Blue Jays Bubble: An Unofficial Toronto Blue Jays Blog

Great Start For the Jays

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:38:00 +0000

With the offense in 6th gear and a young and inexperienced pitching staff doing a solid job the Jays are off the a running start....but dont get too excited. This is a club that over the past decade has had its great starts and its great finshes but somehow still finds a way not to make the playoffs. So before you stand up and proclaim that this is the jays year remember the past. Still for some reason this team seems different. I've got 2 words for you: " Cito Gaston"

Well it's been a while since ive last blogged but...

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:03:00 +0000

Once again the jays are slipping out of contention. Although Cito Gaston has revitalized the team it appears that the jays due to their slow start and injuries are going to miss the playoffs once again.

The Smell of Baeball in the spring.

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:29:00 +0000

What can i say, finally after an eternity jays baseball is back in action. The jays have started out the spring 2-3 with victories agiainst the reds and indians. Marcums debut was solid.

THE BLUE JAYS BUBBLE BOY IS NOW ON MYSPACE!

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:29:00 +0000

wahooooooo! check it out at....

i swear!!!!!!! Im Sick of this!!!!!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:34:00 +0000

NO PLAYOFFS AGAIN!!
AGAIN!!!
brian tallet wouldnt give me a baseball at the jays game i attended in tampa!!!
I AM IRATE!
IF U R SICK TOO EMAIL ME AT thebluejaysbubbleboy@gmail.com and let me know if ur sick cuz it will just give me something to do. i prayed for a playoff apperence, i asked santa for one, i would dump my girlfriend for one!!!!

What was and what could have been

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:42:00 +0000

Tainted or not, it is clearly a great accomplishment. Still no one can deny the fact that Bonds has never been a good role model and has been the center of much controversey. If Bonds did indeed use steriods, then i believe that hank Aaron's homerun total should have 100 hr added to make up for Bonds advantage. Aaron continued to show both class and respect through his video congrats and in all honestly continues to take away from Bonds glory. While some people felt that this record is legite, many others believe that Barry is now unrightfully holding what could have been the greatest record in all of American sports history. Please leave your thoughts.

Jays Kryptonite? Who? THE RAYS!

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:54:00 +0000

After attending the Jays game against the rays at tropicana field a few days ago, i finally saw the phenominum they call the rays in person. The Rays clearly are possibly the worst team in baseball but why do these youngsters seem top beat up on top A.L. competition such as the Red Sox, jays and angels? I really don't know how but as I watched the Jays melt in the air condition dome i was intrigued. Please can anyone explain this.

5 Straight for the Jays!

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:04:00 +0000

The Twins will leave Toronto with thier heads down after being swept by the Jays. The young Jays pitching has shown thier true potential the last 2 weeks and the Jays bats have belted in 34 runs in the last 5 games. Now 1 game over 5oo the Jays set thier sights on the wild card leading indians as they pursue a playoff birth.

Litsch Lights it up

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:03:00 +0000

Jesse litsch got another win yesterday when he lasted 6 innings plus and allowed just 1 run on 9 hits. Aaron hill had an rbi double and the jays are 45-46. As Rios and the jays young players continue to improve thier post season hopes still barely remain.

Jays back to 500

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:01:00 +0000

After a long road back the jays have finally gotten back to the .500 mark. A nice 3 game winning streak was ended on tuesday but the jays are back into contention (just barely). Shaun Marcum and Dustin Mcgowan continue to shine as the rotation is solidifying apart from Towers who takes the mound tonight.

Devestation and Reform

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:27:00 +0000

The Blue Birds are back to the winning side of things after taking the last 2 games of their series with the dodgers. Roy Halladay picked up his 6th victory and the jays are only 6 games out of the wild card race.

Jays take 3 out of 4

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:57:00 +0000

After overcoming a 9-3 deficit in the 3rd game of the jays series with the white sox, the Jays finished with a win. Still, the bad news keeps coming. Lyle Overbay suffered a fracture in his hand which wil land him on the Dl. Just after the Jays get back Roy Halladay they lose Overbay from a HBP.

Jays get taste of thier own medicine

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:27:00 +0000

After shutting out the W-Sox a day earlier, the Jays were held to no runs by the sox Vazquez. A.J dropped his second straight start and the Jays remain in 3rd in thier division.

Halladay Pitches Shutout

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:06:00 +0000

After returning much earlier than expected, Roy Halladay out pitches White Sox ace Mark Buerle. Despite Mark's 2 hitter both Frank Thomas and Aaron Hill's hits were homers. Thomas hit his 495th career home run and Roy Halladay got his hundreth win.

Jays Dismantle arleady Dismantled Yankees

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:34:00 +0000

As the halfway point of the MLB season approaches, the Men in blue are are way out of first place in the A.L east and a good distance from the top of the wild card. Although the Jays have began to rebound since thier huge drought that sucked a good bit of thier playoff hopes right out of them. Still the Jays have not plummeted and will face the Yankees tonight after they took a 1-0 series lead on Sunday.

Jay's win

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Fri, 25 May 2007 20:48:00 +0000

The Jay's beat the orioles 5-4 in 10 innings. Accardo is now 5 of 5 in save chances. That's all

Burnett Wins 3rd Straight

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:15:00 +0000

I am glad to be writting about a victory instead of a loss. It is comforting to know that A.J has stepped up when we most needed him to. Burnett struck out 8 and lasted 6 plus innings in the jays 6-4 victory over the Orioles. As the storm clouds continue to hover above the Jays they still seem to seek shelter behind someone. In this case A.J is that shelter. Enjoy your wendsday!

A poem for the sad jays fan

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Mon, 21 May 2007 18:30:00 +0000

The season began, filled with great hopes
A new year, a new season even a new pope
With Halladay looking good and Wells looking great
We all knew this would be the season for our beloved Jays
Our aspirations faded our dreams were dimned
The solid looking blue jays had more losses than wins
The Red Sox are rolling the Yankees just stink
And the poor little Blue Jays were lost in a blink
Once again we find ourselves saying
Maybe next year we can see the jays really playing
The flight was grounded
The trumpet is yet to be sounded
And we wait again
For the Jays to ascend

I'm tired of this!

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:11:00 +0000

I get on here every day and look forward to writing an article on the jays most recent game and enjoy doing it. What I get sick of is more than half the time I'm writing about a loss. I get extremely angry when I am writing about them losing to a pathetic team. Ever since I could talk I have been an avid pittsburgh steelers fan. As you may know the steelers don't lose to pathetic teams(until last season). The Raptors have never been good so I can deal with that. I feel like toronto owes it to it's loyal fans to do what it taks to win. Anyway, the Jays lost to the Phillies again with a score of 5-3. Listch got the loss. Enough said. I used a picture of a winner!

Phillies will try to Clinch Series with Jays

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Sun, 20 May 2007 00:09:00 +0000

After beating the Jays 5-3 on friday the Phillies will gear up again to try take the series. If the Jays can come away with a win tonight it would put them in 2nd in the A.L. East. The main for the A.L. East teams not including the Red Sox is that the wild card will not go to a team just over 500. We need a win.

Shaun Marcum returns to the mound after his gem against the Rays

1992 Jays

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Fri, 18 May 2007 03:21:00 +0000

This article was written by a fellow blogging friend of mine. Ted Bauer usually wrights over on his blog www.priceabovebiproberts.blogspot.com . Ted will be writing guest articles for us throughout the summer and has contributed significantly to the evolution of my site. Enjoy!

I had an interesting crisis right around the conclusion of the 1992 World Series, something that only a 12 year old could understand at the time but anyone north of that age could appreciate forever.

See, Game 6 of the '92 Series took place on October 24 of that year; the scheduled Game 7 would have been played the next night. That next night was also Halloween Havoc 1992; for those of you not in the know, that event ended up featuring Sting vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts in the first-ever "Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal" Match (the stipulation was Coal Miner's Glove). Ron Simmons faced, and summarily defeated, the Barbarian for the WCW World Heavyweight Title.

Halloween Havoc 1992 was to be my first wrestling PPV purchase - I had been a wrestling fan longer than I had been a baseball fan, following the in-tights, fake-punching antics of my WCW and WWF brethren since the late 1980s, as opposed to only being a youngster who understood what a double was circa 1991 - because it took a long time for me to convince my mother it was a good idea to spend 35 bucks on this drivel. First, I had to figure out where she and my father could go during the wrestling PPV, because Lord knows they weren't going to watch it; next, I had to figure out a way to "pay them back" considering I was in fifth grade at the time and had no reliable source of income. Both problems were eventually surmounted.

So on October 24, 1992, I sat in a relatively awkward place. As a new baseball fan - I started liking the sport during that Twins vs. Braves Series the year before, which I'm pretty sure Peter Gammons still has ranked as one of the best World Series of all time - I wanted to see this thing go to 7 games. Here were the Braves, new on the championship scene still, and they had come oh so close the year before; yet, on the flip side, you had a Canadian (!!!) team in the championship series, and the first African American manager ever on the verge of winning it all, and that was pretty cool too. It had been a good series, and here we were, with Game 6, and I had a 12 year old crisis.

If the Braves won and forced Game 7, there was no chance I would still be able to watch Halloween Havoc. Ron Simmons! Sting! But... at the same time... I really wanted this series to contnue. What was a little boy to root for?

There I was, with my dad - to be honest, I had probably started to gain an interest in baseball circa 1986, when he hopelessly narrated to my six year old, nap-obsessed self highlights of the Mets vs. Red Sox World Series - watching a relatively dramatic Game 6 unfold. For those of you who don't remember, Candy Maldonado homered in the 4th to put the Jays up 2-1 (Oh Canada!). In the bottom of the 9th, that score stood, and it seemed the Great White North would raise the golden trophy for once - then, Otis Nixon doubled off Tom Henke, scoring Jeff Blauser to tie the game.

In the top of the 11th, Dave Winfield would lace a two-out, two-run double (his first extra base hit of that Series) down the line for a 4-2 Jays advantage they would ultimately keep. Interestingly, the final out came on a bunt by Nixon - the hero in the 9th - scooped up by Mike Timlin and fired to Joe Carter at first; the latter would obviously became a far more significant member of Blue Jays' postseason lore the following season.

I remember sitting in my living room with my dad, and realizing that I was up pretty late even though it was a Saturday, and thinking how absolutely cool that was, and how sports had this magical power to allow my father to convince my mother that it was good for me to be sitting here, witnessing this. I remember my dad telling me that was "a pretty good World Series, nothin' like '86 or '55 or even '60," and I nodded, as if I understood, or had grown up in Brooklyn like he had. I remember checking my mini-encyclopedia - which my parents bought me in 4th grade, when I started a new school - for more information on Canada, and Toronto specifically. I remember thinking, 15 years ago this fall, "That was pretty cool, overall." Then again, I can't be sure whether that was Cito and the Jays, or the fact that wrapping it up in six meant I got my shot at ordering Halloween Havoc, but I know this: now, whenever I see the Jays on TV (and living in NESN territory, that happens a lot), I think of two things - Ron Simmons powerslamming the Barbarian to retain his title, and that magical late Saturday with my dad, when Cito Gaston and Joe Carter and Jack Morris meant way more to a little fat kid from New York than they'd ever know.

Burnett Buries Orioles

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:55:00 +0000

When the Jays need Burnett to give them all he has he has. So far the injuries have only helped. I don't know how, but it helped the Jays. Burnett struck out 10 and went the entire game as the Jays beat the O's 2-1. So far I like what I see. A feeling of urgency. It can be very good.

I am sorry Mr Listch

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:16:00 +0000

I was WRONG! Totally WRONG. I am man enough to admit I was wrong. I love Mr. Litsch after he allowed 1 run on only 4 hits in his major league debut. Could Listch be the answer? I dont know but he threw a heck of a game! Accardo got another save and has looked strong his past 4 showings. My deepest regrets Mr Listch. Thank you for everything!

Listch To Start

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:01:00 +0000

What the Heck are they doing? We're just coming off a 9 game slump and have started to heat up and who's pitching? He was called up from double A New Hampshire! Yea, he did have a 6-1 record with a 0.96 era with the double A club. But why not someone from triple A? I am no minor league expert but Double A? Well I guess I'll judge the Jays decision making after tonight. By the way, What's up with the Spurs these days? I thought they were a respectable franshise? More questions than answers in sports these days anyways.

Glaus Leads Jays past O's

noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Wizard) — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:38:00 +0000

Troy Glaus hit a go ahead homer in the 8th to give the the Jays a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Glaus who has been the center of Jays trade rumors jacked up a 2 run homer that gave Toronto the win. Accardo finished with another strong save performance. Before Gibbons trades for pitching he might want to consider keeping Glaus. Glaus is always a solid veteran hitting threat and a 3 base gold glove winner.