New Relief Pitching Stat: The Ensured Loss
Finally, a statistic for relief pitchers to hang their hat on! Well, not really finally. In fact we addressed this one more than 3…
Epic Games in Blue Jays History: Mookie Wilson’s Arrival in Toronto
Mookie Wilson was traded along with Lee Mazzilli from the New York Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays on July 31, 1989 for Jeff…
Epic Games in Blue Jays History: Kelly Gruber Hits For The Cycle
On April 16, 1989 the Blue Jays pounded the Kansas City Royals 15-8 at Exhibition Stadium. But this was not your run-of-the-mill pounding of…
Grace, Athleticism & Precision: Defense in Baseball
… [O]ne of my earliest aesthetic experiences – the sense of something that might be called beauty, though I could not have said so…
Dustin McGowan: The Next Chris Carpenter or Mark Prior?
I have followed Dustin McGowan’s career ever since he was drafted in the first round of the 2000 draft by the Blue Jays. Ever…
Scutaro’s 2009 Season Not An Outlier?
Almost a month ago TSN’s Daan De Kerpel penned an article on why the Jays shouldn’t re-sign Marco Scutaro. The crux of the argument…