by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 28, 2015 | General
In baseball, nothing says your season is over like a closer strangling his MVP teammate, mid-game, on national television. There are other ways to signal irrelevance, of course, but Jonathan Papelbon taking Bryce Harper by his throat and slamming him into the concrete... by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 18, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Is Marco Estrada tiring out? Nope. For the record, I said nope before he rambled out to the mound in Atlanta and shut down the Atlanta Braves for 8 strong innings. There are three big things one looks for when someone is supposedly tiring out. The first is Mechanical.... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 11, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
I’m a contrarian, as such, I tend to look at where the popular opinion—any popular opinion— is taking a narrative and say, yeah, but. Thus, despite all the feel-good vibes flowing from the gushing geyser that is the Marcus Stroman’s Return story, I need... ![Stroman VS. Buehrle & Tulo VS. Martin]()
by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 8, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette) Here are six things Jays fans should be coming to terms with before the Jays head to New York. 1) The Jays don’t need Marcus Stroman to win. They haven’t needed him all season and they don’t need him to stay... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 2, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Last night Ryan Goins played team hero, socking a game winning home run deeeeep ta rrrrriiiight, putting his Jays over the Tribe, 5-3. Good for him, it’s alway since to see power in unexpected places. When a team is rolling along we often focus in on the...