Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Fifteen Ricky Romero took a no-hitter into the 8th inning against the White Sox. Unfortunately, he gave up a hit in the 8th—a two-run home run—but we still won. From the recap: Didn’t we have the debate about whether Ricky Romero was any good? I think he answered that one. He went 8 innings, allowed one hit, 12 K, 10 … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: Ricky Romero takes no-hitter into the 8th, Vlad Hits 3 Home Runs

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Blue Jays 4 Orioles 5 That game should have gone better. We out-hit the Orioles 10 to 5 and yet lost. But then we hit into five double plays. And made some mistakes on the field: Vlad tagged up from first on a fly ball to right but took off just before the catch. They showed the replay several times, and I couldn’t tell if he left … [Read more...] about Jays Lose One They Should Have Won

Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images The Jays’ tour of cold-weather baseball towns continues. But there isn’t rain in the forecast. Yesterday’s rainout gave the bullpen a needed break. The Jays are first in the AL East. It might be time to move Gimenez from the cleanup spot. It was a cute joke to start the season, and he did hit a couple of home runs, but lately, he’s hit much … [Read more...] about Game #15 GameThread: Jays @ Orioles

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Earlier in the week, we ran SB Nation’s FanDuel-sponsored Reacts poll asking if you would take the over or the under on Fanduel’s 79.5 wins. Most of us are optimistic we can clear that bar: It is nice to see there is optimism about the season. The team is 8-6 at the moment (pretty good considering a good part of the … [Read more...] about SB Nation Reacts: Jays fans are optimistic about the team’s win total

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Yesterday’s Umpire Scorecard wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, except for the 2 runs in the Red Sox' favour. It is one thing to have trouble with the strike zone; it is another when it is mostly in one team’s favour. I guess random chance says that in some games, the calls will go against us, but I’d like it to be … [Read more...] about Friday Bantering: Umpire Scorecard