AGRI Biz

It will be a weekend of pure unabashed gluttony when Blue Jays fans stuff their faces during the All You Can Eat Weekend. I myself will be attending this Sunday, and I look forward to gorging on processed meats, cheeses, and other foods of which their origin is unknown.In order to enjoy this experience to the fullest, you will need to mentally and physically prepare yourself for this war. Just ...

If anyone is planning on buying on buying holiday gifts for Aaron Hill this year, you have your work cut out for you because he already has everything he could have possibly imagined for in 2009…and more.Hill was an All-Star, he’s a proud new father, and he’s the latest member of the Blue Jays to enter the prestigious 30 home run and 100 RBI club. It was fitting that Hill ...

It may have taken seven tries, but David Purcey finally picked up his first win of the season. After being penciled in as the Blue Jays third starter on Opening Day, Purcey has gone through the ringer this year trying to keep himself as a member on the 25-man roster.As I watched last evening's contest against the Baltimore Orioles, I noticed something interesting about David Purcey's delivery: he can be ...

Milton Bradley doesn't like the Chicago Cubs, and the Cubs aren't exactly crazy about him either. It's been another widely publicized season of scrutiny for the Cubs slugger and now he'll spend the remainder of the season on the bench thanks to some comments he made to the media.When the Cubs initially signed  Bradley, it was like taking a girl home at the end of the night after consuming several ...

So what exactly did Randy Ruiz do to get in the dog house? Aside from a pinch-running assignment and a late game substitution, Ruiz spent six straight games on the bench prior to today. This makes me think that maybe Randy picked up the Jeremy Accardo Book of Misbehavior to find himself on the bench so often.These past few weeks, it seems like The Travis Snider experiment has been the ...

It was a great run but after three straight seasons of 80+ wins, the Toronto Blue Jays are guaranteed to finish under .500 this year. Just to show you how often the standings change year to year in baseball, the Jays were among a few elite teams that had consistently strung together winning seasons. Unfortunately, they had nothing to show for it.The story of last night's game was one that we ...

David Purcey's return to the Blue Jays is bittersweet in many ways. He began the season as one of the surefire starting pitchers, then quickly fizzled out and was sent to work on his stuff down in the minor leagues. That's why it comes as a surprise that Purcey was "promoted" and called up to the Blue Jays when there were arguably much better potions in Triple A Las Vegas. Last ...

The 2009 Toronto Blue Jays have lacked consistency in the cleanup spot.For the first 55 games of the season, they rolled with Vernon Wells in the number four slot. Then for the next 34 games, Scott Rolen settled in very nicely before he was shipped off to the Cincinnati Reds. Since then, the team has struggled to find success in one of the most crucial parts of the lineup card.Earlier ...

The end is near, which is good or bad, depending on which side of the fence you sit on. If you're an eternal optimist like myself, you are looking forward to what next year's possibilities bring for the Toronto Blue Jays. Or if you are more of a realist, you're anticipating to the end of the season just so it will provide six months of relief.With just over three weeks left ...

Of all the pitchers in the American League to go pitch for pitch with Roy Halladay, Carl Pavano was the guy I least expected to match Doc tonight. Aside from opposing each other at the Rogers Centre tonight, the only thing that Pavano and Halladay have in common this year is that they are the top two pitchers in the American League when it comes to BB/9 (walk per nine).Halladay did ...