Welcome

This is a blog about baseball. More specifically it is a blog about, but not limited to the Blue Jays. This is just one guy’s opinion of what is happening with my favorite ball club. The inspiration for my writing comes from my time working in, and spending (probably too much) time in bars. I always love the banter and constant “what they should’ve done…” back and forth of a bunch of strangers going on about their teams. The “Barstool Managers” as I like to call them (myself being one) are full of “better” ideas than the real life managers and, after a few suds, love to argue their points to the bitter end. This is the type of interaction I hope to build with this blog. I fully encourage debate, smack talk, and the occasional rant with no actual facts involved down in the comment section. That being said, let’s keep it above the belt. I wish this could be a given, but I do want to stress, nothing personal, outright hurtful, and obviously nothing racist or discriminatory. That being said, as long as you keep it on the field, let’er rip.

I was going to wait until at least the start of next year’s training camp to start this but with the recent moves I decided to pull the trigger a little early.

A little about myself, I was born and raised in Toronto and my dad being a ball fan, I pretty much came into the world with a Jays cap on. As a kid playing little league ball my idol was Jimmy Key. That is mostly because I wanted to be a starting pitcher and I’m left handed. Before you get on me about all the other guys I could’ve / should’ve idolized remember, I was 9. I have been watching baseball since before I can remember and truly love the game. I have never been one to remember dates and stats but thanks to the internet I don’t need to, I can just look them up on the next tab as I write, so there will be some “facts” even if I am shooting from the hip. As I said I’m a Jays fan, but I’ll talk about other teams as I feel. My thoughts will more than likely be focused on the AL East but who knows, maybe a reader will get my focus shifted as far as the NL West.

I’ll take another look at the moves made recently and get the discussion started. I look forward to opening this can of worms and watching the discussions unfold.

Cheers to hopefully a short winter!