Official Toronto Blue Jays "Birds Nest" Thread

[Spear]

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Bring out the brooms tonight! The AL East is pretty tight, I find myself watching the Yankee games hoping they will lose more than I wanted them to before. And how about Aaron Hill? That kid is certainley something else.

[Vince]

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What?Could the Jays be playing meaningful baseball by the time August and September roll around?Still might be too early to tell, but it's looking very good so far.

[SPTO]

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Bring out the brooms tonight! The AL East is pretty tight, I find myself watching the Yankee games hoping they will lose more than I wanted them to before. And how about Aaron Hill? That kid is certainley something else.

I've been watching the Boston Series too bad Sportsnet is all over the Memorial Cup cuz the Boston guys bore me to tears. I just added Aaron Hill to one of my fantasy teams hopefully he doesn't go on a slump on me.

I have a feeling the Jays will be playing meaningful baseball down the stretch. I just hope that JP doesn't make a stupid trade. (Kielty) I remember before the season saying that the bullpen would rebound and the Jays have really vindicated me there. There have been times when the 'pen is used a lot but the guys are performing well.

I really like seeing the young guys performing tho, with Koskie injured for a while we'll be gettting a sneak peek at what the future holds for this franchise and that's a good thing.

oh yeah LET'S BRING OUT THE BROOMS!

[SPTO]

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WOOOHOOO

To quote Jerry Howarth:

"the Blue Jays are in flight!"

Let's hope we can keep the momentum going against Minny this weekend.

[Vince]

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Who is commentating with Jamie? Anyway I like him better than boring old Pat Tabler.

Second, Josh Towers needs to go to the pen or something cause this is getting ridiculous.

[SPTO]

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Who is commentating with Jamie? Anyway I like him better than boring old Pat Tabler.

Second, Josh Towers needs to go to the pen or something cause this is getting ridiculous.

1. It's Darrin Fletcher, he's pretty good tho I think he needs more time in the booth. He could develop into a pretty good colour guy if he's given more time and actually research the players/games more.

2. Yeah Towers has fallen off the wagon. It's kinda sad to see. You can't really blame him TOO much for what happened in the first. They could've gotten by allowing only a run.

[Vince]

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Fletch was one of my favorite players in Montreal..Glad to see he's working the booth.Tabby is solid as a colour commentator, but he seems a little stiff and boring.I like Fletch.

[SPTO]

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Fletch was one of my favorite players in Montreal..Glad to see he's working the booth.Tabby is solid as a colour commentator, but he seems a little stiff and boring.I like Fletch.

Yeah Tabler can get boring but you can make a drinking game out of him tho.

Everytime he gets the stats wrong
Everytime he says "mm hmm" (tho sadly he's stop doing that as much)
Everytime he says "excuse me Jamie"

you'd be drunk by the 3rd inning.

[Vince]

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Everytime he says "mm hmm" (tho sadly he's stop doing that as much)

LOl, I noticed this one and it gets quite annoying...

BTW, what happened to Tom Candiotti? He was the best out of all of them, including (God rest his soul) Cerutti.

[Vince]

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The Zito to TO rumors are resurfacing again.

[SPTO]

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The Zito to TO rumors are resurfacing again.

Any talk on who we would have to give up?

"imagines a Halladay, Zito, Lilly, Chacin and Bush rotation"

[Vince]

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Not sure, TO...One of the Realgm posters on the Raptors board was saying that he saw on a Toronto station that there were rumors that JP is trying to acquire Zito...I'm guessing Gross would be involved and maybe another player like Cat as well as a low-tier prospect. If you consider that Barry is struggling now then it's not far-fetched...

[SPTO]

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I think that would be an outright steal. A lot of people criticize Arnsberg but I think he's done a good job of giving the pitchers some confidence and exploiting the best aspects of their repetoire. I think he could do the same for Zito. I think that one reason for Zito's struggles this year is that he's feeling the pressure of being the last of the big 3 and the team not scoring.

[VanCitySportsGuy]

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There's no chance Zito would go to the Jays for a package like Gross, Cat, and a lower tier prospect.

If Zito was headed to the Jays I would expect a package like Josh Banks, Zack Jackson, and Aaron Hill going the other way.

Beane would never trade Zito at this moment because he would most likely be getting 70 cents on the dollar.

After a rough first month of the season, Zito posted a 3.48 ERA in May. It looks like he's turned the corner.

If Zito was to be dealt he would wait until the trade deadline and get a massive bidding war going on. A lot of teams would love to have Zito in their rotation.

[SPTO]

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Why can't we beat the Twins

Oh well at least we salvaged a win today.