The Tao of Stieb

Often Irreverent, Mostly Rational Blog for Fans of the Toronto Blue Jays. One Day, We'll Be Perfect.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Keeping Up Appearances, Barely

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[Pops head into the blog; looks around nervously yet hopefully] Oh, good.  You're all still here.  See, I had given assurances to ...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Tommy John is a Punk

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How convenient.  Our host 'round these parts, the Tao, has jetted off to parts unknown for God knows how long, leaving yours truly i...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Gaps and the First Sixty

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There are days when I watch the Toronto Blue Jays and find it difficult to see where the gaps are.  When I watch a game where Brandon M...
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Friday, June 8, 2012

How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Hating Eric Hinske

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We're a pretty even-tempered guy on most days, and when it comes to our fandom for the game of baseball, we generally take efforts not...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

How's She Goin', Eh? A Glance Back at the Season Thus Far

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While we were off in a deep trance for the past week or so, the Jays snuck past the one-third post of the season. And while they don't...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Eric the Dread

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So there you have it. Two months into the season, Eric Thames has lost his hold on the starting left field job for the Blue Jays. Demoted ...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

Ponderings and 100 Yard Stares

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There was a time when we might have taken the first post after a cruddy weekend to scold those who were piling off the bandwagon and taunt...
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Nobody Said It Would Be Easy

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It's amazing what a short losing streak can do to a team in the American League East, isn't it?  Make no mistake, the Blue Jays...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Friday Tweet Bag - Perfunctory Answers to Your Burning Questions

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It's summer, and chances are, you're all way more interested in hitting a patio or heading out to the cottage than reading our bla...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Backyard Baseball

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I was a bit nostalgic this afternoon watching the second half of Toronto's 6-5 loss to the visiting New York Mets.  My viewing of t...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Blue Jays and the Boys in Blue

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A couple of days ago, we started writing a post about the Jays and their relationship to the umpires. It was a general observation about h...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Life on the Road

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When you scan through the lineup the Minnesota Twins are rolling out there on a day-to-day basis, you have to feel just a little bit sor...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Opening Up the Closer Role

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We won't fixate too much on last night's game because a) everything was fine when we went for our evening slumber and 2) we don...
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Looking a Little Ahead

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With the first month of the season in the books, it seems as though every team is now beginning to settle into the grind just a little bi...
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Lineup Melancholy and the Infinite Lindness

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Photo from the Blue Jays' official Twitter account, @BlueJays In the five years since we picked up our quill and whinged away about ...
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