by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 25, 2015 | baseball, General, Homosexuality, MLB, Spirituality
When I was fourteen, I made the worst decision of my life: joining my middle school wrestling team.It wasn’t the weight cutting or rolling around on dirty mats with sweaty boys that made it so bad. It wasn’t even the humiliation of wearing a singlet. It was what... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 19, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
I hear there has been some outrage over my former broadcasting comrade, Greg Zaun, implying that Trout is—if we all had to vote now—the clear cut AL MVP, and that it’s not even close. Well, I think it’s kinda close. If you look at their respective numbers it’s... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 17, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, General, MILB, MLB
Hutchison will head south to Buffalo so the Jays can keep him on his throwing program. The Jays have lots of off days coming up and when you’re having he kind of year Hutchison is, you get demoted so you can, “stay on schedule” instead of having the schedule... by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 15, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MILB, MLB
How about them underdog Yankees? Back in first, huh? Yeah, well, see, that’s what happens… There is something magical about the hungry underdog spirt, something about the chase as opposed to being chased. Actually, there is a lot of something. Interesting quote by... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 15, 2015 | Blue Jays, MLB
It’s a common misconception that, if you’re an older left-handed pitcher with less velocity, you have to throw more off-speed, aka, junk. The thinking goes that, because your fastball is slower, you must throw less of it as it’s easier to hit....