Category Archives: baseball
2016 Blue Jays: Jose Bautista
His injuries in 2016 not only cost him part of the season: they forced him to give up his role as Alpha Dog in the Blue Jays’ lineup. For a while, we almost forgot about him entirely. Obviously, he picked … Continue reading
2016 Blue Jays: Justin Smoak
My mental image of Justin Smoak is of him striking out on a breaking pitch that dropped out of the strike zone. He seemed to do this over and over again. It got to the point where, if he got … Continue reading
2016 Blue Jays: Edwin Encarnacion
The Encarnacion situation seems like one of those logical problems discussed in an introductory philosophy class: a situation, like the Prisoner’s Dilemma or the Tragedy of the Commons, in which individuals acting in their best interest wind up not getting … Continue reading
The woes of Brett Cecil
There have been many explanations for why the Jays are off to a relatively poor 10-13 start. Many of these blame manager John Gibbons for his poor bullpen management. But I noticed one thing today: a lot of the Jays’ … Continue reading
We know something you don’t know
Runner attempting stolen base, Regions Field, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2016. (The vertical lines are because I was shooting through the backstop netting.)
Pre-game stretching
Regions Field, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2016.
Warmup
Regions Field, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2016.
Signing autographs
Regions Field, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2016.
Two great plays
I am beginning to think that Ryan Goins is the best defender I have ever seen. In Sunday’s game, he was in the middle of two outstanding plays. The first was this one. The Jays were up 2-0 in the … Continue reading
Four games in
So the baseball season has started. The Jays are 2-2, which seems like a bit of a disappointment, but only because they started 2-0 and led in the other two games. Winning two out of four at Tropicana Field is … Continue reading
