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Yankees Comprehensively Owned By Blue Jays Infielder
Blue Jays infielder Ryan Goins is almost certainly never going to have a better day as a professional baseball player than the one he had Friday night, at the expense of the Yankees....
Josh Donaldson Wants You To Know: This Wasn’t A Catch
It was a pretty good night for Nick Pivetta. Despite giving up back-to-back homers to open last night’s game against the Dodgers, the pitcher with an ERA approaching 7 didn’t allow any more runs and ended up getting the win against Clayton Kershaw, thanks to an Aaron Altherr hit a grand slam in the ...
Darwin Barney Works Very, Very Hard To Slide Into Third
If the Orioles had been playing coherent defense here, Blue Jays third baseman Darwin Barney wouldn’t have even had the chance to execute this messy excuse for a slide. But the Orioles were not playing coherent defense here—with the cutoff man throwing to home, rather than just keeping Barney at sec...
Red Sox Outlast Blue Jays With Hanley Ramírez Walk-Off<em></em> In Brutal 19-Inning Slog
There was a point tonight—this morning, actually—when the Red Sox made a mid-17th-inning pitching change so that Ezequiel Carrera could face Fernando Abad instead of Blaine Boyer. That is what this Boston-Toronto game was. That, and the Blue Jays’ franchise-record 23 strikeouts. That’s it....
Chris Sale Made Some People Look Very Stupid
Chris Sale pitched against the Toronto Blue Jays last night, and he struck out 11 batters in seven innings in a 3-0 win. “Struck out 11 batters” doesn’t quite describe what happened on that field, though. It’s more accurate to say that Sale demoralized 11 batters....
Kevin Pillar Takes Flight Once Again
The most captivating defensive wizards tend to have a signature move: Javy Baez has his tags, Manny Machado has his rocket throws from foul territory, Andrelton Simmons has, uh, everything. Last night, Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar dusted off his signature defensive highlight, a full-speed, ...
Three Days After Walkoff Grand Slam, Steve Pearce Hits Another One
Last Thursday, the Toronto Blue Jays completed a sweep of the Oakland A’s when Steve Pearce hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th for an 8-4 win. It was a great moment for Pearce!...
John Gibbons To Power-Mad Umpire: "Were You Out All Fucking Night?"
The Blue Jays ran into one hell of an Ump Show during their game against the Oakland A’s yesterday. Over the course of a few pitches, home plate umpire Will Little managed to eject manager John Gibbons, pitcher Marcus Stroman, and catcher Russell Martin....
Seven Years After His First Major League Win, César Valdez Has His Second
The Blue Jays’ lack of rotation depth has forced them to be, uh, resourceful at times with their starting pitchers—29-year-old rookie Casey Lawrence, middle reliever Joe Biagini, a washed-up and struggling Mat Latos. Tonight gave them one more to add to that list: 32-year-old minor league journeyman...
Ryan Goins Nearly Gets Hit In The Head, Falls Down, Grounds Out In One Play
Blue Jays shortstop Ryan Goins had a plate appearance in today’s fifth inning that combined the fright of nearly being hit in the head with the disappointment of an ordinary groundout. Fun!...
Josh Donaldson Loses Hold Of Bat, Hits Umpire Chris Segal In Head
Tonight’s Blue Jays-Red Sox game started with a frightening first inning for home-plate umpire Chris Segal, who was hit in the head by Josh Donaldson’s bat when the third baseman lost his grip....
DeMar DeRozan Throws Ball At Referee During Pro-Am Game
Raptors star DeMar DeRozan lost his cool at the end of a Drew League pro-am game, chucking the ball at the referee before leaving the court. ...
Kyle Lowry Agrees To Return To Toronto For $100 Million
Kyle Lowry has reached an agreement on a contract to return to the Toronto Raptors, reportedly for three years and $100 million, per Woj. Lowry was probably the biggest fish left in the free-agent point guard pool, but a diminishing number of potential starting spots made it increasingly likely that...
Raptors Will Keep Serge Ibaka, Lose P.J. Tucker, Stay Exactly The Same
Serge Ibaka has reportedly agreed to a three-year, $65 million contract to stay with the Toronto Raptors. Meanwhile, P.J. Tucker, the other big acquisition the Raptors snagged at last season’s trade deadline, will depart for Houston, having agreed to a four-year, $32 million contract. Assuming Kyle ...
Beer-Throwing Blue Jays Fan Sentenced To Community Service, Banned From MLB Games
The Canadian legal system has reached a conclusion in the Great Beer-Throwing Incident of the 2016 American League Wild Card game....
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Is A Big Teen Who Hits Like His Father
Baseball has been worse off ever since Vladimir Guerrero retired, as the game can always use more unrepentant oddballs who will hit singles off of pitches that bounced in the dirt and generally hack away with little thought of the consequences. Guerrero’s never coming back, but there’s a decent chan...
The Poor Blue Jays Just Can't Get To .500
It’s been a bad year for the Blue Jays. And while it’s gotten a little better in the last month or so—and much better since, say, their 1-9 start—they still just can’t manage to pull themselves to .500, even as they’ve continually hovered just under the mark....
The Blue Jays And Mariners Were Like Sweet Children Out There
The Toronto Blue Jays brought a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning last night in Seattle. Jarrod Dyson, an extremely fast man who plays for the Mariners, led off the inning with a single to center field. Down a run late, you just knew the Mariners were gonna get Dyson moving on the base ...
Blue Jays Idiot On The Field Runs Out In Middle Of Live Play
An Idiot On The Field during the eighth inning of tonight’s Reds-Blue Jays blowout executed his invasion in the middle of a play, leading Toronto fielders to simultaneously negotiate fielding a pop fly and avoiding the hoser scrambling to avoid security forces....
Tyler Flowers Pointed Directly At Jose Bautista With A Sign Before His Plunking
Last night the Atlanta Braves finally fired back at the Toronto Blue Jays for carrying out an immensely pathetic beef during the four-game series. ...