Another Giant Step Forward
March 14th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
11:35 AM Eastern
Dustin McGowan threw his second simulated game of the spring this morning, and once again passed every test with flying colours.
This game was different from the last one - there was actually a defense behind him, for one, and while he still threw only two innings, the goal this time was for him […]
A Magic Shutout
March 13th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
5:00 PM Eastern
The Blue Jays kept their run of strong spring pitching alive by coming to the Happiest Place on Earth and shutting out the Braves behind strong performances from Ricky Romero, Dana Eveland, Sean Henn and Ray Gonzalez.
Gonzalez, by the way, is the former Reidier Gonzalez - but no one can pronounce his name […]
When The Rain Comes
March 12th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
4:00 PM Eastern
I was surprised enough that the Jays got their game in against the Rays yesterday amid the threatening conditions, but there seemed no way that they’d be able to play today. It was pouring when I got up, pouring when I got to the ballpark, and pouring when I did a hit with […]
One Day, Two Games
March 10th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
6:10 PM Eastern
It was a day like no other….except, well, for other days that have a “B” game that’s significant enough to go watch as well as an “A” game later on.
I had to go to the “B” game, which I thought was going to be at the Bobby Mattick complex in Dunedin, but turned […]
Well, That Was Encouraging
March 9th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
7:35 PM Eastern
Today was an off-day in Blue Jay-land, save for A.J. Jimenez, Darin Mastroianni, Kenny Wilson, Jake Marisnick and KC Hobson. As well as Alex Anthopoulos, Tony LaCava, Mel Didier, Cito Gaston, Bruce Walton, Nick Leyva, George Poulis and Jon Lalonde. Oh, and some right-handed pitcher.
Dustin McGowan, of course, was the reason that everybody […]
My First Weekend Of Spring
March 8th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
6:15 PM Eastern
I know I promised to provide you with daily updates in this space in the last post (which was what, Thursday?), but the dire combination of failing hotel internet service and the Fat Elvis sim league auction this past weekend held me back, sorry about that. By the way, I got killed in […]
Decompressing Done
March 4th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
1:40 PM Eastern
I have spent a couple of days at home, taking it easy, spending time with my kids, and just generally giving myself time to breathe after three very intense weeks in Whistler, and since I’m off to Spring Training tonight to get back into baseball mode, I figured I’d better put up a […]
The View From Out West
February 9th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
5:50 PM Pacific
I have joined a whole big whack of The FAN’s crew out here in B.C. for some huge winter sporting event that’s going to get going later this week, so there won’t be a whole heck of a lot of bloggage coming from these quarters for the rest of this month.
There are all […]
One Year Between Greggs
February 3rd, 2010 by Mike Wilner
3:50 PM Eastern
Zaun out, Kevin in - that’s the way it seems to be with the Jays all but set to announce the signing of former Marlins and Cubs closer Kevin Gregg to a one-year deal with a couple of team options.
It seems like Cito Gaston wasn’t kidding at the State of the Franchise when […]
Back To The Drawing Board
February 2nd, 2010 by Mike Wilner
10:35 AM Eastern
The disappointing news of yesterday that Tom Cheek has again been passed over for the Ford C. Frick Award for Broadcasting Excellence was, unfortunately, not a surprise.
Tom should have won the thing by now - he’s a more than deserving candidate and, frankly, he should have won it in 2005 when he would […]
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