Comments on: With A Little Help From His Friends (Or Not) http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/ Covering the MLB with a focus on the Toronto Blue Jays Wed, 30 May 2012 13:18:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Nathan http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48874 Nathan Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:46:02 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48874 Mike...wondering if you can help me out here. I'd love to cast a couple votes for the late great Mr. Cheek, however I'm having a bit of trouble with it. I have no access to the internet (I know, shameful!) Anyways, I do have a blackberry and am a member of facebook however I'm unable to figure out how to vote on the facebook page. I see people talking about the "poll" tab but I'm unable to locate it. So I guess my question is "is it possible to vote for Tom from my blackberry?" I hope you or someone else can assist me with this. Regards, Nathan MW: Sadly, I have no idea. Mike…wondering if you can help me out here. I’d love to cast a couple votes for the late great Mr. Cheek, however I’m having a bit of trouble with it. I have no access to the internet (I know, shameful!) Anyways, I do have a blackberry and am a member of facebook however I’m unable to figure out how to vote on the facebook page. I see people talking about the “poll” tab but I’m unable to locate it. So I guess my question is “is it possible to vote for Tom from my blackberry?” I hope you or someone else can assist me with this.

Regards,

Nathan

MW: Sadly, I have no idea.

]]> By: darrell bishop http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48873 darrell bishop Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:37:44 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48873 michael, shame about drabek last night. had marvellous stuff on tap last night and definitely got some bad breaks from his catcher as you mention and a general lack of run support. it certainly was not going to be easy as those damn yankees had their ace on the hill and them really needing/wanting the win but envisioned young drabek going 7 or 8 maybe leaving with a lead or perhaps a 1-1 or 2-2 type game. oh well. so good bye to cito tonite. bittersweet no doubt. honest & honourable man that cito is. immense fortitude there for my money. and i guess you heard as verified by a.k. with the man himself down at the station. you and mccown aren't going with him to hawaii to golf at season's end or any upcoming fishing trips. but surmising you kind of already knew that.... michael,
shame about drabek last night. had marvellous stuff on tap last night and definitely got some bad breaks from his catcher as you mention and a general lack of run support.
it certainly was not going to be easy as those damn yankees had their ace on the hill and them really needing/wanting the win but envisioned young drabek going 7 or 8 maybe leaving with a lead or perhaps a 1-1 or 2-2 type game. oh well.
so good bye to cito tonite. bittersweet no doubt. honest & honourable man that cito is. immense fortitude there for my money.
and i guess you heard as verified by a.k. with the man himself down at the station. you and mccown aren’t going with him to hawaii to golf at season’s end or any upcoming fishing trips.
but surmising you kind of already knew that….

]]> By: Gerry http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48872 Gerry Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:57:38 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48872 Frankly, this Fan590 full court press on Cito is becoming nauseating..To suggest Cito deserves to be in the baseball hall of fame is an insult to the game when much more deserving managers like Ralph Houk aren't in..It's well past time for the Jays to spend time, money and effort promoting the future and lay the past in it's place. Frankly, this Fan590 full court press on Cito is becoming nauseating..To suggest Cito deserves to be in the baseball hall of fame is an insult to the game when much more deserving managers like Ralph Houk aren’t in..It’s well past time for the Jays to spend time, money and effort promoting the future and lay the past in it’s place.

]]> By: Will http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48870 Will Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:17:15 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48870 Appreciate your defense of Snider and Arencibia. Both are going to be stars, and both have been shown little respect from Cito and fans alike. Appreciate your defense of Snider and Arencibia. Both are going to be stars, and both have been shown little respect from Cito and fans alike.

]]> By: David F in Etobicoke http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48867 David F in Etobicoke Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:58:27 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2010/09/28/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-or-not/#comment-48867 Hello Mike, I usually go anywhere between 17-22 games a year. This year I have yet to go to any. Rogers has not invested the money they dumped by letting Rios go & trading Rolan. In addition, previous years, the payroll was around 100 million. Even with this payroll, they finished fourth. For fans like myself, the main thing is for the owner of a sports franchise to put out a large payroll to try & win. Even, if they fail trying, at least they are trying. At 50 or 60 million this year, they are obviously not putting the budget they should to try to win in my opinion. With how big the Rogers empire is, that is an insult to Jays fans & Canada's team. Not only that, they are cutting back in marketing & givaways. Having just a little(probably cardboard) thank you ticket for Cito tonight proves it. They are so cheap, that they can not at least give out a T-shirt?..Even Buck Scholwalter had a T-shirt night in Baltimore & he's only been there a few months! They say if Anthopolus & Beeston asks for the budget, they will get it. Well, I have to see to believe it. I hope next year will be different & the Jays do go for a few major players this off season. Having said this, I am going to my first game tonight. I expect to be more than 20,000 this game. Cito deserves to have a great send off & I hope they show more appreciation than the years he got tonight. It is also the last home game of a season that has been a success in a way where the key young players have stayed healthy & progressed. So, I hope Jays fans come out tonight for the support & Hello Mike, I usually go anywhere between 17-22 games a year. This year I have yet to go to any. Rogers has not invested the money they dumped by letting Rios go & trading Rolan. In addition, previous years, the payroll was around 100 million. Even with this payroll, they finished fourth. For fans like myself, the main thing is for the owner of a sports franchise to put out a large payroll to try & win. Even, if they fail trying, at least they are trying. At 50 or 60 million this year, they are obviously not putting the budget they should to try to win in my opinion. With how big the Rogers empire is, that is an insult to Jays fans & Canada’s team. Not only that, they are cutting back in marketing & givaways. Having just a little(probably cardboard) thank you ticket for Cito tonight proves it. They are so cheap, that they can not at least give out a T-shirt?..Even Buck Scholwalter had a T-shirt night in Baltimore & he’s only been there a few months! They say if Anthopolus & Beeston asks for the budget, they will get it. Well, I have to see to believe it. I hope next year will be different & the Jays do go for a few major players this off season.

Having said this, I am going to my first game tonight. I expect to be more than 20,000 this game. Cito deserves to have a great send off & I hope they show more appreciation than the years he got tonight. It is also the last home game of a season that has been a success in a way where the key young players have stayed healthy & progressed. So, I hope Jays fans come out tonight for the support &

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