Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images With Vlad signed, all eyes turn to Bo Bichette. Bo has said all the right things about wanting to win with Vlad. I liked how he talked about how he always wanted to be on one team for life. I don’t always feel that he and Vlad are close, but I get that they must have talked, as they were coming up in the system about what it would be … [Read more...] about Tuesday Bantering: Bo Next?

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Blue Jays 6 Red Sox 2 Why does nothing come easy? This is the second time Garcia has come into a cold game and has had trouble. But then, who throws well in the cold? I don’t know; two outings seem to fall under a small sample size. Well, José Berríos, he was amazing. 7 innings, just 4 hits, 1 earned, 3 walks with 2 strikeouts. He … [Read more...] about Berríos Pitches A Great Game, Jays Beat Red Sox

Doug Ault | Photo by Graham Bezant/Toronto Star via Getty Images 48 Years Ago Today How do you know you are old? You remember things that happened 48 years ago. Insert swear words here. I’ll admit that most of my memories are of the snow around the park and how cold the players looked. The Blue Jays played their first game on April 7, 1977, at Exhibition Stadium in … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays history: The First Blue Jays Game

We have a strange start time tonight: 6:45 Eastern. And it is another cold one. It says 3 C and rain at the moment. I don’t think it is going to get warmer from there. Vlad’s contract will be finalized later, as they can’t perform the physical since the team has been traveling. I’m sure he had a physical at the start of spring training, but they have to do these things I … [Read more...] about GameThread Game #11: Jays @ Red Sox

I’m imagining they are talking about which country they should buy. | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images That was rather exciting last night. I didn’t expect it. Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. has a contract for 14 years and $500 million. There are no opt-outs or options. I haven’t seen a breakdown of the pay for each season yet. For reference's sake, Google tells me that Skydome cost … [Read more...] about Vlad Is A Blue Jay for Life