JTP: Sweep, Cubs Check-In & Rob Thomson
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What were the highlights of the Blue Jays' sweep over the Red Sox?
A sweep. How about that? It's been a little bit since the Toronto Blue Jays swept the series. Of course, it had been a little bit before the Boston Red Sox won a series at Fenway, and they did that before this one. So, you know, trends got a break at some point. But the Jays get it done. It was kind of a day for don't ask how, ask how many, or don't ask how, yeah, don't ask how, ask how many. They won 4-3. That was good. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered. That was good. Did they blow a lead and then have to carve one out thanks in part to some shaky Sox defense in the ninth? Yeah, sure. Was Vlad's home run swing probably like one of the 10 worst swings he's ever put on a home run? Yeah, sure. But when you are trying to play catch-up, when you've had a start of the season defined largely by injury and underperformance, you're not really looking a gift horse in the mouth, as it were.
You will take the 4-3 victory. You will take length from... A freshly goateed Trey. You savage. You will take a Vlad home run and you will certainly take a Brandon balance. Will a foul ball dropping in between a couple of fielders, allowing him to extend a nine pitch at bat against a role, this Chapman and hit a go ahead, go ahead. RBI double on a day, by the way, where you had almost no bullpen options. Mason flew already. I got the save with a thin pen, lots of good stuff there. And it came on a day where I was pretty fun. Pretty fun sports today around the city, around the country. Canada obviously winning on the soccer side. The Toronto Marlies won William Villeneuve play in overtime from potentially sweeping the Calder Cup championship to...
How does Rob Thomson reflect on the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame weekend?
the degree that you guys care about that huge week of Leafs news every day something has come down either right before this show or during this show so good for you if you're a news hungry Leaf fan this is a Blue Jays show though later in the show we will talk to Jesse Rogers about the Chicago Cubs the Blue Jays are at Wrigley today tomorrow and Sunday all 2 20 p.m. start times by the way for a three-set against the Cubs team that's been pretty up and down this year. We'll talk to Rob Thompson a little later. It's Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame weekend, and Rob Thompson, who was recently the manager of the Phillies, took 10 minutes out this morning before the Canada Baseball Hall of Fame golf game to chat with us.
We'll have Chris LaRue in studio as well. But Chris LaRue's partner on the Sportsnet Radio Network joins us first. It's Ben Schulman. Ben, how we doing, buddy?
I'm doing great. And I have to say, for those of us who hold tickets to game five of the Calder Cup, that game did matter a lot last night and maybe secretly had the fingers, you know, twisted up behind my back, hoping that Chicago might get one so my tickets don't go to waste. So I'm pretty fired up about that.
Wow. It's all about you. The selfishness here is unbelievable. So is that game tonight?
Tonight at seven.
Okay. Oh, so my calendar. Perfect.
What insights does Jesse Rogers provide about the Chicago Cubs?
I got to one last series, but, you know, the tickets flow to the Shulmans of the world before they flow to the Murphys of the world. Look, fun day of sports. I know you were locked in on Canada soccer. Let's just do that very, very briefly. As a Canadian sports fan, how much fun did you have with that yesterday, the first win in the World Cup in Canadian men's soccer history?
Super fun. I was at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. Tons of people there. You know, lots of fans, even some fans that weren't Canadian fans, but just came to cheer on Canada because they were in the city visiting whatever other team they might be going after or supporting. So awesome. Really cool for the country. You know, I think a lot of us who followed them remember some of their lowest moments. Remember, you know, 8-1 to Honduras and all that stuff and to think about how far it's come. in, in really a short span is, is pretty cool. So now they just got to go mess around and win the whole damn thing. That'll be fun.
Yeah, that would be, I mean, at least the group, if you, if you draw with Switzerland on Wednesday, then you're, then you're in good shape there.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the highlights of the Blue Jays' sweep over the Red Sox?
0:19–2:04
2
How does Rob Thomson reflect on the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame weekend?
2:04–3:21
3
What insights does Jesse Rogers provide about the Chicago Cubs?
3:21–4:51
4
How is Trey Yesavage rebounding from his recent struggles?
4:51–5:52
5
What does Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s recent performance indicate?
5:52–8:47
6
How does the Cubs' pitching strategy impact their performance?
8:47–10:53
7
What challenges does Ben Brown face as a starting pitcher?
10:53–14:05
8
What are the implications of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame for Canadian baseball?
14:05–1:39:51