by Dirk Hayhurst | Jul 31, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Alex Rodriguez is addicted to greatness. I’m sure if I tried hard enough, I could rearrange that sentence into something that would make a great guidance counsellor’s office poster. Maybe something with an eagle, wings spread, cresting a mountain peak? But that would... 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 | Apr 12, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Hastily assembled, error filled, pre-show notes. Padres/Dodgers Fight! *Carlos Quinten is the most plunked hitter in baseball. You know he has some regressed hitter rage just waiting to get out. *CQ says that this was because of some history he had with Zack Greinke... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 5, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Today, in the media scrum, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said he wasn’t planning any team functions during the spring. He has no plans to host a team barbecue, paintball match (the Diamondbacks did that), ice cream social or even a Sadie Hawkins dance. Nothing.... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 3, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
It’s freezing cold here in Clearwater. Literally. Ice crystals have been spotted in the air—this is according to some local weather man who made ice crystals sound liken to the trumpet just before the apocalypse. Any-who, saw Doc today. Saw him; to afraid to...