drunkjaysfans.com - 11/20/2008
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Here's what Ricciardi told Jayson Stark of ESPN : "We won't be involved with Manny. That keeps coming up, but it's not true. I think one reason is that Manny has always liked it in Toronto. He's hit more home runs here than anybody. And he likes the city, because he can fly under the ...
Winter Meetings: Wednesday Brunch
drunkjaysfans.com 12/10/2008 — "Personally, I think (the winter meetings) are kind of antiquated," Toronto Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi said . "There's so much communication that's done (other ways). If we decided we were going to change it one year, it ...
Baseball | Jays' J.P. Ricciardi keeping his options open
thestar.com 10/24/2008 — I think this anti JP thing has been created by a few media types and too many fans are buying into it without looking at the facts. I for one think JP Ricciardi is a good, competent GM (not saying he's the best)and knows his stuff. He's assemble ...
JP Throws Rogers Under the Bus, Dances on the Grave of Moneyball
drunkjaysfans.com 1/16/2009 — I'd heard that JP had a pretty interesting interview on Sirius with Mad Dog Russo a couple weeks ago, and when searching for it, I came upon the interview below, which is with Sweeny Murti of WFAN in New York . It took place on December 24th, but ...
I Think We're Alone Now
mopupduty.com 12/13/2008 — Ok. AJ has officially left us. What are we to do? JP’s used car lot is in full swing, buying an arm in Clement with 600,000+ km’s on it and trying to sell it back to Jays fans as good as new. Well he hasn’t done it yet, but he will. And it’s not a lie if he knows the truth, right?
JP Talks Pitching
drunkjaysfans.com 3/14/2009 — PR Ricciardi spoke to Mike and Mike on the Fan590 this morning, and talk of the rotation dominated the conversation-- when Toth wasn't wasting time with WBC stuff or pointlessly dredging up Adam Dunn: You always err on the side of caution with ...
The Ghostrunners Reflect
ghostrunners.blogspot.com 10/17/2008 — I posed questions to the other GROFmen, asking for their impressions of the Jays season. My probing interrogation of their innermost thoughts went as follows: Personal highlight of 2008? Biggest letdown of 2008? JP stays - yay or nay? Enduring Image of 2008?
The Honeymoon Is Over
drunkjaysfans.com 12/12/2008 — Well, that was fast. As Parkes has already pointed out, after a few days of nailing it in the desert heat-- and based on his exploits at past Winter Meetings , that could be taken literally-- this morning Griffin threw a mug full of frozen piss in ...
A Short Course in History
mvn.com 1/8/2009 — Yes, I'm interrupting my interruption of myself but I want to comment on this while it's fresh. Seattle Times writer Geoff Baker, who was until recently a baseball writer in Toronto covering the Jays, had an interesting piece on his blog yesterday on ...
Touring the Bases with…Jack Perconte
seamheads.com 3/9/2009 — On October 2, 1983, Red Sox legend and Lynch family hero Carl Yastrzemski lofted a high pop-up to the right of second base in his final major league at-bat, the ball finally settling into the glove of Indians second baseman Jack Perconte. Only a few months later, Perconte moved west and spent ...
Transcript: Joe Maddon's Friday pregame press conference
beloblog.com 10/10/2008 — Just to verify, start me up this morning?
Absolutely. Well, actually this afternoon. Had a houseful this morning, didn't want to turn it up, so we did it when we came in the locker room this afternoon. Appreciate it.
James Shields, do you have ...
New York Yankees Have To Sign Manny Ramirez! —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/19/2008
Enough is enough! If you're the New York Yankees, you have to sign Manny Ramirez. You have approximately $80 million coming off the payroll, use some of it to grab Manny Ramirez. If truly the goal for the Yankees is a championship every year, this is ...
Torre focused on retaining LA's core —
Major League Baseball News 11/20/2008
Despite constant questions regarding big-name free agents like CC Sabathia and Manny Ramirez, Dodgers manager Joe Torre doesn't want anyone to forget the importance of core players like Rafael Furcal, Andruw Jones and Russell Martin.
Jays could offer Burnett long-term deal —
Major League Baseball News 11/21/2008
The Blue Jays aren't going to have the ability to outspend their competitors in the race to sign free-agent A.J. Burnett, but there is a chance that the club might be willing to offer a five-year pact in an attempt to convince the pitcher to stay in ...
Teixeira Sets Deadline ... at a Football Game —
Nationals Journal 11/21/2008
Well, mlb.com is reporting that Mark Teixeira would like to have a new contract by Christmas. Here's what he said when interviewed by ESPN on the sideline during the Georgia Tech-Miami game Thursday night: "I don't want to put a timetable on it, but ...
