General 2016 Blue Jays discussion thread

[z3r0s]

I am 6 feet and 150 pounds so I usually wear medium all the time, all my friends wear mediums or large, I don't know anyone personally that wears an XL.

 

You're still in high school aren't you...

[West Texas Forever]

You're still in high school aren't you...

 

I am 28 years old so last time I checked no.

[Governator]

Thanks Governator, I had to photoshop and clone some people underneath the camera bay near the TD zone due to some massive head in the photo but it turned out decent.

 

Wouldn't have noticed, the levels seemed a little intense though - upped in photoshop? Still great though I love the full CN tower in there.

[z3r0s]

then you must not know that many people personally. I'm with Grant here. I'm 6'4" and L's are always too short after a few times in the wash.

 

Pisses me off when you get a shirt in a case of beer or something and you know that s*** won't fit for long.

[West Texas Forever]

Wouldn't have noticed, the levels seemed a little intense though - upped in photoshop? Still great though I love the full CN tower in there.

 

Levels are like that due to Instagram, I can always PM you the raw photo.

[West Texas Forever]

then you must not know that many people personally. I'm with Grant here. I'm 6'4" and L's are always too short after a few times in the wash.

 

Pisses me off when you get a shirt in a case of beer or something and you know that s*** won't fit for long.

 

Hit up that Big and Tall.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Yes, and a lot of these kids are heading off to see Jays games this year with their fams, and the 8-10 year olds on my kids team talk about the Jays scores and emulate the hitters all the time. We have the Honda Super Camp next week. Alomar, Devo et all will be here. I'm probably more excited than my son.

 

I posted this back in May but here is a great news story on the "Blue Jays Bump" increasing enrollment 25-30% in LL.

 

Calgary baseball diamonds see 'Blue Jays bump' as kids flock to little leagues

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/little-leagues-calgary-blue-jays-baseball-1.3581004

 

Good Read Big C, Thanks!!!

 

Man seeing those pictures sure bought back some memories of my old Lion 35ers days, Good times!!!

 

Yup I still hate them f***ing monarchs

Lol

 

Devooooooooo

[KingKat]

then you must not know that many people personally. I'm with Grant here. I'm 6'4" and L's are always too short after a few times in the wash.

 

Pisses me off when you get a shirt in a case of beer or something and you know that s*** won't fit for long.

 

I'm only 6'0" but all my length is in the torso. Pants are always too long and shirts (unless they are XL) are always too short.

[vdubmvp]

You'd think they'd make the seats a bit wider in that case.

 

I feel like I remember reading that was something they wanted to do as part of their ongoing improvements, but I could just be crazy. I'm also not sure they'd want to lose seats now when the attendance has gone up so much. But yeah, certain sections are very, very tight, and I'm only like 5'5, so I really don't know how tall people are doing it. The worst that I've sat in were the TD seats, where there was basically no room between the seat in front of my and my legs. I've also found the 100 level outfield to be tighter than the 200 outfield. You: I didn't ask for all of this.

[vdubmvp]

You can't please everyone. I'm 6'6 with wide shoulders, so XL is a necessity. If it's long sleeve, I don't even bother trying. Large seems like a fair compromise for everyone though.

 

Oh, I know. I mean, I wouldn't even attempt to advocate for them giving out women's sizes, but I've always thought it wouldn't be too much of a hassle if they had small through extra large. And then obviously once the size you want is gone, you're out of luck and have to get one that's larger/smaller.

[vdubmvp]

They were XL, I threw mine in the trash, snapped a good photo though with the gropro, had to cut out some heads.

 

http://i.imgur.com/WA4aATV.jpg

 

Pfft, this is foolish. Nice picture, though.

[THANOS]

Donaldson up to 5.3 WAR now, tied with Trout again. It's still crazy that he's pacing better than last season. They're a full 1 WAR ahead of the competition as well, so if the pace continues JD is a two-year MVP.

[West Texas Forever]

I feel like I remember reading that was something they wanted to do as part of their ongoing improvements, but I could just be crazy. I'm also not sure they'd want to lose seats now when the attendance has gone up so much. But yeah, certain sections are very, very tight, and I'm only like 5'5, so I really don't know how tall people are doing it. The worst that I've sat in were the TD seats, where there was basically no room between the seat in front of my and my legs. I've also found the 100 level outfield to be tighter than the 200 outfield. You: I didn't ask for all of this.

 

Section 231 reppin' for years here, best seats in the house, rare foul ball death to face, wider seats, only 15 rows, bathrooms close by, less crowded, always in the shade, best of all CUP HOLDERS!

[vdubmvp]

Section 231 reppin' for years here, best seats in the house, rare foul ball death to face, wider seats, only 15 rows, bathrooms close by, less crowded, always in the shade, best of all CUP HOLDERS!

 

I guess you get cup holders all through the 200's, because they also have them in the outfield seats. I'll have to sit there one day, though I've always preferred first base side, so I might go with that first instead.

[Governator]

I guess you get cup holders all through the 200's, because they also have them in the outfield seats. I'll have to sit there one day, though I've always preferred first base side, so I might go with that first instead.

 

I've sat in every corner of the stadium, 3rd base side, 2nd deck are the money seats imo as well. Same as 1B side but the shade makes a big difference. Only thing I don't like is going there with my kids because they complain about having to walk around the stadium to the gates / seats lol.

[West Texas Forever]

I guess you get cup holders all through the 200's, because they also have them in the outfield seats. I'll have to sit there one day, though I've always preferred first base side, so I might go with that first instead.

 

The sassy Jamaican lady loves Donaldson so 3rd base side or bust with her. Yeah the whole 200's get cupholders it is great. 3rd base side is bless in day games though with the sun since you're always in the shade which is great.

[West Texas Forever]

I've sat in every corner of the stadium, 3rd base side, 2nd deck are the money seats imo as well. Same as 1B side but the shade makes a big difference. Only thing I don't like is going there with my kids because they complain about having to walk around the stadium to the gates / seats lol.

 

Gate 11 is the best gate to enter if you're on the 3rd base side 200 level.

[fatcowxlive]

This is a really poor statement. Despite the impressive half season, let's not forget that Carrera (as well as Smoak) has been an entirely replacement level player his entire career. Could something have changed? Sure, walks are way up, strikeouts are reasonable, and he's made some good contact this year. However, his defense is at times atrocious - he takes absolutely terrible routes and are often preceded by bad reads off the bat - despite being fast, he's not a particularly elite baserunner, and while I'd love to be wrong he's more than likely not this good of a hitter.

 

Is Smoak any better? No, not really, he has decent potential with the bat but has some of the biggest holes and easily exploitable flaws that I've seen in a Blue Jays hitter. He's only a 1B, a supposedly decent one at that - he is very sure handed - but still doesn't carry that much value.

 

This is not me advocating for Bautista in RF - the guy is clearly done as an outfielder - or completely s***ing on Carrera who has done a great job holding down the fort but to say that the latter is that much preferable to Smoak when in reality they're both rather inconsequential players is a stretch.

 

I put way too many hyphens in this post.

 

I 100% agree with you, especially the part about you using too many hyphens . But what I'm meaning to say is currently Carerra is having a better season than Smoak, and with the way Smoak is battling, Carerra brings another element out there wth his speed and bunting abilities, so even if he does enter a slump he has a weapon he can use to avoid a strikeout unlike Smoak.

 

Another part of this for me is I think overall defensively, Carerra in right and one of EE/Bautista at 1B is much better than having Smoak at 1B and Bautista out in right. I haven't seen the defensive metrics, but by the naked eye EE has been just as good as Smoak, I can really thing of 1 or 2 blunders at 1B (had a hit skip past him I think and couldn't catch Tulo's throw), plus I have a feeling Bautista would be great there he's super athletic

[fatcowxlive]

Holy Schnikies!

 

Oh yeah. Enrolment is up everywhere. Tried to resign my brother for Milton's baseball league and they hit their capacity back in Feb I think they told me... Last season they didn't fill all their spots. My old league in Scarborough hit capacity really early too my friend told me

[fatcowxlive]

I've sat in every corner of the stadium, 3rd base side, 2nd deck are the money seats imo as well. Same as 1B side but the shade makes a big difference. Only thing I don't like is going there with my kids because they complain about having to walk around the stadium to the gates / seats lol.

 

Dude someone here told me the best cheap seats to get are 500 behind home plate and holy s*** what a view it is. I'll give 200 level 3rd base a shot, I sat field level 3rd base line a couple of times and it was fun (got my glove signed by Travis Snider and shook Arencibia's hand on his debut day lol I thought we got the second coming of Pudge)

[West Texas Forever]

Dude someone here told me the best cheap seats to get are 500 behind home plate and holy s*** what a view it is. I'll give 200 level 3rd base a shot, I sat field level 3rd base line a couple of times and it was fun (got my glove signed by Travis Snider and shook Arencibia's hand on his debut day lol I thought we got the second coming of Pudge)

 

I sat right behind home plate in the 500's for all the playoff games last year, you could see all balls and strikes very easily. I just didn't want to spend the massive amounts of money on my regular 200 level seats so I grabbed the 500's for a decent price for all the games then got refunded after the ALCS

[fatcowxlive]

I sat right behind home plate in the 500's for all the playoff games last year, you could see all balls and strikes very easily. I just didn't want to spend the massive amounts of money on my regular 200 level seats so I grabbed the 500's for a decent price for all the games then got refunded after the ALCS

 

it's ok! This season no tickets will be refunded . WE'RE GETTING A RING BABY!!!

[Governator]

Dude someone here told me the best cheap seats to get are 500 behind home plate and holy s*** what a view it is. I'll give 200 level 3rd base a shot, I sat field level 3rd base line a couple of times and it was fun (got my glove signed by Travis Snider and shook Arencibia's hand on his debut day lol I thought we got the second coming of Pudge)

 

For sure behind home plate has a great view all the way up. 200 3rd base line is just a great view as well and pretty much the only shady spot all game. Lots of foul balls and as mentioned quick to get in and out. I've also sat front row 200 in that section several times and enjoyed those games the most in terms of comfort (tons of foot room too). I can't stand level 100 on either side, though I've never had first 5 rows. It's a hot sweaty mess and as a shorter person there's always someone blocking my view and getting in and out is annoying.

[West Texas Forever]

it's ok! This season no tickets will be refunded . WE'RE GETTING A RING BABY!!!

 

That's the spirit, to this day I haven't seen the finale Donaldson ground out in Game 6, I turned off the TV as soon as it left the bat and rolled to 3rd. Jays should have won that game and Stro vs Wiggle Butt in game 7 would have been a Jays win and the Mets sucked, Jays would have won it I think last year if they got to game 7. This year will be better!

[West Texas Forever]

For sure behind home plate has a great view all the way up. 200 3rd base line is just a great view as well and pretty much the only shady spot all game. Lots of foul balls and as mentioned quick to get in and out. I've also sat front row 200 in that section several times and enjoyed those games the most in terms of comfort (tons of foot room too). I can't stand level 100 on either side, though I've never had first 5 rows. It's a hot sweaty mess and as a shorter person there's always someone blocking my view and getting in and out is annoying.

 

I used to have my flex pack in the 100's behind 1st base and you're right, hot sweaty mess all times. Anyone an inch taller than you sitting a row in front good luck seeing anything, also people going to the bathroom/food/drinks all the f***ing time blocking your view, 200 level all day every day thank you very much, less people and seats are positioned better so you don't get blocked too often.

[vdubmvp]

I've sat in every corner of the stadium, 3rd base side, 2nd deck are the money seats imo as well. Same as 1B side but the shade makes a big difference. Only thing I don't like is going there with my kids because they complain about having to walk around the stadium to the gates / seats lol.

 

I feel like I miss being in the sun when I get stuck in the shade, but then when I sit in the sun like I did this past Sunday, I'm practically begging for the clouds to roll in for some relief. I don't make any sense.

[vdubmvp]

The sassy Jamaican lady loves Donaldson so 3rd base side or bust with her. Yeah the whole 200's get cupholders it is great. 3rd base side is bless in day games though with the sun since you're always in the shade which is great.

 

Well this I completely understand.

[CHRIS]

Pisses me off when you get a shirt in a case of beer or something and you know that s*** won't fit for long.

 

Just hang dry it, no?

[West Texas Forever]

Well this I completely understand.

 

I don't mind seeing the MVP either so it's all good. Where were you sitting on the Sunday game in the sun?

[vdubmvp]

I don't mind seeing the MVP either so it's all good. Where were you sitting on the Sunday game in the sun?

 

517, I think. As mentioned, I like first base side. It's a good view, especially if you're within the first ten-ish rows, which I definitely prefer.