On optimism, Kirk's big night, Jonatan Clase, comeback wins, rotation rocks, what to do with Francis, Spencer Turnbull, Max Scherzer, Adam Macko, unsung heroes, early deadline thoughts, and more!
I know it was tongue in cheek, but I still have Ke'Bryan as the best defensive 3B, and Ramirez as the overall best. Bregman and Machado having great years too, although Machado defense has really fallen off a cliff lately. Still love Barger though, that kid has swagger. Heck, even Ernie has been solid at 3B for us.
'The Toronto Blue Jays can’t lose these days. Knock on wood, woody woodpecker. Such is baseball that one season lost to the long ball, middle reliever is another season found by hitting long balls of your own, off theirs. Calling someone a hack might seem harsh, especially if you write like one, but you can’t ignore the home run vs. salary ratio and wonder. Perhaps pitching is just that difficult?...Winning in baseball is easy when the bloop singles start landing in the gaps. Who doesn’t love a bloop single? Who doesn’t like saying bloop single?
The Jays reliever Chad Greene came into the game with a 4 run lead in the top of the 8th, in front of a mostly empty St. Louis ballpark, apparently too far away for Jays fans to visit. Cardinals Nolan Arenado hit a high, first pitch fast ball into the Mississippi.' https://trkingston.substack.com/p/jays-vs-cardinals-a-backyard-brouhaha
Once i realized how much Merrill Kelly looks like Chris Elliott my admiration for him skyrocketed. I would lose it if they managed to swing a deal for him
I know it was tongue in cheek, but I still have Ke'Bryan as the best defensive 3B, and Ramirez as the overall best. Bregman and Machado having great years too, although Machado defense has really fallen off a cliff lately. Still love Barger though, that kid has swagger. Heck, even Ernie has been solid at 3B for us.
'The Toronto Blue Jays can’t lose these days. Knock on wood, woody woodpecker. Such is baseball that one season lost to the long ball, middle reliever is another season found by hitting long balls of your own, off theirs. Calling someone a hack might seem harsh, especially if you write like one, but you can’t ignore the home run vs. salary ratio and wonder. Perhaps pitching is just that difficult?...Winning in baseball is easy when the bloop singles start landing in the gaps. Who doesn’t love a bloop single? Who doesn’t like saying bloop single?
The Jays reliever Chad Greene came into the game with a 4 run lead in the top of the 8th, in front of a mostly empty St. Louis ballpark, apparently too far away for Jays fans to visit. Cardinals Nolan Arenado hit a high, first pitch fast ball into the Mississippi.' https://trkingston.substack.com/p/jays-vs-cardinals-a-backyard-brouhaha
Once i realized how much Merrill Kelly looks like Chris Elliott my admiration for him skyrocketed. I would lose it if they managed to swing a deal for him
Max Scherzer is pissing me off!
For what it's worth, Stray Thoughts is my preferred type of post.