Weekends - Team Punishment

I find I get more accomplished during the weekends because that's the only time I can go out with friends. On Friday I was planning to go straight home after work but Jaime Vincent and Christian called me out to go watch the Jays game that night. We walked around Queen St until the game and it was pretty fun hanging out with my old elementary school friends. We went to so many stores but my favourite would have to be the place with all the Supra shoes. I wanted a purple pair of Supras so badly but it costs $160!! Too much for me ><. The Jays game was decent. Our seats were high up but right behind home plate so we had a good view. After the game we walked around downtown until 12am. I'm sure we would have stayed longer but I wasn't 19 so we couldn't get into any clubs. Sorry guys, just another week and a half! When we Go bussed back to Unionville I had 2 choices, either crash over at Jaime's house or jog back home at night. I jogged... but it wasn't raining so I'm grateful for that.

Saturday was a bit of a fail. I suited up for dinner. Go a text from Eva saying dinner was canceled. Then I suited down >__<. With something bad, comes something good. Since Eva's dinner didn't work out we went to Gary Chan's place to drink and party a bit.

He said it was a late bday thing for Canny and an early bday thing for me but it was more to just hang out with friends. Plus, beer pong is always fun. "1, 2, 3... PUNISHMENT!" - Team Punishment

You can't tell from this photo but Jonathan had a lot of fun. And as you can tell from this photo Matthew did have a lot of fun.

I barely slept that night because I got back home at 8am. But Jonathan got it worse. He had work at 10am. That's why Jonathan, you are the BAMF of the day. I would have just called in sick but you took it like a man and went to work.

Its the J-R-E-Y-E-Z (I'm so lame...)

Also. Met up with J. Reyez on Saturday too. Right before going to Gary's house.

Sunday we went to visit Bak Gong and Gong Gong. Christine was still in Waterloo so our entire family still hasn't gone to visit Gong Gong together >_> She's always too busy! Well, the rest of the kids made dinner on Father's day (Mostly Marianna).

You're only as good as you're tools

Bacon wrapped asparagus by Dennis (Tsang)

Homemade strawberry cheesecake by Dennis (Troung? <-- haha)

I slept very little this weekend and I'm at work right now (I'm very tired). I think I will try logging each of my weekends this summer. Boring or not I'll try doing it each week. Sorry if some of my weekend are boring in advance!!

The Bad News Jays

So here we are again, another year older but its still the same old BlueJays. Finishing 4th in the A.L. east seems to be destined for the Jays for years to come. There are a few bright sides to this year, other than the consistency of Roy Halladay, we saw the amazing come back of our 2nd baseman Aaron Hill, and the birth of Adam Lind. The only thing I'm looking forward to in the 2010 season is the uprising of Randy Ruiz and perhaps even Travis Snider.

This year we saw the departure of our gold glove hero Scott Rolen and a former All-Star named Alex Rios for basically no one. How much worse can it get for the jays? Well, we could see one of the best arms traded away during the off-season. Whether Roy Halladay is traded in January or during the trade deadline, I don’t see the Doc in a Jay’s uniform next year at this time. Just as the Raptors got Brian Colangelo and the Leafs got Brian Burke, the Jays need a G.M. who is willing and able to make trades.

Goodbye and Good Riddance

Goodbye J.P. Ricciardi! How many fans out there can honestly say they are even remotely sad at seeing the Toronto Blue Jay leave? For 8 years we have seen nothing but bad moves and even worse trades. To name only a few: signing Ryan to a $47-million five-year deal, giving Frank Thomas an $18-million two-year deal with a vesting option, and of course EVERYBODY`S favourite: sign Vernon Wells to a $127-million, seven-year deal.

The Jays said Montreal native Alexander Anthopoulos, vice-president of baseball operations and assistant general manager will take over for Ricciardi. All i hope is he learn from J.P.`s mistakes and helps bring the Jays back into the playoffs.

Family Feud

The Jays are actually putting together some decent wins together. Of course its too little too late in the season but its still nice to see the Jays finish off strong. The Doc's 3 hitter shutout game was simply amazing against the Boston RedSox. The Jays seem to be doing just fine on the field but off the field its a completely different story.

There have been players (unnamed) who are not happy with Cito Gaston's managing style but Cito assures the players who are unhappy is a small minority. There will always be players who aren't happy because there are 25 people on the bench but only 9 get to play. I'm sure Aaron Hill and Adam Lind have nothing bad to say because when they arrive at the game they know they are in the starting line up. The way Cito is treating Randy Ruiz is what a typical "oldschool" coach would do. Hes letting the veterans play and the youngsters only get to watch even if their performances at the plate are spectacular. Come on, how much more cause you ask of Randy Ruiz since coming from AAA?

So what was Cito's reaction to all this? "I've treated everybody with respect, so I'm not sure what their bitch is." - Cito Gaston. He obviously thinks hes doing a mighty fine job but the Jay's full season tells a different story. I'm not saying a championship team needs to love each other but they at least need respect for the managing.

I don't think we will be saying our goodbyes to Cito just yet. If anything we will see J.P. take his leave and then maybe we shall see a reborn of the entire team. What ever the actions are this off-season I sure hope to see #32 still play for the great white north.