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It wasn’t quite the SI curse, but the Jays did accomplish something last night despite losing 11-3: they put an end to Zach Greinke’s 43 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run. It’s a long season, and you look for positives where you can. Brian Tallet’s E.R.A. ballooned to 6.45, but believe it or not […]

  No, not the city. “Channeling Houston” is a feature I hope to turn into an OSG regular in tribute to a dearly missed member of the sports-writing community, former Globe and Mail journalist William Houston. Mr. Houston was the G&M’s resident sports media critic/reporter, and he was awesome. He’s still awesome, he just doesn’t […]

Last night’s NHL slate was enough to relegate Jays-Royals to “during commercials” viewing. Alexander Ovechkin is a joy to watch even in the regular season – getting to see him play in a game seven was more than I could resist. The game got off to a slow start but more than made up for […]

Welcome to my new home! I’ll borrow and paraphrase from The Offspring’s “Time To Relax” to set the mood: Ah, it’s time to relax – and you know what that means; a glass of wine, your favourite easy chair and of course this sports blog displayed on your favorite LCD display. So go on: indulge […]

Sporting thoughts are rather scattered today, so I will go to the old Twit format on this one: – Jays lose because of a young arm not finding the plate. These things kinds of games are going to happen. Ottawa Sports Guy Hex in full effect. – I’m concerned for David Purcey; looked great in […]

If the Jays don’t win another series this year, you can blame it on the Ottawa Sports Guy Hex. On Saturday my record streak of consecutive Blue Jays games watched to start a season came to a close as real life caught up to me and prevented me from tuning in to the 10-2 loss […]

I’m a little late to the party here, but I’d like to use my corner of the intrawebs to lend my voice to the rising chorus of people who think national anthems should not be played before professional sporting events. I’ve been saying this amongst friends and family for years now, but only recently have […]

The Bahrain GP got off to one of the most exciting starts I can remember. There was passing, jostling, and more passing. Drivers jockeyed for position over the first couple of laps, highlighted by Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton trading 3rd place a few times. For a few moments, it looked like were going to […]

Hi again, just wanted to point you towards two excellent posts regarding the war of attrition going on between Rogers Sportsnet and CTV Globemedia (TSN2). In case you’re not aware, the first Jays series against the Red Sox was acquired by TSN. They then turned around and announced that it would be shown on TSN2, […]

1. Dustin McGowan2. Shaun Marcum3. Jesse Litsch4. Ricky Romero If you were the GM of an expansion team, wouldn’t you be feeling pretty good about your team if those were your first four starters in the rotation? I bet you would be. The Jays would be happy to have them too, if they weren’t all […]