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No Edwing? No Problem. Blue Jays sweep Tigers with 7-3 victory
It’s no longer “early”, and it’s time to start asking if the Blue Jays are for real. After sweeping the Tigers today, they’ve now won 14 of their last 16 and done so in impressive fashion:
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Snoop a LOUP! THERE IT IS! Blue Jays beat Tigers 8-2
Give the win, save, All-Star game start and Cy Young to Aaron Loup for tonight’s performance.
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Preview: Jays Seek Fourth Straight in Bounce-Back Game For Dickey
(Thanks Welcometothebanquet.com!) A 4.5 game lead in first place, a 17-11 record on the road, six guys with eight or more home runs just over two months into the season. All of those things are real. Soak it in, Jays fans. And after Drew Hutchison responded to his extra three days of rest with another…
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Preview: Welcome to The Stro
There’s a popular phrase around the sport of baseball. When you arrive at the Major Leagues, you’re greeted with a chorus of “Welcome to the Show”. For Toronto Blue Jays fans this weekend, it sounds a little different. Welcome to The Stro.
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Podcast: Episode Four, May 27
The Jays Balk Seventh Inning Stretch Podcast returns with a doozy of an episode, debating whether the Blue Jays’ run of success is due purely to luck, the merit of carrying three catchers on the Major League roster, what to do with Colby Rasmus, and the issue with low mid-week attendance. Sit back, enjoy, leave…
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Preview: Blue Seek Second Straight Sweep
The first-place (!) Toronto Blue Jays aim for their second consecutive sweep when they host the Oakland Athletics this afternoon at the Rogers Centre.
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Recap: How Sweep It Is! Jays Put the Brooms to Red Sox
The (first-place!) Toronto Blue Jays (26-22) hammered the Boston Red Sox 7-2 to complete a three-game sweep, and finish their road trip 5-1.
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Recap: Blue Jays 6 vs Red Sox 4 – or Why So Serious? The Jays Are In First!
(Thanks Elise Amendola!) It was an odd night around the Majors this evening. At the Trop in Tampa, the A’s beat the Rays 3-2, even though they were out-hit 9-1. In Cleveland, the Tigers lost 11-10 – on a bases loaded BALK in the 13th inning. In Pittsburgh, the Orioles trailed 8-6 after two innings,…
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Preview: Hutchison looks to keep the good times rollin’
In case you haven’t heard by now – and even if you have it bears repeating – the last time Drew Hutchison took the mound he threw a complete game, 3 hit (all singles) shutout…against Yu Darvish. It was the Jays’ first complete game of the season, and you know what they say – the…
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Recap: Blue Jays 7 vs Red Sox 4 – or Jays win an absolute Thriller, Sox drop 5th straight.
This was the scene before the game. I didn’t happen to see it until after the game, but it’s kinda funny in hindsight that while Big Papi (0 for 4 with 2 huge strikeouts) and Jose Reyes (1 for 5, lacking in the field) horsed around, Edwin Encarnacion just stood there laughing.
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