Author | Tom Tango

In Toronto, ending with: We all have a personal narrative. That’s the one thing that makes this life so awesome: that we all have our own narrative. I have mine, you have yours, but at the end of the day we’re all connected in some way. . . . Making a difference in the lives of others is being able...

May 16, 2013, 3:38 pm EDT via tangotiger.com

Eno is showing that Dickey is not throwing his knuckler as hard as he used to: ...

May 14, 2013, 9:21 am EDT via tangotiger.com

This Jays blogger points out a rule that the umpires could have called following Happ’s hit: (c) When an accident incapacitates a player or an umpire; I’m reminded of a play with Moises Alou, where he rounded first, and his bone cracked, and it protruded out of his leg.  It was terrible to look at.  Alou is lying there about...

May 8, 2013, 4:56 pm EDT via tangotiger.com

Tonight at 21:00ET on Showtime, with re-reruns throughout (and presumably OnDemand).  Alan gets in one great line in the preview segment at the end.​ ...

May 1, 2013, 11:33 am EDT via tangotiger.com

Chass gives is the history of salary reporting.  He notes that Ron Blum is the information gatherer, and everyone relies on him.  Cot’s, he says, relies on Ron as well.  And there seems to be an issue with Wells’ signing bonus:In response to my question, Blum said in an e-mail, “He counts$3,187,500 for Blue Jays this year ($25.5 million signing...

April 7, 2013, 9:46 am EDT via tangotiger.com

Alan continues his fascinating look at RA Dickey, this time, by positing the effect of a ball being thrown with 1.5 revolution, compared to 1 revolution, and he says: The two curves fall right on top of each other from release to about 40 ft from home plate, but thereafter they deviate strongly. Indeed, the red curve ends up on the...

March 28, 2013, 11:20 pm EDT via tangotiger.com

​Great stuff from Jeff, noting that if you remove pitchers-as-batters, Gio Gonzalez the NL pitcher looks like Gio the AL pitcher.  He also notes that RA Dickey strikes out nonpitchers and pitchers at the same rate, so, he should not be as affected in going to the better league as other pitchers would be.  This is funny, because this is...

March 7, 2013, 9:35 pm EST via tangotiger.com

By Tangotiger The Jays one is my favorite.  Works on three levels: 1. Toronto Maple Leafs singular leaf logo… great way to tie it to that 2. Sole Canadian team (RIP Expos) 3. The color scheme matches the Jays color scheme, while preserving the red Canada logo ...

December 27, 2012, 3:11 pm EST via insidethebook.com

By Tangotiger I think the Bluejays win it among the five tested. ...

December 20, 2012, 1:47 pm EST via insidethebook.com

By Tangotiger Love listening to the pitching coaches talk: BW: Casey Janssen. It’s late and sharp. It doesn’t have a lot of depth to it; it’s actually a true cutter. If you want to talk about a true cutter, it’s a side-to-side pitch. It looks like a fastball and then cuts off on the same plane. Anything with depth, I...

November 23, 2012, 9:30 am EST via insidethebook.com