Am I the only one who thinks the whole homerun jacket thing is incredibly cringey?

[5ToolPhenom]

The Pad's have their swag chain, other teams haves silly hats and it's all kind of fun and a form of team camaraderie. And the Jays have a... winter jacket?

 

It feels forced. Especially now that the player has to stop before the dugout as Charlie slowly and carefully applies the jacket. It's just not a very exciting thing to watch. It would be one thing if it was some kind of cool, over the top jacket like a fur-coat or some studded jacket or some s***, but it's literally just a plain ugly blue winter jacket with country names scrawled across it.

 

Padre fans LOVE the swag chain and they sell em and it's a piece of team lore now, but I don't think I've ever even heard a Jays fan talk about the jacket. Is there some kind of lore to the jacket or back story that I'm unaware of? What's the appeal of this ridiculous process? The jacket's a lame idea. Can they put it to rest already?

[FantasyNewb]

Yes, you're the only one!

[Jays24]

I don't mind it. I hope it only lasts for this season and they do something else next year. If they auction the jacket off for Jays Care then it would have been for a great cause.

[Virgil_Hiltz]

I don't mind it. I hope it only lasts for this season and they do something else next year. If they auction the jacket off for Jays Care then it would have been for a great cause.

 

Great idea!

[Laika]

It's a suit jacket and it's also a nod to the internationality of the team. I don't mind it at all.

[Spanky99]

This thread is more cringe than the jacket, just Chuckles shouldn't be involved, really.

[Stangstag]

How on earth do you think that its a winter jacket... lol

[Stangstag]

It's a suit jacket and it's also a nod to the internationality of the team. I don't mind it at all.

 

Its also a nod to the masters golf jacket thing I believe

[Daniel Labude]

This thread is more cringe than the jacket, just Chuckles shouldn't be involved, really.

 

This. Should be a players thing. Montoyo doing it once was the max

[philly30]

How on earth do you think that its a winter jacket... lol

 

Sure it is...in Florida

[Jimcanuck]

There's a lot of goofy s*** in sports, this isn't one of them. It's fine for one season and much better than throwing seeds.

[Spanky99]

This. Should be a players thing. Montoyo doing it once was the max

 

Apparently they asked him to do it, he should've said that's your thing fellas, etc...

[Deadpool]

The Pad's have their swag chain, other teams haves silly hats and it's all kind of fun and a form of team camaraderie. And the Jays have a... winter jacket?

 

It feels forced. Especially now that the player has to stop before the dugout as Charlie slowly and carefully applies the jacket. It's just not a very exciting thing to watch. It would be one thing if it was some kind of cool, over the top jacket like a fur-coat or some studded jacket or some s***, but it's literally just a plain ugly blue winter jacket with country names scrawled across it.

 

Padre fans LOVE the swag chain and they sell em and it's a piece of team lore now, but I don't think I've ever even heard a Jays fan talk about the jacket. Is there some kind of lore to the jacket or back story that I'm unaware of? What's the appeal of this ridiculous process? The jacket's a lame idea. Can they put it to rest already?

 

It's not for us, it's for them.

[The Iceman]

Charlie will walk into the sunset after game 162 wearing the jacket...never to be seen again

 

I am such a romatic at heart

[wilko]

The Pad's have their swag chain, other teams haves silly hats and it's all kind of fun and a form of team camaraderie. And the Jays have a... winter jacket?

 

It feels forced. Especially now that the player has to stop before the dugout as Charlie slowly and carefully applies the jacket. It's just not a very exciting thing to watch. It would be one thing if it was some kind of cool, over the top jacket like a fur-coat or some studded jacket or some s***, but it's literally just a plain ugly blue winter jacket with country names scrawled across it.

 

Padre fans LOVE the swag chain and they sell em and it's a piece of team lore now, but I don't think I've ever even heard a Jays fan talk about the jacket. Is there some kind of lore to the jacket or back story that I'm unaware of? What's the appeal of this ridiculous process? The jacket's a lame idea. Can they put it to rest already?

 

Winter jacket? You didn't wear any suits and it shows.

[intentional wok]

It's not for us, it's for them.

 

I don't understand the annoyance tbh. No one should want the players to be as miserable as our gameday threads are. No one's ever worked in a horrible work environment before? s*** sucks.

[Terminator]

They should change it to a hit-with-RISP jacket.

[Jays24]

They should change it to a hit-with-RISP jacket.

 

Jacket might collect too much dust if that happened. It's like giving the Jacket to the Bullpen for every scoreless inning they pitch lol.

[TheHurl]

Padre fans LOVE the swag chain and they sell em and it's a piece of team lore now

 

So you're saying that BJMB should be marketing and selling Home Run Jackets

[John_Havok]

Jacket might collect too much dust if that happened. It's like giving the Jacket to the Bullpen for every scoreless inning they pitch lol.

 

You might want to look up the MLB stats on RISP. Jays are hitting .267 with RISP, which is 3rd in MLB trailing the #1 and #2 places teams who are at .271 (Houston and Washington)

[Stangstag]

You might want to look up the MLB stats on RISP. Jays are hitting .267 with RISP, which is 3rd in MLB trailing the #1 and #2 places teams who are at .271 (Houston and Washington)

 

Have you not been watching for the past few weeks?

[John_Havok]

Have you not been watching for the past few weeks?

 

Of course. They were leading baseball prior to this cold stretch at .282

 

A two week cold stretch does not define a season.

[King]

Of course. They were leading baseball prior to this cold stretch at .282

 

A two week cold stretch does not define a season.

I mean, it kind of does define a season if you're in the middle of a wild card race. That is narrative though and in reality it's just a streak of poorly timed bad luck.

[Spanky99]

You might want to look up the MLB stats on RISP. Jays are hitting .267 with RISP, which is 3rd in MLB trailing the #1 and #2 places teams who are at .271 (Houston and Washington)

 

You should take a look at the numbers 7th inning or later, last I checked they were 2nd last. This team has been destroyed late in games, unfortunately. Also, they were 1st overall a few weeks ago, in RISP, hence the drop through this spell. Not good mate, they need to wake the f*** up against likely the most important part of the season in the next 7 against the A's and Yankees or it's sayonara.

[Jimcanuck]

You should take a look at the numbers 7th inning or later, last I checked they were 2nd last. This team has been destroyed late in games, unfortunately. Also, they were 1st overall a few weeks ago, in RISP, hence the drop through this spell. Not good mate, they need to wake the f*** up against likely the most important part of the season in the next 7 against the A's and Yankees or it's sayonara.

 

Is there anything real to this, or is it just statistical noise?

[Spanky99]

Is there anything real to this, or is it just statistical noise?

 

Likely noise, that bit us in the ass this season. Certainly with the pen, but they've been fugly late with the bats, it just compounded everything.

[Jimcanuck]

Likely noise, that bit us in the ass this season. Certainly with the pen, but they've been fugly late with the bats, it just compounded everything.

 

The only way it would be real is if one believes in "clutch". And that the Jays young hitters tighten up in the late innings, the anti-clutch. Buck and Pat will tell us clutch is a thing.....

[Spanky99]

The only way it would be real is if one believes in "clutch". And that the Jays young hitters tighten up in the late innings, the anti-clutch. Buck and Pat will tell us clutch is a thing.....

 

Those clowns don't even know it's happened all season.

[Stangstag]

Of course. They were leading baseball prior to this cold stretch at .282

 

A two week cold stretch does not define a season.

 

I didn’t say it defines the season, and neither did Jays24.

[Brownie19]

You should take a look at the numbers 7th inning or later, last I checked they were 2nd last. This team has been destroyed late in games, unfortunately. Also, they were 1st overall a few weeks ago, in RISP, hence the drop through this spell. Not good mate, they need to wake the f*** up against likely the most important part of the season in the next 7 against the A's and Yankees or it's sayonara.

 

A run scored is a run scored - regardless of what inning it is.