Blue Jay

The crowd is on their feet! Time doesn’t seem to move but the clocks ticks down to zero and the buzzer sounds. SWISH!! The shot is good, the referee indicated the shot was out of Tim’s hands prior to the buzzer. Blue Jays win the game. The crowd goes wild and rushes the court. It was the best win these two friends could ever dream of. Definitely, a game for the record books. The locker room was crazy. The team was overjoyed with what they had accomplished tonight. The team rallied and pulled together and fought hard for this win. After the team showered and cleaned up the team went for pizza. The team walked to the Pizza Hut and the customers were clapping for them and cheering. This young Blue Jay team was hometown heros. The game of basketball has taught this team a lifelong lesson of friendship and determination. The season is far from over and the team is glad. They have much more to accomplish this season. It seems as though the brush with tragedy has changed the entire team. Each game means more then the game before. Every team member has a role on and off the court. From the Coach to the trainer these Blue Jays will be together forever. The Blue Jays ended their season 10-3 record, not bad for a young group of men just wanting to play basketball. The game they love and love to be a part…

Derek Holland and Martin Perez have come back and provided a boost to the ball club, brining some much-needed stability to the rotation. Even though their numbers might not seem to impressive this year, their presence and leadership in the clubhouse has been invaluable. 2) It looks like, in game 1, the Blue Jays will have to deal with a guy who has owned them this season- Yovanni Gallardo. What can we expect to see from him? How will he keep these Blue Jays bats at bay? Yovanni Gallardo will…

October 14th, 2016 was an exciting day for baseball fans in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Blue Jays prepared to face off against Cleveland in the American League Championship Series. Catch anything out of sorts about that last sentence (specifically relating to the teams)? Read it one more time. The full name of the team the Cleveland Indians was purposefully left out. The Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play announcer, Jerry Howarth, also uses selective vocabulary like this. Howarth’s protest efforts…

level and see long-term success. On an emotional night in the Bronx, on September 11th, 2015, I viewed the Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees baseball game. It provides an unique experience to shift focus from simply rooting for your favorite team, and eyeing every pitch into the catcher’s glove, to view the whole event from a sociological…

their daily, weekly, or monthly lives. Social media has proven to be a great stress reliever for many people. Surfing through feeds or taking their mind off work allows them to balance their work more evenly. If an employee is stressed, their chances of working productively is significantly lower. So while many believe that social media causes productivity to decrease in the workplace, it actually creates an opposite effect. (1) The next big pro social media has to it is it’s ability to…

once had with his girlfriend. He can socialize with the lady that serves the smoothies, and it makes him feel better. The smoothies give him extra energy for practice. Before he had the smoothies, his diet must not have been what it should be for his intense sport schedule. He needs a variety of nutrients to have the energy he needs to perform his best in hockey. The smoothies help give him that, but this can just be a sign that he needs to start eating better to get the proper nutrition that he…

The post-World War II era saw the rise of blues musician and song-writer Jimmy Reed, born Mathis James Reed on a plantation in Dunleith, Mississippi on September 6, 1925. He developed an early understanding of the harmonica and guitar from his close friend Eddie Taylor but never progressed much beyond the fundamentals. They sang together in churches and retained their friendship throughout their careers, as it was Eddie who was responsible for bringing Jimmy’s career to its peak of success. His…

It’s been about 20 years since the MLB has expanded. Commissioner Rob Manfred believes that an expansion could be coming soon. Montreal is most likely the next destination for a Major League Baseball team. Montreal’s rich baseball background dates back to when the Expos first existed in 1969. Bringing the Expos back to Montreal is not too far from reality. A project called the Montreal Baseball Project started by Warren Cromartie, a former player for the Expos between 1974 to 1983, is already in…

The Symbol of Thirteen Reasons Why Some ask what does the color blue represent, wondering if it is more than just a color. Blue is most commonly used to portray sad emotions in artistic mediums. This practice is demonstrated in the book, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, where blue is a prevalent theme evoking a sense of sadness. Hannah Baker, one of the main characters, mentions blue numerous times throughout the entire novel to represent her feelings of depression. Blue is a recurring theme…

to the museum of fine arts in St. Petersburg on the 21st of April. This museum had everything from classical antiquity sculptures to contemporary abstract art. The piece that I am going to discuss in detail is titled Encroachment and was painted by Jay Hall Connaway. When first looking at this oil painting, aspects of the scenery stand out most. The painting depicts waves crashing into rocks along the coastline. In particular, there is one wave that is in the process of falling down onto the…