If the achilles heel of last year’s team was its offense, then surely its saving grace was its defense. With two gold gloves, promising rookie play from Aaron Hill, and another solid year behind the plate from Zaun the Blue Jays were able to rely on their defense to bail their pitches out of numerous […]
We’ll be watching lots of sweeps,
From our luxury box seat,
And the days of shutouts will be gone…
Other teams looked light upon,
And sang the same old song,
But we know the Jays will prove them wrong!
We’ll finally have solid execution,
An offense built on fair distribution.
Smack the ball, and bat all around,
Drive the ball the other way,
Win at […]
They are definitely not the same as the old Jays. (With apologies to Roger Daltry.)
This off-season has been an exhausting one for loyal followers of the Blue Jays, and at times a challenging one. Not a day goes by when someone somewhere (usually my parents unfortunately) asks me, “did you hear what the Jays did?,” or, “do you think it was a good move?” The short answer to all those questions is invariably “yes,” and “I’ll have to wait and see.”
To recap quickly the following players affecting the major league roster were moved…