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This is so embarassing.

So far this year attendance is down by almost 30 %. They didnt even sell out opening day and they had an announced attendance on April 1 of 10,460. This will not get better when they trade away stroman sanchez and smoak. We might not be in the bottom ten right now but we most certainly will be. You can call it anything you want, but these are figures , not s***.

It is not utter nonsense that the Jays attendance figures have dropped since Shatkins took over. Those teams that you think are surviving on the Jays figures are not taking in Canadian dollars and paying out in american, a differrence of 30% And you think that attendance will pick up this season with the team that is taking the field each night. Hardly.

Keep watching

Being embarrassed does mean something. It means the next time those "casual" fans as everyone calls them, decide whether they will spend their money to see a game they will remember the beat downs that have been going on this season. Losing is one thing, being trounced constantly is another. A major league team can not survive on the attendance figures they are posting right now. And for the jays to win 100 games two years from now, will be the miracle of all miracles.

Wayfair sells them too. Plus free delivery

I didnt like the Shapiro hiring at the time and said so. So far in year 4 this is the worst team I ever remember watching. He has traded away what assets we had, for not much, whether that is due to inury or his waiting too long to move. This team cant hit, certainly cant catch the ball and,other than Stroman, there is not a pitcher that starts that anyone can look at and think, we have a chance to win the game. Sanchez has an attitude problem, calls out his teammates with no repercussions, and takes the mound with a sullen attitude. There is a manager that seems like he was hired because he had a great deal of knowledge of stats etc, but doesnt use them. They bring up a kid who no doubt will be terrific but put him in a position that he couldnt possibly live up to the hype. The farm system is rated third but exactly when will all those players actually start to make their way to the majors, in what year. And where is the pitching. Ok, so the team will have money to go out and buy pitching, but how many free agents will come to T.O. The outfield is embarassing. Grichuk is given a long term contract for what so far has been mediocre results. We had that in Pillar. Yes, they are rebuilding, but the Yankees managed a rebuild without putting an embarassing team on the field. Other than Vladdy, who on this team that should be a sure thing. In all my years, and they are many, there has never been a time when I would turn off the game and walk away because I didnt like the team, even JP Ricciardi ‘s teams. But this year it happens more and more. Fans will go along with rebuilds but they have to be able to look forward and see the future, and if Shapiros promise is three or four more years away, the fans wont be there. Looked at the attemdance so far, it is sinking to expo levels and it isnt going to be better in August. This is just my opinion, and I know that it is the odd man out on this board, but Shapiro and company will be fired before the end of 2020 if there is not significant progress

Vladdy is being treated as if he is babe ruth incarnate. I have never seen so much hype. I sure hope Montoya and the Jays will do everything they can to protect this very young star from the inevitable ups and downs of playing in the majors. With that said can hardly wait for his debut.

Victoria has posts with numbers on them and a parking machine in each block. You can use either cash or credit or a reloadable card that you buy from the city. None of the commissionaires lost their jobs when they were installed. Plus, you can fill them from anywhere in the city, so you dont have to run back to your particular machine. Much more efficient.

Just for information, only Alberta and Ontario allow vets to dock tails or ears. I bought a springer pup recently and expected him to have a tail. He doesn't, apparently breeders can still dock. So make sure you inquire. I am in bc and it is definitely the law here.

Spragues wife was an american synchro swimmer, who won the gold medal in the olympics because a judge pushed the wrong button. The judge admitted it and tried to change it, but couldnt It cost our canadian girl the gold medal. From then on spragues wife was the enemy

I got the feeling from watching her interview, she was more than a little defensive. I will give her the benefit and assume she thought she was doing the right thing. But Halladay was a Jay, and stated he wanted to go in as a Jay. Maybe she will go and change her mind. If not, really everyone knows he was a HOF Toronto Blue Jay, and a patch on his hat doesnt change that.

Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe was on xm radio tody, spouting off about not voting for Halladay. Didnt think he was a slam dunk for HOF and he was only voting for them. He must have seen every game that Haladay pitched against Boston, but didnt think he was good enough. That is worse than not voting at all.

My list for Santa Morales never starts for the jays again. Gurriel proves he is a major league SS Devon Travis plays healthy all year Vlad starts opening day (never mind the extra year ) Pillar gets traded Stroman gets traded Sanchez pitches injury free for the Jays And most important that the Jays are better in 2019 than they were in 2018, and that each game they play is fun to watch, win or lose, not the incredibly boring team they have been the last couple of years. Merry Christmas to all the Jays fans!!!

Congrats Spanky!!!!

Well if it is I hope the Yankees win.

The Jays should get the company that makes those tennis commercials to do theirs.

There are more Jays fans there than Orioles.

Sandy alomar jr. Came close before they hired farrel. Catcher, who I think make good managers. Shapiro is well acquainted with him.

I dont know exactly where you are located, but I would contact some of the auction houses that hold sports auctions. They will give you an auction estimate for the entire collection, plus, will tell you if there is an individual piece that they will separate out to sell separately. If they accept items or entire collection, you can ship them there insured by ups etc.

And the usual nothing from Morales

They already interviewed him before about 7 or 8 years ago. Not,shapiro, but,the Jays,did.

Just for you spanky!

First and foremost, I am not upset about anything. This post started because someone posted about fifteen minutes of McCowans show. . I listened to it and there was Granger, Mccowan and I didnt get the last guy. They were making common sense comments about what is the direction of this club. I am not going to repeat it, it is there for the listening. But they were asking relevant questions, and as a fan, it would seem to me to be important to question management for their mistakes and their successes. If there is no success on the field, how many years do fans just blindly say, well the farm system is improving. As you politely stated I am an older woman, and I probably dont have another 15 years to wait. I hope I am absolutely dead wrong about Shapiro. But I have watched a build from nothing, I have seen numerous, too many to count years of mediocrity under Ash and Ricciardi, a rebuild with AA, who wasnt afraid to make a move, and,this just has the look of a management team that is afraid to do the wrong thing. Now if this is because of Rogers then Shapiro shouldnt have taken the job under those conditions. If this is the plan to try and compete while rebuilding, our farm was too poor and the good prospects too far away to be successful. Shapiro knew that and yet did not step up and say our team is not good enough and tore it down. The Astros took four years to rebuild. How many years will it be for the Jays, and that was the point of the discussion. Fans are not stupid because they question the direction of a club, or the management team that is running it. And it is not a sin to disagree or to have an opposing opinion on this board Back to the ballgame. And as an aside, it was NOT me that was upset about Happ, it was the consensus in the broadcast that his value was diminishing.

so if everyone else knew that this team was in decline, why are donaldson, tulowitzki, martin,sanchez etc. Still on this team in 2018?