Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images Blue Jays 2 Yankees 11 For two innings, it looked like this would be a fun game. Kevin Gausman got out of the first inning on 12 pitches and the second inning on 6. And we scored in the first. Bo singled and went to second on an error, then to third on a wild pitch (not that it matters, but I’d have called it a passed ball). And Bo … [Read more...] about Jays Lose Game One Of Double-Header

Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images Ok, game one is gone, let's have a good game two. I’m sure the new thread luck will help out. Lineups, no Barger. I’d have thought he’d been in there, since he had two hits in the first game, after coming in late. Today's Lineups BLUE JAYS YANKEES Bo Bichette - SS Trent Grisham - CF Vladimir Guerrero - 1B Ben … [Read more...] about Double-Header Game #2 GameThread: Jays @ Yankees

Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images Blue Jays 1 Yankees 5 Three hits, we got two hits. One was an Anthony Santander home run in the first inning (nice to see). George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero had the others, both singles. The Yankees scored a run in the first, a leadoff home run by Trent Grisham. After that, Chris Bassitt kept them off the scoreboard until the … [Read more...] about Jays Drop Both Halves Of The Double-Header

This week, in the MLB Reacts poll (brought to you by FanDuel) we asked if you thought John Schneider would be fired this season. Almost 70% think he will. And that was before yesterday’s games. I don’t believe it is his fault we aren’t winning, but after being unable to score last year, we aren’t hitting at all this year, and someone will take the fall for it. The line about … [Read more...] about MLB Reacts: Most Think Schneider Will Be Fired This Year

Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images John Cerutti would have turned 65 today. John was a good lefty pitcher for the Blue Jays in the late 1980s. He was 46-37 in six seasons for us, starting 108 games and relieving in 83, and had a 3.87 ERA. His best season was 1989, when John went 11-11 in 31 starts, with a 3.07 ERA in 205 innings. The following year, he was 9-9 with a … [Read more...] about Blue Jays Birthdays: John Cerutti and Matt Chapman