I don't know how many Blue Jay fans are on the bb but I thought that with opening day nearly a week away it would be appropriate for me to create a thread for what has to be my favourite team in all of sports.

The Blue Jays Active Roster looks like this as of now:

Pitchers

A.J. Burnett
Gustavo Chacin
Vinnie Chulk
Scott Downs
Jason Frasor
Roy Halladay
Ted Lilly
B.J. Ryan
Scott Schoenweis
Justin Speier
Josh Towers
Pete Walker

Catchers

Bengie Molina
Guillermo Quiroz
Gregg Zaun

IF

Russ Adams
Troy Glaus
Aaron Hill
Shea Hillenbrand
Eric Hinske
John McDonald
Lyle Overbay

OF

Frank Catalanotto
Reed Johnson
Alex Rios
Vernon Wells

Of these 26 guys those who we will rely on to make it to the postseason are: Burnett, Chacin, Halladay, Lilly, Ryan, Molina, Adams, Glaus, Hill, Hillenbrand, Overbay, Catalanotto, Johnson, Rios and Wells. This means that of the 26, 15 are the guys who are absolutely integral to our success. I really believe that barring injuries and bad umpiring or just bad breaks we have the team to make it to the playoffs and maybe even the A.L.C.S. Will we win The A.L. Pennant? My heart says that we could and should, but my brain says that it will be either The Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox or Indians.

Aww how cute :p

Lol! Fuckin arrogant Yankee fans! You know not every organization in MLB has a 7 billion freakin dollar payroll, like over 100 years of history and over 20 W.S. championships!!! :p

I know, it's a shame the world we live in But seriously, our highest payroll was $200 MILLION and we've won 26 World Series Championships Ok, now I'm being serious, I am looking forward to seeing the Yanks play Toronto play this year. I give them props, they spent money, got some free agents and I think it'll pay off for them this year. I personally still don't feel they'll make the playoffs, but it's DEFINITELY a step in the right direction.

LMAO

Yeah for sure, you know I support a free market system in Baseball and other sports with no cap. Let it go out of control I say, Adam Smith's invisible hand will take care of those who cannot compete. If this means that The Montreal Expos move to Washington D.C. when Washington could have easily birthed and supported a new expansion team from the ground up, I have to deal with it. It is what it is you know? I was sad when The Expos went South but I always felt that Washington should have a team. I can't for the life of me however, comprehend why a team like The Florida Marlins is not supported by those in the city of Miami and/or the state of Florida. This team has won two World Series titles in the span of what, less than 15 years right? Why don't people go watch their fucking games or at least watch them on the tube?! They've had quality teams in the past but they always seem to have a firesale and build from the ground up. An organization cannot survive this way. A good example of this is Carlos Delgado who I believe is the best first baseman in the N.L. after Albert Pujols. He played with The Marlins for one year did well, they didn't make the playoffs and they just let him go to The Mets who by the way should contend this year. Whatever, you gotta take the good with the bad. It would be hypocritical to say that I support the system but I can't accept what it creates.

As for The Blue Jays and The Yankees. Well, I've got tickets for the games on Apr. 19, and Sept. 20 and I can't freakin wait! Also have tickets for the series against The Mets during interleague play and games against The White Sox, Red Sox and Mariners as part of the 10 game flex pack I bought a few weeks ago. Why isn't it April already?!

they certainly have a great team, but if the Yankees or the Red Sox had this exact same roster, playing the exact same division, it would be considered a weak team. I guess we're not used to see another contender in the AL East and any team who put together a respectable roster might be overrated. I mean, AJ Burnett has the stuff to be one of the best pitchers out there (he even had some 6 innings 12 K's games last season!), but he definitely isn't anywhere near it yet. Halladay IS one of the best pitchers out there, but he's always injured. BJ Ryan has only one full season as a closer under his belt. of course, what a season it was! but pitchers get ups and downs every year (that's why Yankee fans shouldn't have illusions with Chacon, Wang and Small). Bengie Molina is one of the best catchers in the majors, but, again, he is also one of the most injury prone. the Blue Jays only don't need to worry about power. they have lots of it with Overbay, Glaus, Wells, Hillenbrand and on and on. I believe they'll be 2nd in their division, with the friggin' Yankees at first after scoring 3500 runs and allowing 2500. if Schilling and Beckett get healthy and play everything they can, the Blue Jays might drop to 3rd, which would mean no post season.

Lol! Lol! The Yanks have waited a whole what, 5 or so years since their last World Series...My God! I don't know how people in New York State/New Jersey/Connecticut get up in the morning and go to work. It would just be too damn painful for me, you know. :rolleyes: :p Seriously though, I think Blue Jay fans know that we're pretty much playing against Boston and to a much lesser extent Tampa Bay and Baltimore because it's pretty much a fait accompli that the Yanks will wrap up the division.

Lol! Lol! The Yanks have waited a whole what, 5 or so years since their last World Series...My God! I don't know how people in New York State/New Jersey/Connecticut get up in the morning and go to work. [/b][/quote]From my own personal experience, I can tell you, it's not easy at times. However, since I know my Yankees will win the Series this year, I go to work with a smile everyday

Weren't the Orioles fans singing a similar tune last year for the first couple of months, and then saw their team totally suck? :p

Well, The Orioles had such steroid heavyweights as Rafael "Viagra" Palmeiro and Sammy "Yo hablo ingles cuando is bien para mi" Sosa so I don't know why they didn't do as well as perhaps they should have. Maybe it was "the ghost of real fucking Baseball" that scared them and caused them to play the way they did. :rolleyes: :p

If The 2006 Blue Jays win it will be on merit and not fraud.

Blue Jays to win Series ?

Thanks Mr. Rosenthal, Thanks a lot! Now that the jinx is in place, we can look forward to a Brave/Yankee W.S. :rolleyes:

Seriously though, I wish expectations weren't this high. I mean, don't get me wrong, in every sport, every team should be expected to win. But this is getting out of freakin hand here. I do believe that we have a good enough team to win the A.L. Wild Card and maybe even the A.L. Pennant (granted that is a pretty big maybe). But to just say before game 1 is played that The Blue Jays will win the W.S. is kinda sketchy. I know Mr. Rosenthal was being kinda tongue in cheek with this online column but the man does know Baseball and his words carry weight, no matter what he says and how he says it. It's not irresponsible (he can say whatever the hell he wants) but it's just kindy sketchy is all I'm sayin.

Yeah baby!!! One win down, 161 to go!
Seriously though, it was a pretty good game. Roy Halladay was his phenonmenal self, and B.J. Ryan was lights out in the 9th for the save. Bengie Molina and Alex Rios both had 2run Home runs and every body on the team had a base hit except for 2B Aaron Hill. Hopefully we can play just as well tomorrow with Josh Towers pitching.

Damnit! The dream of the perfect 162 - 0 season is over. Man, the game started off really well with us up 4 - 0 but after the fourth inning it just became a disaster and I hate to say it but the way we played we didn't deserve to win. Frank Catalanotto, Vernon Wells, Bengie Molina and Alex Rios all had basehits and Troy Glaus and Lyle Overbay had great games but our defense and pitching cost us tonight. We should be able to tell after tmmw. night whether Gustavo Chacin will suffer from the sophmore jinx this year.

B.J. Ryan = Light's Out! Adios. Good Night!

2 - 1

We give up a 6 - 0 lead, and to The Devil Rays?! WTF?! We have some serious bullpen and defensive issues that we need to deal with if we want to have any hope of contending in the A.L. East. Losing to teams like The Devil Rays or whoever is not ok and hopefully will not happen in the next two games in the series.

3 - 2

Looks like Toronto's whoppin that Boston a$$

Irish, I think you're living proof of the saying of Yankee fans you know the one that goes you guys root for two teams. The Yankees, and whoever's playing The Redsox. :p

Yeah, good win for us tonight to even up our record at 4 - 4. This shows that we can beat a quality team like The BoSox and that The A.L. cannot take us lightly. Reed Johnson continues to be a Red Sox killer as he went 2/3 with 2 Runs and 2 Walks. Alex Rios, Bengie Molina and Vernon Wells all hit Home Runs and are firing on all cylinders in the early going of this campaign. The whole team showed what it takes to win ball games, the offence produced, Gustavo Chacin had a solid outing and got his second Win of the season, and the bullpen was stellar (B.J. Ryan's E.R.A. is stil 0.00)! Hopefully Ted Lilly can give a decent effort tomorrow night as we face Matt Clement in the rubber match.

Glad to see another Jays win and boston lose

Things don't get any easier for my Blue Jays as we open up a series against The World Series Champion Chicago White Sox. Obviously I'd like to see us sweep 'em but truthfully I'd be happy if we can take one of three.

Whatta game tonight?! Vernon Wells went 2/5 with a 2R HR and extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Troy Glaus went 2/4 with a 2R HR, 3 R, and 1 BB. Lyle Overbay went 4/5 with a solo shot and he added another RBI. Shea Hillenbrand hit a 2R HR as well, went 3/5 and was a triple away from the cycle. Gregg Zaun also had a brilliant night, he went 3/5 with 3 doubles, 1 R and 1 RBI. The only Blue Jay not to get a basehit was Aaron Hill, but he did have an RBI.

Scott Downs gave a douchebag performance and it looked like it was gonna be a loss. But our bullpen hung in there (Walker, Chulk and Brian "Wolverine" Tallet pitched really well) and our offence went absolutely ballistic.

Tomorrow afternoon's game should be a gem, with A.J. Burnett facing Mark Buehrle. A win tomorrow will assure us a win in the series against The White Sox.

6 - 4

You cannot call a game after 5 innings due to rain. I don't give a shit if the game becomes official after 5 innings. We could easily have won today. That was a sham. Chicago got lucky.

YES!!!!!!! And I don't mean The Yankee Entertainment Station. Unless of course you call gettin your asses handed to you 10 - 5, "entertainment." I mean YES!!!!!!!


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i'd like to say that the blue jays will definatly get the wild card. they aren't even playing to their full potential. and with all the recent injuries. i see them starting to pull ahead of alot of these teams over the next month. what do you think don jasani?

I told you in The soon to be dead for this season at least, Toronto (Hockey) Maple Leaf thread. Your answer and a question of my own are there. However, all future Blue Jay related stuff should ideally be posted in this thread. I'm not a moderator or any thing, I'm just sayin. :p :rolleyes: :p

Alex Rios* - 2 R, 2 H, 4 RBI, with a double and a Home Run.

Vernon Wells* - went 0for but a walk.

Troy Glaus* - 3 R, 3 H, 3 RBI, with a double and 2 HR!

Bengie Molina* - 1 R, 1 H,

Aaron "even I have a pretty decent game once in a while" Hill - 2 R, 1 H.

John "The F. is for Freakin" McDonald - 2/3, RBI, SF

I'd say the team and the squad had and the family had a pretty good night yesterday night I mean!

* - denotes on The Jasani Family

FUCK!

what's wrong don jasani? you seem upset..lol.