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34 Years Ago When I was young, my parents would talk about something that happened 30 years ago, and I couldn’t imagine how anyone could be old enough to remember that far back. Now I’m that old. The Blue Jays made a big trade. They sent Denis Boucher, Glenallen Hill, Mark Whiten, and some cash to Cleveland for Tom Candiotti and Turner Ward. At the time of the trade, the Jays … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jay History: Jays Trade For Tom Candiotti

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Blue Jays 6 Guardians 0 The worrisome part of today's game was that Vladimir Guerrero left after being hit by a pitch on the inside of the right forearm. He stayed in the game to run the bases but came out in the defensive half of the inning. Apparently, X-rays are negative. Vlad was pissed off, but I don’t think you hit a guy intentionally on a … [Read more...] about Gausman Throws 8 Shutout Innings, Jays Beat Guardians

Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images We get the rubber game of this three-game series, and it is an afternoon game (well, morning game for me). The reviews of Max Scherzer’s return from the IL have been fairly positive. He’ll need a bit before his location is where it ought to be, but it was a good first outing after a long IL stint. Too bad we didn’t score a bit … [Read more...] about Game #80 GameThread: Jays @ Guardians

1978 was just the second year of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise and like all expansion teams of that era, were in yet another dreadful season of losing baseball. The team started out ice cold and in the latter days of June were just 23-47, on their way to finish the bottom of the division at 59-102. In a terrible year with a club still mostly built out of the scraps and … [Read more...] about This Record In Jays History: The Most Runs Scored In A Home Game

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Blue Jays 4 Guardians 5 (10 innings) Max Scherzer’s first start after coming off the IL didn’t end with the trainer walking him off the field, so let’s call it a success. He went 5 innings, allowing 6 hits, 3 earned, 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. Not awful. More or less, the best you can hope for from a guy coming off a long stint on the … [Read more...] about Jays Lose In Ten Innings