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The Jays are not winning the offseason at this stage, but can add parts to win the East still. Needs are a DH and a 3B (ideally DH is LH) and maybe a 4th OF if you don't trust Schneider/Biggio/kids to cover that. With the old thread well over 200 comments, time for a new one.

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Posted by John Northey on Friday, January 05 2024 @ 06:06 PM EST.
Most Recent Post: 01/17 06:54AM by scottt [223 featured comments]

Deadline Day

Trades are happening and the game thread is filling up so lets do a deadline day thread.

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Posted by John Northey on Tuesday, August 01 2023 @ 02:21 PM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 08/03 11:46PM by John Northey [70 featured comments]

Time for a New Thread

Well, the last one is getting long and time to focus on what else the Jays need as we head into Christmas.

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Posted by John Northey on Thursday, December 15 2022 @ 06:01 PM EST.
Most Recent Post: 12/23 06:21PM by bpoz [204 featured comments]

Teoscar Traded

Well, things going nuts in the one thread so we need a clean one, especially for big news like this.

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Posted by John Northey on Wednesday, November 16 2022 @ 12:26 PM EST.
Most Recent Post: 11/18 08:24AM by bpoz [74 featured comments]

Looking Back At Some Division Predictions

Sometimes even the best thought-out ideas, the plans with the strongest of foundations... crumble completely and spectacularly.

Then of course, you have what I did... whatever that was.

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Posted by Eephus on Thursday, October 27 2022 @ 04:36 PM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 11/06 11:48AM by ISLAND BOY [31 featured comments]

Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite at :22

I just couldn't let this horrible finale settle without writing something quick... call it a funeral wake-take, if you will.

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Posted by Eephus on Sunday, October 09 2022 @ 07:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 10/11 09:18AM by bpoz [37 featured comments]

Cy but no MVP

Ray won the Cy Young, but Vlad came in 2nd for MVP. More details below on how the Jays did in the various awards.

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Posted by John Northey on Thursday, November 18 2021 @ 07:24 PM EST.
Most Recent Post: 11/24 06:25PM by John Northey [49 featured comments]

Off Day Blues Vol. 9

The numbers don't decide

your system is a lie

The river running dry

the wings of a butterfly

And you may pour us away like soup

Like we're pretty broken flowers

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Posted by Eephus on Monday, October 04 2021 @ 07:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 10/04 09:51PM by Leaside Cowboy [36 featured comments]

Off Day Blues Vol. 8

It's like I'm falling out of bed

from a long and vivid dream

The sweetest flowered fruits are

hanging from a tree

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Posted by Eephus on Thursday, September 16 2021 @ 08:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 09/17 05:45PM by uglyone [45 featured comments]

Off Day Blues Vol. 7

As your bad day disappears

No longer wound up like a string

Before you had too much

Come back in focus again

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Posted by Eephus on Thursday, September 02 2021 @ 07:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 09/04 09:13PM by bpoz [36 featured comments]

Off Day Blues Vol. 6

We don't really want a monster

taking over

Tiptoe around

tie him down

We don't want the loonies

taking over

Tiptoe around

tie them down

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Posted by Eephus on Monday, August 09 2021 @ 10:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 08/11 05:34PM by Mike Green [66 featured comments]

Off Day Blues Vol. 5

I jumped into the river

Black eyed angels swam with me

A moon full of stars and astral cars

and all of the things I used to see

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Posted by Eephus on Thursday, July 15 2021 @ 07:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 07/16 06:59PM by John Northey [59 featured comments]

Off Day Blues Vol. 4

Strobe lights

and blown speakers

Fireworks

and hurricanes

I'm not here

This isn't happening

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Posted by Eephus on Monday, July 05 2021 @ 09:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 07/07 10:47AM by uglyone [98 featured comments]

Off Day Blues Vol. 3

Sometimes I get

overcharged

That's when you

see sparks

They ask me where the hell

I'm going

At a thousand feet per second

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Posted by Eephus on Monday, June 07 2021 @ 06:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 06/08 03:09PM by scottt [48 featured comments]

Off Day Blues Vol. 2

Limb by limb and tooth by tooth

Stirring up inside of me

Everyday

Every hour

I wish that I,

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Posted by Eephus on Monday, May 10 2021 @ 06:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 05/12 02:28PM by Spifficus [38 featured comments]