick off your week 17 Jun 2013 | 10:00 pm
Photo courtesy @james_in_to's incomparable Flickr stream. More Lindsanity: Last week, it was supposed in this space that Adam Lind's torrid hitting pace was nice, though not sustainable at this level...
Various and Sundry Thursday Thoughts: Lind's resurgence and catchers controversies 13 Jun 2013 | 09:33 pm
Photo courtesy @james_in_to's stupendous Flickr stream. A few whims, notions, impressions and sentiments on the state of the Jays, such as it is... Lindsanity: The funny thing about the great start ...
Young Man Blues - Where Does Brett Lawrie Go From Here? 6 Jun 2013 | 05:00 pm
Photo courtesy the outstanding @james_in_to's Flickr stream. If there's one aspect of being a baseball fan that has transformed most dramatically since this blog was launched seven seasons ago, it's ...
What Have We Learned So Far? 6 Jun 2013 | 12:13 am
In recent years, when the Blue Jays invariably get off to an underwhelming start, folks ask me: At what point does a bad start become a bad season? Is this really this bad? Or is it even worse than it...
