Opening Day is now less than two months away, and the Blue Jays are still surrounded by questions. 
One of the biggest concerns is third base.  Will Jose Bautista shift there, despite his personal preference to play RF?  Will Aaron Hill or Yunel Escobar (or both) shift from their current spots?  Will Edwin Encarnacion reprise his role of E5?  Or maybe, just maybe, will the team break camp with an unproven, …

One of the things that is kinda cool about bothering to write about the Blue Jays is hanging out with the other people that bother to write about the Blue Jays. Well, most of the time. Since we clearly share a common interest, it seems to make random invites a little more easy to follow through on.
So anyways, GC has a blog Snider’s Web, a twitter account gcm1979 and some …

Since we all had so much fun doing it last year, I thought it was a must that we try it again. This year we will open up the challenge to anyone and everyone who wants to compete. If you need a refresher on the rules click here (start from the bottom). Basically all you need to do is pick your Toronto Blue Jays Opening Day 25 man roster. The …

So it’s Tuesday.  It’s supposed to snow heavily later on.  The day is dragging.  And to top it off, there isn’t much happening in the world of baseball right now (unless you are currently watching Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon pull on Tampa Bay Rays jerseys).
Alex Anthopoulos hasn’t made any crazy trades for a few days.  We still don’t know who will play third, or close, or be the fifth starter.  …

The Blue Jays’ state of the franchise meeting was held last week. I was not in attendance and this post is not timely, but here it is anyway — and I’ll keep it short. Two things short, even. Thing the first According to Gregor Chisholm of bluejays.com (and everybody else who was in attendance and [...]

You see what I just did right there?

Missed last week’s round up due to the 3 day bender I went on after the Vernon trade was officially completed. Much has happened in Blue Jay land. Check it.
Consider this your required reading.
Consider this your required listening.
Consider this your required viewing. This one was a close second place.

Courtesy of Kirby Arnold:

Wakamatsu, still considered one of baseball’s best young managerial
prospects, said he had …

There have been a lot of nice posts written in the wake of Vernon Wells’ departure from the Jays.  Many have been kind to the former CF, many have been damning.  I have enjoyed them all. 
But there was one thing written in particular that got my mind spinning.  Navin from Sports and the City posed a question after Wells was dealt – do you remember who played CF for the …

Wow, that was fast.
On Friday AA did the unbelievable, the previously unthinkable and impossible.  He traded Vernon Wells.  He got rid of THE CONTRACT from Toronto’s payroll.
He was a genius, the next big thing, headed for super-stardom.  He was a hero, the man who was going to turn around the franchise.  In AA we trust.
Now, four days and another trade later, AA is a villain.
Gone is Mike Napoli a Blue …

Let me tell you a story.
It’s the summer of 2002.  I have just graduated university and suddenly my life has completely, fundamentally, and significantly changed.  I am now supposed to become a man, a contributing member of society, with a job, and a steady income.  Gone are the days when I can get drunk all night and sleep ’til noon.
But I wasn’t quite ready to move on.  I was living …

Slogging through work on Friday evening, my phone went off. “V-dub is gonzo,” read the text message. And a great happiness filled me. Along with the happiness was a sort of disbelief. Vernon Wells is gone? His contract is rivalled only by Barry Zito’s (and maybe Jayson Werth’s) for worst in baseball. I’m pretty sure [...]

So I finally started a podcast for Beyond the Box Score. I’ll tell you what though, I was incredibly nervous in episode one. I accidentally said “and joining us from Ontario, Toronto.” So please don’t hold it against me! I love my Jays and my Jays fans! However, I do encourage you to listen.

1:06 AM: I just got home from work. Yeah it’s Friday night, I know. But you see I work at an airport and it never closes. Like ever. I have been working there for over 10 years on shift, so I am wide awake and looking for some info. And I wanna get drunk.
1:10 AM: Where to fucking start. V-Dub has been a Blue Jay his entire life. Drafted 5th …

Back in December I wrote an “If Only” column (if only the Jays could sign Major League’s Roger Dorn to play 3B), meaning to make it a weekly series.
Well, it took six weeks but today I present a second column:
If only Reed Johnson remained a member of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Johnson re-joined the Cubs last week and seeing his name again brought back a lot of memories.
Don’t get me wrong …

Remember the Friendly Giant?
It was a Canadian television classic, aired daily on CBC for 27 years until 1985. 
There wasn’t much of a premise or plot to the show.  Each episode started with a voice saying “Look up, look waaaaaay up.”  The camera then found a huge giant (played by Bob Homme).  He lived in a castle and talked to his friends Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe.  He played recorder.  …

Manny Ramirez is still a free agent.  The latest rumours that had him signing a deal with the Angels were, as Getting Blanked’s Dustin Parkes reported, absolutely and embarrasingly false.
Therefore, the weeks and months full of rumours tying him to the Jays, and the numerous Manny sightings in Toronto this offseason, could still prove to have merit in terms of a contract.
Do I have anything to base that on?  No.
But I can say …

Blue Jays catching prospect Travis d’Arnaud was in Toronto recently to take part in team activities. It was d’Arnaud’s first taste of Major League life north of the border. d’Arnaud, who will turn 22 years old next month, was acquired last off-season in the trade that sent Roy Halladay to Philadelphia. Injured for much of the 2010 season, d’Arnaud has been working hard to get healthy during the Autumn and …

Yeah so whatever. My e-mail account and Twitter feed are cluttered. It’s downright silly at this point. Plus, it’s not like I plan to stop looking for new sexy cowgirls on line anytime soon.
What I have done is turned in my BBA membership card, turned off sitemeter and remembered why I started up this bitch in the first place. It’s not about pages views. It’s not about making money. And …

We here at 1BlueJaysWay regularly bring our readers exclusive interviews and features with various minor league players and team personnel, during the season. We’ve browsed through our best Q&A’s from 2010 to bring you the best 1BJW interview quotes of the year.
Check out the list below, and click each link to check out the best interviews we were lucky enough to bring you over the past year.
-Eric Thames on which …

What says "Power" like Serpentor?

MLBBlogBuzz  is compiling a preseason power rankings by asking all members to submit their lists.  I enjoy reading weekly power rankings on sites such as CBS Sportsline, and SI.com but have never actually sat down to write my own.
So I figured I’d participate.  I wasn’t expecting it would be as hard as it was, but let me tell you – trying to rank 30 teams in …

According to report, the Jays have invited the following to Major League Spring Training:
Jonathan DiazAnthony GoseEric ThamesJohn TollisanoZach StewartDavid CooperA.J. JimenezTravis D’ArnaudBrett LawrieDeck McGuireHenderson AlvarezMichael McDadeChad Jenkins