The Blue Jays bid adieu to Buffalo on Wednesday night with a loss to the Red Sox in front of a half hostile “home” crowd. Buffalo is a gem, and the city has been an incredibly gracious host, but let’s hope to hell the Jays never, ever have to play there again.
Charlie's positivity may be worth the strategic oddities. I keep thinking of the Chicago White Sox. They're winning baseball games, but from all reports are anything but happy doing this. Yermín Mercedes, apparantly, was so unhappy that he nearly quit baseball for good last week. Contrast this with Teoscar Hernández, who also was sent back to triple-AAA and came back motivated to be a better player. I just wonder if there is room to hire somebody as 'in game strategic advisor to Charlie' even if his job title says something different.
You really nailed the culture importance and honed in on it nicely. I've been watching the Jays a long time and I've never seen any team that so clearly enjoys each other. From the constant chatter and laughing, to the arms around each other and goofy pranks - they look like a great bunch of guys. It's cool that the team embraces good people and good chemistry as an operating policy.
Charlie's positivity may be worth the strategic oddities. I keep thinking of the Chicago White Sox. They're winning baseball games, but from all reports are anything but happy doing this. Yermín Mercedes, apparantly, was so unhappy that he nearly quit baseball for good last week. Contrast this with Teoscar Hernández, who also was sent back to triple-AAA and came back motivated to be a better player. I just wonder if there is room to hire somebody as 'in game strategic advisor to Charlie' even if his job title says something different.
So Tampa is better than us now and has a better farm system. How do we compete with them?
You really nailed the culture importance and honed in on it nicely. I've been watching the Jays a long time and I've never seen any team that so clearly enjoys each other. From the constant chatter and laughing, to the arms around each other and goofy pranks - they look like a great bunch of guys. It's cool that the team embraces good people and good chemistry as an operating policy.