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Jays Journal Podcast – March 13. “The Sky Falls Only Slightly.”
While it may seem like the Toronto Blue Jays are destined to undergo yet another injury-riddled year of general calamities, it should be noted that there are still some in the business of baseball who believe that the present is worth fighting for and that the future is an undiscovered horn of plenty. Although the prospect of an ailing Stroman, Tulowitzki, Donaldson, and Grichuk seem like legitimate reasons for doom and gloom, it must be remembered that around these parts it’s merely par for the course.
In keeping with an indescribable urge for soothsaying, I’m pleased to offer you three exclusive guest interviews that will take your sense of creeping dread and hopefully replace it with lavishly buoyant and unmitigated hope. First, I’m joined by the always effervescent and newly tanned Tao of Stieb (@TaoofStieb) who brings us his authoritative perspective directly from Dunedin, Florida, in assessing the performances of several key cogs in the Blue Jays wheel. We cover his impressions of Guerrero Jr, Bichette, Alford, Travis, and Sanchez in the grand context of this year and beyond. (3:31)
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Next, site expert Chris Henderson (@Baseball4Brains) drops in to regale us with his perspectives on the latest trending articles at the Jays Journal including his take on the versatility of Joe Biagini, the caution behind Marcus Stroman’s injury, and the true value of the seemingly unheralded and mostly forgotten Russell Martin. (36:02)
Social media savant and acclaimed podcaster Karim Kanji (@KarimKanji) wraps up this episode with his thoughts on the fate of the 2018 season, the quagmire that is Josh Donaldson, and his honest feelings about his hero and former legendary Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista. (46:22)
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Check out our previous episodes below:
- Jays Journal Podcast- March 10th– “Preventing Runs and Battling Injuries”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Feb 20th– “General Angst”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Feb 14th– “Hope Springs Eternal”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Feb 1st– “Collusion of Common Sense”
- Jays Journal Podcast Exclusive with Tony Fernandez
- Jays Journal Podcast- Year in review 2017
- Jays Journal Podcast- Dec 19th- “Soft Resets and Intellectual Exercises”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Dec 13th– “New School & Nostalgia”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Dec 7th– “Perception is Reality”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Nov 16th– “Dare to Dream”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Nov 1st– “Struggling for Legitimacy”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Oct 25th– “Contending and Rebuilding”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Oct 21st- “Wise Men Sing”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Oct 10th– “Standards of Excellence”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Oct 5th– “Don’t You Forget About Me”
- Jays Journal Podcast- Oct 2nd– “Only the Young Can Say”
- Jays Journal Podcast Exclusive with Jesse Barfield
- Jays Journal Podcast- Aug 3rd– “Three Wise Men” (Zwelling, Goldberg-Strassler, Henderson)
- Jays Journal Podcast exclusive with the Tao of Stieb
- Jays Journal Exclusive with Jackie Redmond
- Jays Journal Podcast- June 30th– With Sportnet’s Arden Zwelling
- Jays Journal Podcast- June 28th- Todd Stottlemyre, relentlessly candid
- Jays Journal Podcast- featuring guest, Ben Nicholson-Smith
- Jays Journal Podcast Exclusive- The Todd Stottlemyre Interview
- And many, many more…