Is anyone feeling better about the team then they did a week ago?

[G-Snarls]

LOL that's not the point. You shouldn't have to ban BTS. He should ban himself, just like the rest of us to the Rays boards.

 

Lots of people have an other favorite team. That's cool.

[Angrioter]

His brain likes the Rays

 

His heart is still with Toronto

His heart is with his wife (Blue jays)

His money with the hookers (Rays)

[Stangstag]

Ok. I know I'm tempting fate here posting this.... especially considering we start the season in Tampa, where we could easily go 0-3.... But I am feeling a lot better about this team then I was a week ago. And I think Montreal did it for me..... yip meaningless spring training games had meaning for me.

 

I'm liking that....

 

 

• Mark Buehrle seems like he is in mid-season form and may not have the same disastrous April/ May he had last year. Yeah, he's not that great, but all I want is a good 7 innings where he keeps us in the game.
  
• 
  
• I'm liking D-mac at number 5. Yeah is arm just might fall off mid-game... But I'm so glad it's not Rogers or Happ.
  
• 
  
• I loved Morrow's start. Not completely awesome... but a huge step up from what he has been showing.
  
• 
  
• Loved Sanchez... though I'm assuming his outing is scaring most others that think the Jays will bring him up to early.
  
• 
  
• Love how Lind, Baustista, EE, Lawrie and Cabrera have performed thus far.
  
• 
  
• And even though Goins went 1 for 5 in Montreal.... I liked most of his bats.... and gives me hope he won't be a complete black hole in the order.
  
• 
  

 

I hope you realize we play 4 games in Tampa.

[G-Snarls]

I hope you realize we play 4 games in Tampa.

 

Now he does!

[G-Snarls]

A split in Tampa would be more than fine by me

[TheHurl]

His brain likes the Rays

 

His heart is still with Toronto

 

my brain and my heart likes the Rays, my body is in Toronto.

 

To explain myself best is difficult. I grew up an Expos and Jays fan (with Expos number one). For some reason when the Jays switched to the Dome I went away from the Jays and while i loved some aspects of those early 90's Jays...I grew a hatred for the "new fans". When those fans went away...and the Expos went with them I came back to the Jays.

 

I've always been a fan of front offices though. I can't bring myself to cheer this front office. Then you add in that Rays hired an acquaintance (friend of a friend you could say), my love for the Rays grew. But the people here on this board are my family (before you all think I'm going soft, there are many members of my family that I dislike), and I stay here for the people. As soon as certain people are removed from the Jays front office I'll be back.

[Angrioter]

my brain and my heart likes the Rays, my body is in Toronto.

 

To explain myself best is difficult. I grew up an Expos and Jays fan (with Expos number one). For some reason when the Jays switched to the Dome I went away from the Jays and while i loved some aspects of those early 90's Jays...I grew a hatred for the "new fans". When those fans went away...and the Expos went with them I came back to the Jays.

 

I've always been a fan of front offices though. I can't bring myself to cheer this front office. Then you add in that Rays hired an acquaintance (friend of a friend you could say), my love for the Rays grew. But the people here on this board are my family (before you all think I'm going soft, there are many members of my family that I dislike), and I stay here for the people. As soon as certain people are removed from the Jays front office I'll be back.

 

Lov you man.

 

Fired AA please

[G-Snarls]

[vic city]

His brain likes the Rays

 

His heart is still with Toronto

 

I dunno...I can't understand that ship jumping logic. It's an emotional investment. Your favorite team is your favorite team and the rest of them can suck it! Obviously you dislike some teams more than others but no one compares to your favorite team, even if they're more successful. The Canucks have never won anything but that's my team til I die. Same with the Jays.

 

I think we should petition to have BTS change his profile pic to something less offensive. I mean come on bro...another AL East team? That has troll written all over it! Then we won't have to ban you

[vic city]

His heart is with his wife (Blue jays)

His money with the hookers (Rays)

 

I think I finally understand now!

[G-Snarls]

I dunno...I can't understand that ship jumping logic. It's an emotional investment. Your favorite team is your favorite team and the rest of them can suck it! Obviously you dislike some teams more than others but no one compares to your favorite team, even if they're more successful. The Canucks have never won anything but that's my team til I die. Same with the Jays.

 

I know what you mean

 

I like other teams and want good things to happen for them (Oakland in particular). But yeah even during bad times I will always be 100% invested in the Jays. Have been my whole life. Unlike some on here I'm old enough to remember 92/93. To "jump ship" and cheer for another team for a few years and see them win a championship would be like .001% as satisfying as seeing the Blue Jays do it again.

[vic city]

my brain and my heart likes the Rays, my body is in Toronto.

 

To explain myself best is difficult. I grew up an Expos and Jays fan (with Expos number one). For some reason when the Jays switched to the Dome I went away from the Jays and while i loved some aspects of those early 90's Jays...I grew a hatred for the "new fans". When those fans went away...and the Expos went with them I came back to the Jays.

 

I've always been a fan of front offices though. I can't bring myself to cheer this front office. Then you add in that Rays hired an acquaintance (friend of a friend you could say), my love for the Rays grew. But the people here on this board are my family (before you all think I'm going soft, there are many members of my family that I dislike), and I stay here for the people. As soon as certain people are removed from the Jays front office I'll be back.

 

You know, I can respect that. I always thought everyone was over exaggerating about AA being fat but he looked pretty damn round when I saw footage of him today! He better be earning those souvlakis cuz his ass is gone if the Jays tank this year.

[TheHurl]

His heart is with his wife (Blue jays)

His money with the hookers (Rays)

 

Kind of! I stay for the sake of the kids. Then the kids were taken from me...well they left me with the annoying one with the tattoo's.

[Jimcanuck]

Most everyone is healthy at the moment, Janssen excepted.... so yes

 

Seems like this time last year half the team was either injured, recovering, or banged up in some way

[vic city]

I know what you mean

 

I like other teams and want good things to happen for them (Oakland in particular). But yeah even during bad times I will always be 100% invested in the Jays. Have been my whole life. Unlike some on here I'm old enough to remember 92/93. To "jump ship" and cheer for another team for a few years and see them win a championship would be like .001% as satisfying as seeing the Blue Jays do it again.

 

Exactly! How can you convince yourself to have an emotional investment in something? If you gamble, I get it....there's that financial reward. But what kind of reward are you getting by watching a more successful team in the AL East beat up on the Jays?

[Stangstag]

I dunno...I can't understand that ship jumping logic. It's an emotional investment. Your favorite team is your favorite team and the rest of them can suck it! Obviously you dislike some teams more than others but no one compares to your favorite team, even if they're more successful. The Canucks have never won anything but that's my team til I die. Same with the Jays.

 

I think we should petition to have BTS change his profile pic to something less offensive. I mean come on bro...another AL East team? That has troll written all over it! Then we won't have to ban you

 

I'll sign that petition

[Caper]

my brain and my heart likes the Rays, my body is in Toronto.

 

To explain myself best is difficult. I grew up an Expos and Jays fan (with Expos number one). For some reason when the Jays switched to the Dome I went away from the Jays and while i loved some aspects of those early 90's Jays...I grew a hatred for the "new fans". When those fans went away...and the Expos went with them I came back to the Jays.

 

I've always been a fan of front offices though. I can't bring myself to cheer this front office. Then you add in that Rays hired an acquaintance (friend of a friend you could say), my love for the Rays grew. But the people here on this board are my family (before you all think I'm going soft, there are many members of my family that I dislike), and I stay here for the people. As soon as certain people are removed from the Jays front office I'll be back.

 

So you will be cheering for a Rays sweep?

[John_Havok]

As long as the bench never needs to be used, the Jays will be fine.

[Angrioter]

As long as the bench never needs to be used, the Jays will be fine.

 

or the 3/5 of our rotation!!

[Caper]

It's hard to explain, but Hurl did a pretty good job. My favourite thing about baseball is watching front offices build great teams because they have a better understanding of the game than other front offices. I find the Jays' front office incredibly difficult to cheer for, for much the same reason that I hated when Baltimore made the playoffs in 2012: I find undeserved success difficult to root for. It's difficult for me to cheer for this team to luck it's way to 87-88 wins, knowing that it would probably guarantee another 5+ years of Beeston and Anthopoulos. If I could choose one team in the game to have a great run fueled by an elite management team, it would be Toronto.

 

As for why I still post here, I like the community. I've been on this forum for almost 10 years, am involved in forum leagues, and like a lot of the posters. It's also a pretty good place to discuss baseball in general.

 

If Tampa Bay had a tonne of money to work with.... They wouldn't be a great front office. They are forced into making decisions that just happen to be the right ones....

[vic city]

It's hard to explain, but Hurl did a pretty good job. My favourite thing about baseball is watching front offices build great teams because they have a better understanding of the game than other front offices. I find the Jays' front office incredibly difficult to cheer for, for much the same reason that I hated when Baltimore made the playoffs in 2012: I find undeserved success difficult to root for. It's difficult for me to cheer for this team to luck it's way to 87-88 wins, knowing that it would probably guarantee another 5+ years of Beeston and Anthopoulos. If I could choose one team in the game to have a great run fueled by an elite management team, it would be Toronto.

 

As for why I still post here, I like the community. I've been on this forum for almost 10 years, am involved in forum leagues, and like a lot of the posters. It's also a pretty good place to discuss baseball in general.

 

I get what you're saying but the Jays have had s***** management for years. JP was a f***in hack and Gord Ash wasn't much better. I guess from my side I'm just thinking that you play the hand you're dealt. Every organization in professional sports goes through it's up and downs. Look at the New York Islanders. They went from winning 4 stanley cups in a row to being the laughing stock of the NHL, with an incompetent Mike Milbury as their GM and a broke John Spano who basically lied his way into ownership of the team, the guy didn't have a dime to his name. It's all part of the ups and downs of sports. I don't enjoy watching the Jays lose,

but I enjoy the process, watching the team grow/develop.

[Caper]

That is one of the most stupid comments I've ever read.

 

No... They would just extend players they shouldn't.... Bring players up early.... And make bad free agent signings.... Just like everyone else.

 

And apparently you never read your comments laughing at AA for not extending Josh Johnson... That was pretty f***ing stupid.

[vic city]

So you will be cheering for a Rays sweep?

 

Good question!

[vic city]

No... They would just extend players they shouldn't.... Bring players up early.... And make bad free agent signings.... Just like everyone else.

 

With that logic the Oakland As would win the world series every year...

[ElNik2013]

I wasn't as down on the team as other a week ago, so that hasn't changed. I have low expectation (92W) so I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

 

The fact that Reyes had that hammy issue is a big concern, I don't think he'll be running much early on and there's a reasonable chance he aggravates it and misses a month. Morrow looked good yesterday, but I didn't see the same zip on the fastball at least not by my eye-gun.

 

I'm looking forward to following Stroman, Nolin, Sanchez, Jimenez, Burns, Nay, Barreto, Castro, Labourt, DeJong and others in the minors.

 

 

We'll see what happens.

[G-Snarls]

I'll sign that petition

 

Yes. Go back to metal album covers for avatars or GTFO.

[G-Snarls]

If Tampa Bay had a tonne of money to work with.... They wouldn't be a great front office. They are forced into making decisions that just happen to be the right ones....

 

This makes no sense at all

[Jimcanuck]

Would AA be a better GM with a low budget than he is with a high budget?

 

Fair question

 

Low budget - Syndergaard and others still on the farm

 

High budget - we know what happened

[Jimcanuck]

Ok business decisions, terrible manager

[G-Snarls]

Would AA be a better GM with a low budget than he is with a high budget?

 

Fair question

 

Low budget - Syndergaard and others still on the farm

 

High budget - we know what happened

 

That's just circumstantial.

 

A smart FO will make the most of an extra 30M. Oakland and Tampa would. Does it guarantee anything? No. Do things always go right? No. But I'd trust those teams not to waste it.