Blue Jays (Corbin) vs Rays (McClanahan): 5/6/26, 1:10pm

[Olerud363.354]

Random chance you'd expect 20% of the time in a 5 game division to be ahead game 40.

In 33 years they've been ahead once... by 1 game. 

Never had an mind blowing exciting start in the Wild Card era, and almost always dissapointing.

Many over-before-it-began years, even when expect to contend.  Amazing their attendance has been as good as it has been without any hot starts extending to mid Spring

 

[Jonn]

That was a pretty abysmal series. Team needs Barger and Kirk back so bad.

[RA Whiffleball]

1 hour ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Random chance you'd expect 20% of the time in a 5 game division to be ahead game 40.

In 33 years they've been ahead once... by 1 game. 

Never had an mind blowing exciting start in the Wild Card era, and almost always dissapointing.

Many over-before-it-began years, even when expect to contend.  Amazing their attendance has been as good as it has been without any hot starts extending to mid Spring

 

I would say from 1994-2012 we were not competitive under Interbrew SA and the Ted Rogers version of Rogers, so the slow starts in those seasons are irrelevant. Neither ownership^gave a flying about the ball club.

Yes, we did sign Roger Clemens, but that was just to try to put more bums in seats.

In 2013-14, Rogers finally pulled their finger out, but you can't just flick a switch and expect to be competitive.

Since 2015, the club has been heading in the right direction, but still lacks that baseball heritage, that winning culture, that je ne sais quoi that clubs like the Yanks, Cards, Red Sox, and Dodgers all have. Last season was a massive step, and I believe that Ed Rogers is in it to win it, but we are still not quite there.