As the old baseball saying goes, three or four games is far too few to glean anything in baseball – small sample sizes and all that – still the Orioles are already 0-3 and dead last in the AL East
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Tag: Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays 2020: Reasons for Optimism
What happened in 2019? With a record of 67 wins and 95 losses, last season was down there with one of the worst on record for the Blue Jays. Indeed, it saw the team continue along a path of steady
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Five Pitchers I’d Like to See in the Blue Jays’ Rotation Instead of Edwin Jackson
It’s tough to be a Blue Jays fan right now. Yes, we have Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who is hitting hard and showing a lot of promise on the field and at the plate. Yes, our farm system is stacked with
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Matt Shoemaker, Kevin Pillar, and the Neverending Search for Redemption
After getting involved in a rundown on the path between first and second, Blue Jays pitcher Matt Shoemaker twisted his leg as he applied a tag and tore his ACL during Saturday’s game against the Oakland A’s. The aftermath was
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Year in Review – Toronto Blue Jays
Welcome to BFN, Conor Fletcher… The 2018 season for the Toronto Blue Jays was in many ways, a long shot. The resurgent Yankees and ever-present Red Sox looked to dominate the division once again, leaving the highs of 2015 and
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Tom’s Bumper Fantasy Baseball Style MLB Standings Extravaganza – June Update
In our first part, we looked at me dressed in a Pirates t-shirt and we discovered I could do VLOOKUP on excel. I also explained exactly what I’m trying to do here, so rather than me explain it all again,
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Chasing Vlad Jr…
Manchester, New Hampshire is an age from its namesake (the town from which I started this journey), and an unprepossessing place to travel to see a phenom. The city is a picture of provincial America, and quite unlike the metropolises
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A Brit Learning Baseball Through Books: Why Baseball Matters
“The game stands up and out in the lowest-common-denominator American culture of distraction, disruption, and interruption. For me, this distinction makes baseball the most intellectually stimulating, emotionally satisfying, and downright glorious pastime ever devised.” – Susan Jacoby It’s not likely
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If Baseball was Football – Part 1: American League
A big welcome back to the Baseball Brit, Joey Mellows… Major League Baseball is coming to the UK! The London Series has been officially scheduled for June 29th & 30th in 2019 and this has sent die hard MLB UK
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Is 2018 Looking Blue for the Jays?
A warm welcome for a guest blog to the proprietor of East Atlantic Outlook, James Dawne… After back-to-back ALDS appearances, 2017 saw the Blue Jays drop under .500 for the first time since 2013 (4th in AL East; .469, 76-86).
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