Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Harrison Barden/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images So the ‘migration’ of the site is happening this evening, so to make sure we have a GameThread, I’m putting it up now. It is an 8:30 Eastern game time. Eric Lauer starts for the Jays. Tanner Gordon for the Rockies. Don’t have the lineups yet. Chad Green cleared waivers and is now a free agent. Yankees are … [Read more...] about Game #114 GameThread: Jays @ Rockies

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images There is a change in the site coming this evening. Today’s GameThread will have to be written early to avoid the ‘migration’. Tomorrow afternoon we should be back to business as usual. As always, whenever there is a change, there will be a lot of complaining about how ‘they’ve ruined it and how this is all terrible now’. And then, a … [Read more...] about Monday Bantering: Jays Notes

Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images Also Dave Stieb loses a no-hitter with 2 out in the ninth 42 Years Ago Today In a game in Exhibition Stadium, Dave Winfield threw a ball that hit and killed a seagull. It sounds like the setup for a joke. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Winfield threw the ball he was using to warm up toward the … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays history: Dave Winfield kills a seagull

Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images Royals 7 Blue Jays 4 (10 innings) We got to extras: Top of the 10th. Randale Grichuk on second. Seranthony Dominguez (who had been terrific since coming at the deadline) gave up a double to Kyle Isbell, scoring one. Joey Loperfido had all sorts of trouble picking up the ball, but it didn’t cost us. Dominguez hit the next batter and walked the … [Read more...] about Jays Lose In Extras

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images A bit of a surprise. Alejandro Kirk was to play a rehab game in Buffalo today, but then Tyler Heineman took a ball off the mask yesterday, and there was a need for Kirk to be here. I didn’t think he would need a rehab again anyway, since he was only out for a week. Leo Jimenez is on his way to Buffalo. We’ll have three catchers for a bit, … [Read more...] about Jays Roster Move: Kirk Activated, Jimenez Down