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Monitoring the Progress of the Process

With the Jays fresh of a sweep of the Giants I felt compelled to look at the actions of both teams front offices and see what it is that separates a perennial also-ran from a team that has won the World…Read More

Series Preview: Boston Red Sox (18-7) @ Toronto Blue Jays (9-17)

Between the calls for the heads of various members of the Blue Jays (including manager John Gibbons), the almost historically bad start for the franchise and general moaning and groaning it would seem…Read More

The History of Our Home Openers: 2011

Welcome to the year of evaluation. In 2010, Alex Anthopoulos spent his first season as GM tweaking the roster, making trades, doing waiver wire claims, loading his farm system with talent through the…Read More

The History of Our Home Openers: 2010

Can I hear an A.A.?? Can I hear a wut wut? Wow…somebody punch me in the face…what I am trying to show here is the respect garnered for Alex Anthopoulos in a few months before the 2010 started.…Read More

The History of Our Home Openers: 2009

The one part of this entire re-living the past experience that I find fascinating are all of the players I forgot played for us. Norberto Martin. Armando Benitez. Mark Bomback. Dave Righetti! Dave…Read More

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Sean Nollin To Start in AA And What Else We Learned Today From Alex Anthopoulos

Earlier today Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos participated in a live blog over at the Toronto…Read More

It’s Almost Here

Surprise, dear readers. I am back from exile. There has been much to digest this off-season if you…Read More

The Calm Before the Calm

There hasn’t been a word from these parts in a week. It must have been heartbreaking for my dozen…Read More

Ummm…We Did What To Who?…Really? Legally?

It is one of those days as a sports fan where you know where you were when the news came down. I was…Read More

Is Alex Anthopoulos Going To Make His First Big Free Agent Splash Soon?

There is a lot of speculation on when a team like the Toronto Blue Jays should make that ultimate push…Read More

Where oh Where is That GM of Ours?

He almost seems like a shell of a man. A man forced to face some hard truths. A man who tried every…Read More

Behind The Scenes: My Day With John Lott

Last Sunday, I had the privilege of attending the Blue Jays-Mariners game with National Post baseball…Read More

Travis Snider returns to Triple-A, loses left field battle to Thames

For the fifth time since 2009, Travis Snider has been optioned to the minors, much to the dismay of…Read More

Keeping Our Eyes On The Prize: Alex Anthopoulos and Being A Fan

It’s spring, which is an optimistic time all across baseball. No one’s lost a game, everyone’s…Read More

Reflecting on the State of the Franchise

The Blue Jays held their annual State of the Franchise event for season-ticket holders last night, and…Read More

The “One” Jays Fan Christmas Wish: Appropriate Risk

There’s one thing that the Yu Darvish sweepstakes taught me, and it seems to be the same thing…Read More

Top 10 Reasons Yu Darvish Makes Sense for the Jays

I initially wrote about my thoughts on Yu Darvish in this piece, written on January 28th 2011, and stick…Read More

Blue Jays Interested in Carlos Beltran?

Even though the Blue Jays already had seven outfielders on their 40-man roster, GM Alex Anthopoulos…Read More

The Blue Jays and the 2011 Rule 5 Draft

As the Winter Meetings in Dallas draw to a close, the final event on the agenda will be this morning’s…Read More

LaCava turns down Orioles GM job

Job satisfaction looks to be off the charts in the Blue Jays’ front office. After meeting with…Read More