by Dirk Hayhurst | Nov 29, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
Josh Donaldson for Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, Brett Lawrie and Franklin Barreto… If you’re looking at this deal in and of itself—4 relatively unproven quantities for one proven one—the Jays got better and didn’t lose anything measurable with the subtraction... by Dirk Hayhurst | Nov 28, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
Hey, I got a joke for you. It’s about an artificial player who doesn’t want to play on artificial turf! You know, cuz Melky did steroids once and that makes you artificial, and turf is artificial… and…and… cheating! Amiright!? Lame. I read it in a... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Nov 26, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
I mentioned in my latest Bleacher Report article that I’d met Avril Lavigne. It’s true, I did, and it was one of the most awkward, ridiculous, stereotypical celebrity encounters of my life. What happened was, I was with the Blue Jays in 2009, shagging balls in the... by Dirk Hayhurst | Nov 25, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
John Jaso. I was at his baptism. True story. But first, a true side story. The baptism happened in spring training at the Zobrist mansion. I say mansion jokingly because it was a rented house on a private golf course with a pool and a view of a tidal river. The place... by Dirk Hayhurst | Nov 23, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
Phew! There is a lot of commentary about RA Dickey getting traction on the interwebs these days. Let’s filter some of it, shall we? Going in, please understand that all post-season commentary does not necessarily find it’s exegesis in the rumor factory that is big... by Dirk Hayhurst | Nov 21, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
So, yeah, Russell Martin says he can, or at least would like to try to catch RA Dickey. And he says it because he caught knuckle baller Charlie Haeger back in LA. This echoes a similar sentiment once heard from a former Jay catcher—and forgive me for the sacrilege of...