by Dirk Hayhurst | Jul 15, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MILB, MLB
In 2008, I made the triple-A all-star team. I say made, but I was really asked to fill in for another guy who actually did make the team but was called up to the big leagues and therefore couldn’t attend. I didn’t want to go. I was given the usual shtick: it was a... by Dirk Hayhurst | Jun 10, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Let’s be honest folks, this whole concept that crime doesn’t pay when it comes to using performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, it’s a load of crap. Crime sure does pay. If it didn’t, players would be less inclined to commit it. When there are hundreds of millions of... by Dirk Hayhurst | Jun 1, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Believe me, no one is more tired of hearing RA Dickey say he’s still trying to figure out his knuckleball than me. The whole, “it’s a process”, “it’s a journey”, “the knuckleball is a capricious animal”, shtick—I’m over it. At some point this has to... by Dirk Hayhurst | May 30, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
What’s with all the fuss in Jays land over Brett Lawrie acting like a petulant child? It’s almost as if folks are surprised or something. We are talking about the same Brett Lawrie that threw a helmet at an umpire, right? The same Lawrie that was a former... by Dirk Hayhurst | May 24, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
When I heard the Jays were calling up Sean Nolin yesterday, I got pretty upset. “What is it with this organization and fast tracking young, inexperienced arms?” I railed against it on Baseball Central. I railed against it on Blue Jays Central. Today,...