This team is so much goddamn fun to watch.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 29 August 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link
My interest had been awakened a bit before the Yankees series. Hard to care at this point, even if they back into a "playoff" spot.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 September 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
Didn’t expect them to take 3/4 of this series after how the last one against the Yankees went; but they’re playoff bound!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 25 September 2020 04:16 (three years ago) link
I think it'd take them advancing to the second round for me to begin to take a sincere interest, but it they were to win today, that'd be a half-step towards that: .550 is at least a legitimate record for a playoff-bound team. So I guess the schedule just lined up perfectly with whatever good 60-game stretch they were going to have during an actual season.
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 September 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
they oscillate between frustrating to watch and really fun.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 27 September 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
i don't like this Shoemaker thing.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link
Ryu & Walker 1-2 makes a lot more sense, especially since they only need 2 wins, and then throw everybody you have into game 3 if you need tooh well, we'll be in much better shape if they actually pull game one out
― francisF, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
So Shoe did ok. I guess he had really good splits v the Rays and Walker's are terrible.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
"I did not get to the second training well, and I told myself that this cannot happen again. I was overweight, I said that it couldn't happen again, and I got to work at once."
That's a start.
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2047080
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
Vlad has reportedly dropped 40 pounds.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/jays-gm-atkins-sees-benefits-of-gurrero-jr-off-season-weight-loss-1.5920904
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 February 2021 02:07 (three years ago) link
why do you refuse to say he's in the BEST SHAPE OF HIS LIFE
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 February 2021 03:33 (three years ago) link
As long as he's not still round, any shape will do.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 February 2021 04:00 (three years ago) link
dropping 30-50 lbs before spring training every year can't be good for your health or baseball production
― ✖, Saturday, 20 February 2021 04:53 (three years ago) link
Kirk, too, is all aboard the best shape of his life train.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 20 February 2021 05:33 (three years ago) link
bo: fastest to 100 hits in blue jays history
― mookieproof, Sunday, 4 April 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
An unexpected list of names there.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 4 April 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
Also Julian Merryweather has looked like a fucking god in the two innings he’s pitched so far.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 4 April 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
Matz looked great today. Good start to the season this far!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:15 (three years ago) link
Ryu + Scrubs seems like an ineffective game plan, with hindsight
― francisF, Saturday, 10 April 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link
Two of the scrubs are there because the starters are injured!
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 10 April 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
I know, but relying on Pearson as the number 2 guy was my main problem even before he was foreseeably injured. Just frustrated is all
― francisF, Saturday, 10 April 2021 02:06 (three years ago) link
Yeah I wish they went for someone like Odorizzi.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 10 April 2021 02:27 (three years ago) link
vlad's off to a nice start eh
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
Him and Grich!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 April 2021 05:33 (three years ago) link
man, Grich was looking like Pillar in that first Angels game -- couple of huge diving grabs
― francisF, Saturday, 10 April 2021 06:05 (three years ago) link
One was because he jumped the wrong direction at first tho.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 April 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
hah i didn't realize that. he personalized it then
― francisF, Saturday, 10 April 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
Well this game was fun. The new kid, Polacios, had himself a night!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 11 April 2021 05:01 (three years ago) link
Walk-off HR for Bo.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:11 (three years ago) link
Another fun game to watch. Glad the pen kept it together even tho they e lost three solid arms now and Romano can’t throw strikes.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 23:08 (three years ago) link
Didn't realize Teoscar tested positive the other day.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 April 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
Yup. And they just added three more pitchers to the IL. That’s our closer out, our set up guy, our replacement closer, our replacement set up guy, our long man and also Phelps.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 16 April 2021 01:26 (three years ago) link
Pearson can't come back sooner.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 16 April 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
He had such a rough time starting last year, I’m not expecting him to be the jays saviour this year either way.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 16 April 2021 02:53 (three years ago) link
Hoping George Spring is real.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
Springer even.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:44 (three years ago) link
george springs eternal
― ✖, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:58 (three years ago) link
Grand slam for Vlad off Scherzer.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
!
― ✖, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
i think the kid might've figured something out
― ✖, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 01:46 (three years ago) link
Youngest to get 3 hr & 7 RBI since 1901, apparently!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 01:56 (three years ago) link
Consider how often I watch the Jays these days, I'm lucky I got to see the first.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 02:18 (three years ago) link
wow Alomar. i remember some allegations back in 2009, but nothing came out of it that i knew. then all of the sudden he's banned from baseball and the jays are dropping his banner from the level of excellence. crazy.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 30 April 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
Just read about that. Is he banned or suspended? I've heard so much stuff about Alomar over the years, things that seemed plausible and things that seemed crazy made-up. Sad.
― clemenza, Friday, 30 April 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
St. Marys weighs in:
https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/roberto-alomar-no-longer-welcome-at-canadas-baseball-hall-of-fame
― clemenza, Friday, 30 April 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
always curious about what ‘special assistants’ to teams and ‘consultants’ to the league actually do
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 April 2021 22:43 (three years ago) link
This game right now is ridiculous. 10-0 in the 6th. Kirk has two home runs. So far.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 1 May 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link
I feel like every game we lose a reliever to the IL.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 May 2021 04:12 (three years ago) link
Not quite on the bandwagon yet--that's me sitting roadside on a lawn chair--but I am starting to keep tabs online. Glad they didn't blow that one.
― clemenza, Sunday, 16 May 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
Next 10 games are against division rivals and then 4 against the team their ties with for the wild card.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 16 May 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link