The Blue Jays are often bought and sold as “Canada’s Team.” That’s completely acceptable; their run of success has given them inroads to capturing the hearts and minds of a whole new generation of baseball fans across the country. Even on the rare occasion that a Blue Jays game gets picked up for an American […]
Author: Mike Passador
Saying Goodbye to an Unexpected Era
I was about a month old when the Blue Jays last won the World Series. It’s been mostly downhill since. Cursed with the burden of rooting for Toronto’s teams while growing up around New York and spending my college years in Boston, it’s been two decades of watching everyone else and their teams celebrate various […]
ALDS Game 3 Recap: Blue Jays 7, Rangers 6; Tonight We Feast
Aaron Sanchez was on the mound for Toronto. Colby Lewis for Texas. It wasn’t supposed to be a fair fight. Yet, it took extra innings for the Blue Jays to dispatch the Rangers in the third and final game of the ALDS. There were some tense moments and high drama but the Blue Jays worked […]
Recap: Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0; Not With a Bang But a Whimper
The Blue Jays entered the pivotal rubber match against Baltimore with a chance to all but lock up a wild card spot. The final home game of the season was also the potential last home appearance for a number of important and beloved Blue Jays. Rather than send the crowd home happy, the Jays frittered […]
Recap: Orioles 3, Blue Jays 2; Liriano Dazzles But The Bullpen Blows It
The Blue Jays were back in action on Wednesday looking to take the series from the rival Orioles and looked to be in good shape until the game’s final two innings. There were no late game heroics for the Jays, who dropped the second game of the series after failing to cash in on offensive […]
Ezequiel Carrera: King of the Wall-Scrapers?
Ezequiel Carrera is currently in his sixth Major League season. He has 931 career plate appearances; 834 at bats. He has 10 home runs. Five of those have come this year; none bigger than Monday night’s solo shot to the leftmost point of left field. It hung in the air, dragged those extra inches over […]
Recap: Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2; Happ And Upton Bust the Slump
Fresh off the most embarrassing game of the season, the Toronto Blue Jays tried to exact a measure of revenge against the first place Boston Red Sox. Unlike last night, both teams had serious trouble scoring runs on the day, with J.A. Happ and Eduardo Rodriguez both turning in nice games. Thankfully Happ was just […]
Should the Blue Jays Bring Back Brett Cecil?
Much has been written about the Blue Jays’ impending offseason and the fate of the team’s big name free agents: Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Among the team’s second tier free agents, consensus appears to have Michael Saunders and R.A. Dickey likely departing alongside the aforementioned sluggers. One forgotten free agent to be is Brett […]
Recap: Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3; Toronto Tied Up By Tanaka
The Toronto Blue Jays were looking to carry some of the good vibes from their last game in Tampa into the Bronx for a battle with the fourth place New York Yankees. Things looked good early as the Jays were making hard contact but simply couldn’t cash in baserunners as the day wore on. A […]
In Praise of Marginal Moves
These are exciting times for the Toronto Blue Jays and their fans. Not the same brand of excitement as last season, mind you, but it’s plenty wonderful to root for a team in the driver’s seat without the help of some miracle additions. This version of the Blue Jays didn’t need to go out and […]