Comments on: Don’t Leave Your Brooms Lying Around

By: neil

neil — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:56:04 +0000

being in winnipeg we do get most radio broadcasts on ckmw but your post game show is rarely on the 590 audio stream. i realize the game can’t be broadcast online … why does this rule also apply to the postgame show?

MW: I don’t know if it does or not. I’ve been trying to find out. It might just be a matter of flipping a switch after the game ends, but it might not.

By: Chris V

Chris V — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:51:35 +0000

Hi Mike

Always a listener..great show.
Just a question….I understand how and when pitchers are not charged for earned runs following an error…..but…..what if the error is their own ??

Great reading in this blog!!

MW: If the error is their own, it’s still not an earned run, but I can understand why some think it should be. I’m kind of on the fence on that one.

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:38:41 +0000

Will we have JaysTalk after the game?

MW: There’s always JaysTalk!

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:07:48 +0000

Maybe I was being harsh when I said the Jays’ offense was “mediocre”… but if you think their hitting is better than average than you’re almost forced to admit (given their pitching and defense) that they’re pretty much the best squad in the AL. I guess that leads me to this question: if everyone is reasonably healthy, is this the best team in the AL?

I guess you can squint and hope they’re the 2002 Angels or maybe 2005 White Sox… I still worry that aside from Rios the guys they’re hoping to produce in ’08 are aging (Thomas, Rolen, Overbay), inconsistent (Wells), or unproven (Hill).

MW: Overbay is aging? He’s 31. I don’t think this is the best team in the AL, but if everyone is reasonably healthy, they’re as good as anyone.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:50:45 +0000

Wow… That highlight of the Orioles and Luke Scott.

The announcer i think it was joe angel… Does he ever use any emotion when he speaks?

BORING

By: gary

gary — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:40:47 +0000

Does it upset you that Mark McGwire is not in the hall of fame because it upsets me because everybody was using steroids in the 1900′s and who knows, someone already in the hall of fame could have took steroids?

MW: Yes, I think it’s pretty hypocritical of the voters to leave him out, especially the ones who revise history in their attempts to show that they’re not voting him in on merit, as opposed to because of the andro and the hearings.

By: greg

greg — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:23:41 +0000

Do you like how Ed Sprague admited to using steroids and using a corked bat? I thought it was refreshing that a person like Ed Sprague admited to it because almost everybody was using some sort of performance enhansing substance.

MW: I agree, I wish everyone would.

By: julian

julian — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:06:42 +0000

You said the Blue Jays need a leadoff man right. I think the perfect leadoff man is Jose Reyes. What do you think about Jose Reyes as a leadoff man beause he can get on base and steal bases?

MW: Jose Reyes really doesn’t get on base that well, but man, can he fly once he does. But I’ve always been a “you can’t steal first” type. Last year, Reyes had his career high in obp against righties, and it was just .347. That’s terrible for a leadoff man.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:05:10 +0000

Hi Mike,
OK, what’s the deal with Greg Zaun’s inability to hold onto his bat when he swings and misses? Is his hand still not right from last year?

MW: No, he’s always done that. I don’t get it, either. Reminds me of Cliff Johnson.

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:55:59 +0000

A caller called in to Prime Time Sports and wondered wether john Gibbons is the right man to lead the jays and Bob McCown response was that he like Gibbons, but he wonders why he took a slight pay raise to sign that one year contract extention, where he thought john Gibbons should have asked for more. Then he said he thinks John Gibbons is controlled by JP Ricciardi and john Gibbons is JP yes man. He also think JP is a control freak and wants to control everything thus he found a willing partner in john gibbons unlike a tony La Russa or Joe Torre. What do you think about Bob McCown responce?

MW: I think that’s what Bob thinks.