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 […]
State of The French Fries
January 29th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
12:40 AM Eastern
I just finished filing all the tape from the annual event back to the radio station, and I’m exhausted from a busy day that began with a sick child, moved along to a root canal and finished up down at the Dome, so forgive me for not going into great depth here.
The things […]
Rooty Toot Tooth
January 26th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
10:35 PM Eastern
I know I said that I would post something late last week, after I got home from the Bahamas cruise, but that damn 2,5 got in the way. See, I got a bit of a toothache as the cruise wound down, and figured I’d see my dentist when I got home. But we […]
It’s Better in the Bahamas
January 19th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
8:00 PM Ship’s Time
I had been planning that my next blog post would be more of a travelogue than about too many things baseballic, but then I got a phone call from The Fan’s Zack Cooper while I was wandering around the casino at the incredible Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in […]
Close, But No Cuban
January 10th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
4:55 PM Eastern
It appears as though the Blue Jays’ efforts to sign Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman have fallen short, with the story this afternoon that Chapman will sign with the Cincinnati Reds - a deal that could be worth as much as $25 million and could lock up the youngish lefty for as long as […]
Say What Now?
January 6th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
8:00 PM Eastern
My jaw dropped when the Hall of Fame inductee announcement came out this afternoon. I was at the offices of SUN TV, getting ready to tape tonight’s appearance on The Grill Room, when I learned that Andre Dawson was the lone writers’ inductee to Cooperstown this year, that Roberto Alomar had fallen eight […]
We Did It!
January 5th, 2010 by Mike Wilner
12:40 AM Eastern
Well, more correctly - you did it, and thank you.
Thanks for getting out the vote for Tom Cheek for the Ford C. Frick Award in the month of December. Tom finished first in the fan balloting with 38.2% of the vote, outpacing former voice-of-the-Expos Jacques Doucet, who had 33.4%. The late Joe Nuxhall, […]
Snowed In
December 30th, 2009 by Mike Wilner
12:05 PM Eastern
So Monday morning I hopped in the ol’ Vista Cruiser with the family for what was supposed to be a fun-filled afternoon hop across the border to Buffalo, the intent being to hit the brand-spanking-new P.F. Chang’s for lunch, pick up “Just Dance” for the Wii for the girlies and grab a couple […]
Down To The Very Morrow
December 24th, 2009 by Mike Wilner
11:20 AM Eastern
FIRST THINGS FIRST - CAST YOUR VOTE FOR TOM CHEEK!!!!! The voice of the Blue Jays, of baseball and of summer in Canada is on the ballot to get onto the final ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award for Broadcasting Excellence, an honour that would get him into the broadcasters’ wing of […]
Blue Jays Trade Brandon League
December 22nd, 2009 by Mike Wilner
1:40 AM Eastern
First of all, go vote for Tom Cheek already. He’s slipping behind in the vote totals. Make your voice heard at www.facebook.com/baseballhall - only 10 days left!
Second of all, the Blue Jays have completed their second trade in a week, sending Brandon League to the Seattle Mariners. Reports are that the Jays are […]
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