Toronto Blue Jays

[Will]

It begins tonight. The Blue Jays are good on paper, but that means nothing until they prove it in the regular season.

[matchuk]

if they can stay healthy, they will be a hard team to beat...

[ArgoRavi]

A surprising 0-2 start for the Blue Jays.

[Will]

Yeah, the pitching was a bit shaky in the opener, but I'm not going to blame it for either loss.

[Will]

Look who threw out the ceremonial first pitch last night:

Pretty cool!

[294life]

Look who threw out the ceremonial first pitch last night:

Not sure if that won't curse the argos. at least he was wearing the right hat.

[Will]

Quite the home run derby yesterday. The Blue Jays hit 5 and the Indians hit 2 and I think all except one were second deck shots. Fortunately, the Jays prevailed 10-8.

[294life]

Nice win against the dead sox. See if they can win their first series today.

[ArgoRavi]

Nice win against the dead sox. See if they can win their first series today.

They lost 13-0 with their ace, Dickey, losing his second start.

[T-Bone]

They lost 13-0 with their ace, Dickey, losing his second start.

Yes they did. The Giants were 2-4 after their first 6 games last season. The Jays still have 156 games left to play.

[Will]

They lost 13-0 with their ace, Dickey, losing his second start.

I bet your relishing every entry into the loss column.

[ArgoRavi]

I bet your relishing every entry into the loss column.

I will enjoy it while I can.

[Deerkeeper]

I will enjoy it while I can.

I admit that I am kind of enjoying it as well. Hope it continues. Interesting how my interest in the Jays have changed over the years. From avid fan to total indifference and now onto outright hatred.

[294life]

It's not so much the loss but the actual beat down that's pleasant to see.

[T-Bone]

Nice come back for the Jays yesterday.

[D-Gap-Willie]

I got a big chuckle out of the Blue Jays 11-1 loss in Detroit today - I have to feel a little sorry for the players, who have been sucked into the Rogers hype to sell tickets. I was a die-hard Blue Jays, starting at the snow covered CNE Stadium field in 1977, but recent events have turned me against them - it is so obvoius that Rogers has little interest in winning, and is only interested in selling tickets and in television ratings. The Rogers media agenda, manipulation, and hype have completely turned me off the Blue Jays after more than 30 years.

Now I get a good laugh when they are humiliated - next up - come on KC !

Why? I'm honestly curious as to the reason.

I don't know about Deerkeeper or others here, but Rogers make it almost impossible to be both an ardent Argo fan and a Blue Jays fan. You can't separate the Blue Jays from their ownership, and their media agenda - they force you into making a choice. I wonder how many Argo fans here still have strong feelings for the Blue Jays, and how many formerly were Blue Jay fans and are no longer ? A poll perhaps ?

[Ron]

I continue to like both the Jays and Argos because I am not manipulated by the media or ownership.

[T-Bone]

Rogers make it almost impossible to be both an ardent Argo fan and a Blue Jays fan. You can't separate the Blue Jays from their ownership, and their media agenda - they force you into making a choice.

If Rogers were to purchase the Argos, you would cease to be an Argos fan then?

[294life]

If Rogers were to purchase the Argos

blasphemy! lol.

[D-Gap-Willie]

If Rogers were to purchase the Argos, you would cease to be an Argos fan then?

That's a rather trollish question , but I will answer it in any case. No, I would not cease to be an Argo fan - I did not cease to be a Blue Jays fan for many years of Rogers ownership. Although Rogers continual attempts to denigrate the Argos and to promote the NFL in Toronto, have bothered me greatly over the years, I did not dump the Jays; although Rogers continually mismanaged and underfunded the Blue Jays, I did not dump the Jays.
Only this year, with the sudden decison to spend have I lost faith in the Jays. They have built a team of very questionable quality at great expense, and promoted it as the 'second coming' - I simply can't buy all the over-the-top hype. You can't build a championship team with suspect pitching, and no legitimate major league second baseman - add to that that there is little back-up for inevitable injuries and the farm system is now substantially depleted.
I have been an Argo fan ( and a CFL fan) since I first came to Canada, and saw them play more than 50 years ago. Rogers will never buy the Argos, but even if they did, I can't picture not being an Argo fan.