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2020 Blue Jays
I have a good feeling about this year's team. The young players are not that green anymore. They swept a double header today against the Phillies. Last game, they were down 7-0. Came back and won it. Their pitching has improved from last season and it's making a big difference. They struggled at the beginning of the season, but 5 wins in a roll when it counted.
Bo Bichette is injured. Not sure when he's coming back, but he was on fire before his injury
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Bichette was hitting a blazing .361/.391/.672 with five home runs and 13 RBIs in 14 games before his injury. After a second opinion on Aug. 17, Bichette was diagnosed with a Grade 1 sprain of the lateral collateral ligament which is considered a minor injury.
Not being able to have MLB home games in Toronto, they found a temporary home stadium in Buffalo.
No fans, no Mariana Bichette (hot mom) cheering in the stands............
Thanks a lot, pandemic.
Anyway, Blue Jays have won the World Series before. Back to back in fact. The Blue Jays were Canada's team long before the Raptors.
Anyone else follow the Jays on here?
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I'm not into baseball, but I remember riding the bandwagon for their back-to-back wins. My mom worked at CIBC, who was a sponsor, at the time, and I got a bunch of free Jays/CIBC swag from that. I found my nylon Jays wallet a few weeks ago while cleaning up my parents' place. It got stained by the flood, so I tossed it:P.
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The Mount Royal Expos were close to winning the World Series shortly after Toronto's back to back. A player's strike killed what would have been a very promising opportunity......
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But fans of the club’s earlier incarnation, Les Expos, will always wonder about the one that got away 25 years ago. The 1994 baseball season ended with a players’ strike on Aug. 12, and with that, countless what-ifs were launched. So let’s talk about them. What if the season hadn’t ended? What if, instead, ’94 had been allowed to play out as scheduled? Would Roger Maris’s home run record have been broken early? Would Tony Gwynn have hit .400? Would the Expos, owners of an MLB-best 74-40 record when play ceased, have actually won the World Series?
Toronto 1992 and 1993. Montreal would have made it 3 consecutive championships won by a Canadian team.
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"there but for the grace of god go I"
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
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I used to love watching Pat Hentgen and Duane Ward and Tom Henke... Juan Guzman... lol
Used to hit my cleats with the bat everytime at bat same as Winfield... Carter... Molitor was always a favourite of mine too... Alomar Jr. was a great player but I never found him endearing at all
Sweetest swing in baseball outside of Ken Griffey Jr was always John Olerud
Looking back now at that team's roster, they were so stacked man... Key, Leiter, Morris, Timlin etc... their pitching roster was NUTS even by today's standards
Yes I follow closely, try to watch as many games as I can.
I am not quite ready to declare this team as a playoff contender. Much improved from last year, but they still make too many defensive mistakes and the rotation is not yet reliable.
Yes it's nice to say they can came back from a 7-0 deficit, but you really shouldn't allow 7 runs to begin with! Fix that and then you might have a chance to make it to round 2 or 3.
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4 wins in a row.
5th one today?
They're in 3rd place 4-1/2 games out. The other birds from Baltimore that are playing the Jays today are 4-1/2 games behind the Jays. Blue Jays > Orioles.
Today is MLB's trade deadline. Love the stories of players being told in the middle of the game that they've traded.......... see ya!
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Wow, Gurriel steals third with an awesome decoy move. Slides in well after ball arrives. Third baseman swipes at Gurriel, going for his right hand. Gurriel sticks his left hand out at the last moment and he's safe. Anyway.............
Speaking of other teams, why are the Cleveland Indians still called the Indians? They should go back to their former name, the Cleveland Naps, lol. I think Indians are a worse name than the Braves. I guess they don't do any tomahawk chants at the Cleveland games?
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Jays are now in second place with Yankees one game behind. They're playing the Yankees right now. Korean pitcher, Hyun-Jin Ryu is starting and is supposed to be pretty good, but he gave up two solo home runs in the opening inning. Cavan Biggio with lead off double stole third base with 0 outs. Tellez then hits a double and all of a sudden, it looks like one of those crazy innings, but one is all they get. Hopefully, Ryu shuts the Yankees down from this point on.
With a couple of key injured players, Bichette and Hernandez slated to come back soon, the Jays are looking pretty good.
Home games are in Buffalo, NY, but man, the Jays' ground crew have done a great job of sprucing up the field and stands.
Go, Jays, GO!
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Holy Mohamed, Blue Jays down 6-2 and they tie it. After inning after inning of stranding players...........
"Big" surprise. Flabby, I mean, Vladdy, steals second. First one this season. For those who don't follow the Jays, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is one big man. He's not the fastest player out there. He catches everybody off guard and steals a base. Everybody is either laughing or picking up their jaws...........
It ain't over till it's over. This young team is full of talent, but no experience. The come backs they've had this season is a welcome sign. Second in the league for come back wins. Still some innings left to go, but gotta love the never say die attitude.
Kind of like this year's Canucks.
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Damn......... bases loaded with one out and the Jays get a Grand Slam! 10 run inning, so far. Still one out.
Three games series with the Yanks. This is going to really challenge the Yankees' bull pen. Because of Covid the games are one after the other. one day of rest per week
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Yeah, I remember seeing it and it was the darnest thing. He stepped on some soft spot in foul territory (bull pen). He missed catching the ball because of it. He seemed sort of okay at the time. Later on it was pretty obvious it was more than just a minor ankle sprain..... sprained knee.
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