Infield fly

I am, frankly, in awe of the twitter personality that is Jose Canseco. He exists on a different plane of twitterness than anyone else I know, and I don’t even follow him. If it isn’t really Jose running his own …

Feb 18, 2013, 12:36 am EST via infieldfly.ca

So, my little crowdsourcing experiment rolls on. These ballots were created by an idea fully articulated at a Bluebird Banter post I made at the start of December. The weak class of 2005 passed only one candidate forward, Wade Boggs, …

Dec 20, 2012, 7:57 pm EST via infieldfly.ca

Over the last 3 days Blue Jays fans have had an opportunity to participate in a process. The process is called “Watching a rumor pan out.” This is a rare process, indeed because the General Manager of the Toronto Blue …

Dec 16, 2012, 9:10 pm EST via infieldfly.ca

Ok, so a little bit of discussion over at Bluebird Banter has resulted in modifications to the format going forward, in an effort to not end up with a dozen or more inductees every year. I’m a Big Hall guy, …

Dec 6, 2012, 11:15 pm EST via infieldfly.ca

So, yeah it’s been a big week in Blue Jay land… 12 player trade, Izturis, Melky. And John Gibbons back in blue. Well, Blue Jay blue. Which is not Royals blue. Which is to say, differenter blue. Good things. Very …

Nov 20, 2012, 2:45 pm EST via infieldfly.ca

For quite a long time, the Toronto Blue Jays have been an afterthought in the American League. I will not rehash the middle-of-the-road history since 1993. If you wish to go into the gory details of the three general managers …

Nov 17, 2012, 9:33 pm EST via infieldfly.ca

This was written the day that marked the end of the Mike Aviles era in Toronto (still longer than a Britney Spears marriage!), and the start of the Esmil Rogers, er, reign. Which led, in my twitter timeline, to a …

Nov 3, 2012, 7:39 pm EDT via infieldfly.ca

As the Toronto Blue Jays ramp up their search for a new manager in the wake of John Farrell’s defection to the Boston Red Sox, they need to start interviewing prime candidates as quickly as possible. Infield Fly has received …

Oct 24, 2012, 3:12 pm EDT via infieldfly.ca

Another regular season has ended. Six months of getaways days, weekend series, and west coast flights. 20 ballparks. For the Blue Jays it ends in the same place it has since 2008. in fourth place in the division. Finishing the …

Oct 8, 2012, 12:09 pm EDT via infieldfly.ca

This is a Blue Jays website, and as such, I feel it appropriate that I put my two cents in over the Yunel Escobar eyeblack controversy. A situation which has, ironically, given the Toronto Blue Jays organization a black eye. …

Sep 18, 2012, 10:08 pm EDT via infieldfly.ca