Another Canadian Icon Traded - The 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Thread

Exactly the kind of game you're used to them losing--winning streak, early 4-run lead, give that up, extra innings. They came back, though.

almost feel bad for the red sox here

ok theyve scored 2 runs making in 10-2 jays and they have two on base and 1 out now so no longer feeling any sympathy

10-5. to quote the radio guys, "no 10-run lead is safe when the Blue Jays are involved".

jesus. 13 runs now.

yeah two almost identical doubles by goins and reyes with 2 out!

I'm waiting for the bottom to fall out, so when I heard on the car radio it was 10-5, I chalked up a loss and a five-game losing streak, and consigned them to last place within a week.

they....they just score so many runs

I can't believe the red sox held them to only 5 on saturday.

Well, it took an 11th inning bloop single to finally bring the streak to a halt!

One $%&# pitch away--that one hurt.

ya. it was a fun ride tho.

and that second ump that took over home was atrocious.

took him 10 mins to get the gear on, goodchrist

Thought it was kind of sad that two of the 20 or so Jays fans in the adjoining section were still rockin' their LAWRIE shirts. Entire family of 4 was clad in Donaldson's tho.

After the walkoff I advised then to "drink up at Tim Hortons" and did the McKenzie Bros yodel.

That's some low quality heckling there TBH, you're better than that.

I've deteriorated.

Keri on whether offense can carry them:

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/mlb-toronto-blue-jays-playoffs-historic-offense-starting-pitching/

Nice knowing you, Scott Copeland. Ownership needs to wake the fuck up and trade for Hamels already.

The Jays entered play today with the second best run differential in MLB (two runs behind the Cards).

Wow, they came back from 7-0 down to the O's, it's now 9-7 Jays in the 4th!

they....they just score so many runs
--slothroprhymes

it's kind of astounding, like just a bit

They're a new kind of team: they're gunning for the run-differential crown. They'll lose a couple of close ones, win a couple of close ones, every few days they'll blow someone out, and Baseball Prospectus and Rob Neyer will write nice articles about them. It's a whole new thing.

they will lose most close ones because our current bullpen is full of arsonists

This is supposed to be the easiest problem in baseball to solve. We can't seem to solve it.

Legendary Jays bullpen just starting to do their thing.

load the bases?

oh man. whenever i feel bad about my team – all I have to do is look at the T-Bay attendance to feel better.

sort of.

chris colabello: .343/.383/.512 in 44 games

(kinda scary in left tho)

that catch my Donaldson earlier O_o just wow

Del the Funkee Homosapien fans take note: Mr. Colabello, Mr. Chris Colabello...

Three notes I gleaned from the post-game show:

1) First time a pitcher has taken back-to-back no-hitters into the eighth since Stieb in '88. (First time for any team--just a coincidence that both are Jays.)

2) First 12-inning shutout for the Jays since 1986:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS198609260.shtml

Key vs. Clemens, game-winning HR from Barfield, save to Henke.

3) First time the day started with all A.L. East teams within four games of the lead since forever--has never happened since divisional play started. (Which must mean this late in the season.)

Just looked at the video of the catch. Which if he'd pitched a perfect game, and if Willie Mays had never been born, I'd now start calling "The Catch"--incredible.

Also, just glanced at the standings...What in the hell are they talking about on the radio? Boston's well back. Either I misheard, or they forgot it's a five-team division.

would love a gif of longoria running back and forth between 2nd and 3rd in the 8th or 9th or whenever that was he lost track of the outs and the jays blew the double play. so awesome that he ended up safe afterall, he slid into both bags.

Donaldson wasn't running full speed like Jeter though! There are many diving catches into the stands, but only one Captain.

His hangtime was better though.

what on earth is happening to estrada right now

oh man! just checked the box score. looks like the wheels totally fell off there?!

don cherry a lil short with the first pitch

i fucking hate don cherry.

jays sign vlad jr

Interesting, in view of his father's acrimonious non-stopover with the club.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI7giEZWcAAYxWm.jpg

saunders where you at? gotta get carrera/collabello out of the outfield

That was a fun inning for Carrera.

Castellanos singled to left center, Romine scored, V. Martínez to third, Avila to second, V. Martínez scored, Avila to third, Castellanos to second on throwing error by left fielder Carrera.
Gose singled to left, Avila scored, Castellanos scored, Gose to third on throwing error by left fielder Carrera.

Those curveballs to Donaldson were awesome.

Woo-hoo, our run differential still impressive.

Getting rather tired of seeing the Jays at the top of Baseball Reference's "Simple Rating System." It's becoming like a bad joke.

over the last calendar year, the highest fWAR in baseball belongs to . . . not mike trout

Stanton 5th! had no idea.

hope jays get out of this slump soon, they're super frustrating to watch, plus im going to my first major league baseball game in a couple weeks when they play the mariners in seattle and I want to see a win damn it.

https://sports.vice.com/ca/article/canadas-rise-on-the-diamond-is-for-real

hey, if you're seeing the mariners, there's at least a chance you'll see a major league caliber pitcher, at least!