Jeremy Accardo

Let’s Make a Deal!

So the Jays have just been swept by the Central-division-basement-dwelling-poor-excuse-for-a-major-league-team Cleveland Indians and have lost 9 of their last 11 games.  This puts the Jays at .500 and 9 games back of the division lead.

On top of that we haven’t yet even approached the dog days of summer.  One can argue that it has been the …

Brian Tallet woke up on the wrong side of the bed

For my final game in Dunedin, I took in an afternoon tilt between the Toronto Blue Jays between the Detroit Tigers.  For Detroit, lefty Nate Robertson toed the rubber while Brian Tallet countered for the Blue Jays.  I mean what I say when he woke up on the wrong …

Greetings from Dunedin

Today’s game between the Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves was an exciting one, and it began with the national anthem.  I don’t know if the Canadians in the crowd still have Olympic fever, but the past two games we have been treated to a rousing rendition of O Canada by the sing-along Canadian contingent in the crowd.

The …

Callum & Jerry Howarth

Since touching down in Tampa Bay yesterday it has been an interesting adventure, to say the least.  Lets begin with my hotel. Since I am just a lowly blogger, I am very po’. So I decided to go on the cheap, booking a – The Days Inn – on Hwy 19 just a few minutes away from …

Baseball is one of the few games where defense is as exciting if not more exciting than the offensive part of the game.  One of my favourite things to watch is a slick-fielding infielder range to his right or left to snag a groundball and come up throwing in one effortless motion and fire a bullet to first to nab …