Once again Vancouver were the only winners and they needed a big eighth inning rally to take the lead. Yosver Zulueta did not pitch well. The other three games were all close affairs.

There was a recent suggestion that we hold a Batters Box get together at a game this season. Our bauxites are spread throughout Canada and the world so it is uncertain how many would be able to make it to a Toronto get together. So lets get some expressions of interest.

The regular season is ready to go. Now it is time to go on the record with your predictions for the season.

The Blue Jays have enjoyed a pleasantly uneventful time in Florida so far.

I think it's even on the television. Yusei Kikuchi will throw the first pitch of the spring.

Football is over and baseball is back. Although it is not the required reporting date yet, many players are already in Dunedin along with several of the Blue Jays writers.

I was wasting my time scrolling through the Twitter when my beady eye lighted upon this particular image and I thought I would share.

It's time for a new thread, and I have some trivia! I saw it on Twitter! It's got to be true!

More than 200 comments? It's definitely time.

Finally has happened - via Jeff Passan of ESPN.

The winter meetings are underway in San Diego. The off-season has been relatively quiet so far. It is uncertain whether there will be deals at the winter meetings or just a lot of discussion.

We just saw Gaylord Perry pass away, one of many guys who thrived in the era of no pitch limits. When guys could throw 300 IP in 5 of 6 years (Perry did it ages 30-36 with 'just' 280 one year) and had 6 more 200 IP seasons left in his arm after that (!!). I could go antidotal on it but I prefer raw data.

There was much more to him than the spitball.

And here's the new Hall of Fame ballot...