This week’s episode kicks off with an update to the Bench Talk Playoff Bubble Draft Challenge that we issued months ago. We then talk about this week in football and then give a post-mortem on the 2020 Toronto Blue Jays. In the second half of the episode we have Blake and Zach square off with Ben and Cameron for Round
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With NFL football officially back, the boys talk about this week’s slate of games. We also get a Blue Jays update and Tom faces the music for not wearing his Amir Johnson jersey for Game 7 of Raptors vs. Celtics. In the second half of the pod we fantasy draft hangover remedies which may be inspired by recent real-life events.
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Ben Revere 💥 Instant Impact 💥 Ben Revere hit .319 after the trade in 2015! #BlueJaysOnSN pic.twitter.com/FIKj7jeAQb — Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 15, 2020 I know the analytics don’t look kindly on Ben Revere types. Speedy, slap-hitting, walk-allergic players have a very slim margin of error. You pretty much have to be a .300+ hitter in order to be
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Josh Towers The running joke in my family is that I’m a huge athlete jinx. Look no further than my jersey collection to see why. Well this joke all began with my interaction with Josh Towers way back when. Back in the day, I had a grey Jays hat with the mid 2000’s “Angry Bird” logo. At one point it
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Well it’s week two (or three?) without baseball and I’m at wits end. This morning my buddy Blake sent me the following tweet: This got the blogging juices flowing. Starting today I’ll be blogging five random Blue Jays every Wednesday. To kick things off we have the pride of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Gustavo Chacin In my eyes, Chacin acts as a
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Back to back weeks I’ve posted this blog a day late. Sometimes life gets in the way even when jerseys are at stake. Last week I got caught up in March Madness. This week I had the flu. The Round-Up Roy Halladay Powder Blue Throwback Blue Jays Jersey #LetsGoBlueJays pic.twitter.com/n0AtyH4e9L — Thomas Waind (@twaind4) March 28, 2019 This puppy came
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The Round-Up Kyle Lowry Toronto Raptors Jersey Raps cruising into the All-Star break @phillydip4 pic.twitter.com/qFO9NRz81M — Bench Life Sports (@benchlifesports) February 14, 2019 Every Raptor fan’s favourite fat-turned-slim point guard has come a long way since his first years in Toronto. In seven seasons with the Raptors Lowry has surpassed Damon Stoudemire, Muggsy Bogues and Jose Calderon to cement himself
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The Jersey Round-Up Brock Badgers Basketball Jersey @twaind4 former season ticket holders pic.twitter.com/dK2jpUocga — Adam Cooke (@Acooksy19) December 6, 2018 Last year the Badger’s mens basketball team was second in the OUA and first in the Western Conference with a record of 21-3 which was good enough to qualify for the USports championship as the seventh seed in Canada. This
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Jersey Round-Up 2003 Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training St. Patrick’s Day Jersey Here's a throwback St. Patties Day Spring Trainjng Blue Jay's jersey (courtesy of John Foster) pic.twitter.com/QVJpQiX2OF — Bench Life Sports (@benchlifesports) November 15, 2018 As found in a Value Village for a crisp $5 bill, this Blue Jays jersey is quite the find. You know it’s a winner
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This week’s round-up marks the official end of baseball with a call for MLB jerseys. I’m going to cool my jets on the whole critiquing of entire collections. It takes a lot out of you to be as critical as I am. Also late in the blog I do a very quick power ranking of the NBA city jerseys that
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