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The Jays’ Journey Back to Relevance
Here at AL Eastbound, we’re all about following the Jays on their journey back to relevance and the Jays have given their fans good reason for hope for 2013. I’d like to take an opportunity to...
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Mission ’13, Game 9: Tigers win 11-1
I didn’t see/hear the game, and it seems like time well spent on my part. Suffice it to say that a starting rotation with an ERA of 7.59 won’t win many games, let alone the important ones toward the...
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Mission ’13, Game 16: Jays win 3-1
Jays win, but RA Dickey left the game after six innings with back issues…*sigh* Other than that Dickey was the pitcher Jays’ fans expected him to be: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 7 K. Another good night by the...
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Mission ’13, Game 19: Jays win 8-4
The Jays decided to bat Munenori Kawasaki lead-off to kick start their offense. Coming into the game he averaged 5 pitches per at-bat: he singled on the seventh pitch, and came around to score the...
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Mission ’13, Game 21: Orioles win 4-3
The Blue Jays juggled the line-up again, moving Adam ‘Bases-on-Balls’ Lind to the 2-hole and dropping Melky to the fifth slot. John Gibbons continues to tinker in an effort to spark the sputtering...
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Mission ’13, Game 22: Jays win 6-5 in extras
It was a game filled with walks, errors, poor pitching, home runs (by the Jays), a couple defensive gems, and a timely rally. The O’s took the lead in the first—it was the 15th time in 22 games that...
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At What Point Can We Worry About the 2013 Blue Jays?
The Blue Jays just dropped another series to an AL East rival and there record now stands at 10-19. They sit 10.5 full games out of first place and while nobody is suggesting a division title is won...
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Mission ’13, Game 32: Jays win 10-2
This game should be a mismatch, but in the Jays’ favour this time: Lefty Joe Saunders pitches poorly on the road, and Brandon Morrow is due. Heck, the whole team is due, no, overdue. Let’s see how this...
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Mission ’13, Game 33: Jays win 8-7
Toronto facing the Tampa Bay Rays doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. The Jays haven’t won a series at the Trop since Methuselah was a lad, and the Jays just don’t match up well against a team that...
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Mission ’13, Game 41: Jays win 11-3
Melky’s May Meter 1-3 20 hits Ryan Vogelsong vs. Ramon Ortiz isn’t exactly a marquee match-up. Truly, it would have been difficult to predict even a week and a half ago. Injuries have called for a...
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Mission ’13, Game 43: Yankees win 7-2
Melky’s May Meter 1-4 23 hits Forgotten last night in our look at the Jays’ pitching staff was Melky’s May Meter. He went 2-4, to increase his May total to 22 hits in 61 ABs. It’s been a good...
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Mission ’13, Game 44: Jays win 7-5
Melky’s May Meter 2-4 25 hits Melky continues to tear the cover off the ball this month. He has 25 hits in 17 games and is about half-way to the 51 hits has raked last May for the Giants. May has been...
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Mission ’13, Game 46: Jays win 4-3 in extras
We begin with trivia: it’s been one month since JP Arencibia’s last base on balls. Wow. We also forgot Melky’s totals from yesterday’s game. There’s not much to report, as Melky was hitless. With his...
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Mission ’13, Game 53: Jays win 3-0
This will be game #18 that Melky’s playing against one of his former teams. Without researching this much deeper, it seems like an awful lot of games against a former team. He even has Jose Bautista...
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Mission ’13, Game 60: Jays win 6-1
Esmil Rogers got his second start of the season, this time against the hard-hitting Texas Rangers. Nick Tepesch started for Texas. The Rangers occupy first place in the western division, even though...
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Mission ’13, Game 69: Jays win 2-0
The Rockies are in town for a series, and they won’t have Tulo patrolling the middle infield. Troy Tulowitzki has broken ribs an will be out of action for another 5 weeks or so. Speaking of injuries,...
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Home Invasions and Road Rage
One of the questions I asked in the piece I wrote about peds in MLB was ‘how did it get this far?’ One could ask the exact same question about the Jays’ season. They’ve lost their first 3 games to Los...
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Mission ’13: The Jays Need a Consistent Lefty Bat
It’s been interesting to watch the Jays this season. I say interesting because if I use some other word, I might start crying or throw a stool through the window. One Jay that I’ve tracked regularly...
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Mission ’13: Did Anthopoulos Boot a Routine Grounder in a Tight Game? A...
Alex Anthopoulos does not get a pass from me. I’m not part of the radical fringe that screams for his head or whines game-in and game-out, but he’s responsible for this mess. I wouldn’t be upset if he...
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The Toronto Blue Jays, 2014: Riding with the Wind
Last season we borrowed from the images painted by glam rocker David Bowie in his classic, ‘Space Oddity.’ Major Tom’s tragic mission strangely anticipated the Jays’ own on-field tragedy. High hopes...
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