Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Tony Bock/Toronto Star via Getty Images Bill Caudill turns 69 today. For those who don’t remember, Caudill was our B.J. Ryan for the ‘80s. He came up with the Cubs, then went to Seattle and became one of the top closers in baseball. Then he went to Oakland and got 36 saves in his season there. After the 1984 season, the Jays traded Dave Collins and Alfredo … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Bill Caudill

Photo by Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images John Schneider was hired as ‘interim’ manager of the Jays three years ago today, so I figured it was a good moment to put up a poll asking how he is doing. The team is in first place, and I don’t think many of us expected that this year, after finishing last last year. Obviously, he has improved at managing. It can’t be that the … [Read more...] about Poll Time: Do You Approve of the Job John Schneider is Doing?

Dennis Lee-Imagn Images Blue Jays 3 A’s 4 It was one of those days that Kevin Gausman didn’t really ‘have it’. He wasn’t sharp. But then he wasn’t helped out by his defense either. He gave up two runs in the third. A lead-off single by Denzel Clarka, plus a throwing error by Tyler Heineman (he had a rough day), and a Lawrence Butler single got them one run. With two … [Read more...] about A Loss To The A’s

Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images I’m out this evening, planning to be back by game time, but you never know so this will have to do for a GameThread if I’m not back by game time. … [Read more...] about Game #95 GameThread: Jays @ A’a

Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images Jays 7 A’s 6 Well, I hate that park. I get that the Jays played in a minor league park, too, but that was because they couldn’t cross the border. If the A’s are going to be playing in Sacramento for the next five to ten years, they'd better fix up the park. Max Scherzer was excellent for five innings, two hits and a walk, with eight … [Read more...] about Jays Squeak Out A Win