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Blue Jays can make more history while celebrating 50th season

Tao of Stieb — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:13:28 EDT

Milestone seasons are supposed to remind you where you’ve been. But, as the Blue Jays enter their 50th, the best ones also tell you where you’re going, writes Sportsnet’s Tao of Stieb.

Why Blue Jays’ incredible run can ‘tie us together’

Tao of Stieb — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:19:20 EDT

For the first time in more than three decades, the World Series isn’t a memory for Blue Jays fans. What Jays supporters are experiencing personally is part of something much bigger.

Why these Blue Jays are the most pleasantly surprising in franchise history

Tao of Stieb — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:42:45 EDT

The Toronto Blue Jays’ 2025 season is — to this point at least — the most pleasant surprise in the team’s history. Tao of Stieb tells us why.

Tao of Stieb: Max Scherzer in a Blue Jays jersey is a moment worth cherishing

Tao of Stieb — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:38:26 EDT

It is not often that fans get to see future Hall of Famers don their team’s jersey. And so Max Scherzer’s return to the mound as Blue Jay is worth soaking in.

Why Blue Jays fans should be guardedly optimistic for 2025

Tao of Stieb — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:07:13 EDT

For Toronto Blue Jays fans entering the 2025 season, though, hope is decidedly more measured, and the optimism is muted on the cusp of Opening Day. Tao of Stieb tells us why.

Tao of Stieb: Blue Jays’ brain trust has ‘little room’ for error left

Tao of Stieb — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:51:23 EST

Stay in a prominent role long enough, and you’ll accumulate too many losses for anyone to believe you can win. Such is the case with the Toronto Blue Jays’ brain trust of Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins, who are about to enter their 10th season at the helm of the team with little room remaining for error.

Disappointing Blue Jays leave fans wondering what’s around the corner

Tao of Stieb — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:10:17 EDT

What ultimately becomes of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette will be truly decisive as to the legacy of this closing competitive window, and the outlook for the Blue Jays’ future. Fans are simply hoping for reason to believe again.

Why committing to the Toronto Blue Jays this year feels different

Tao of Stieb — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:20:20 EDT

Why should fans of the Toronto Blue Jays commit to the next six months of misery and suffering and torment? Tao of Stieb has the answers.

Tao of Stieb: Which spring storylines will hold our attention in 2024?

Tao of Stieb — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:06:25 EST

Spring has sprung in delightfully different Dunedin, Florida, and with the start of this year’s schedule of spring training games, the Toronto Blue Jays are now engaged in a heated battle for Grapefruit League supremacy.

Tao of Stieb: After push for Ohtani, Blue Jays still face major work

Tao of Stieb — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:15:05 EST

The Toronto Blue Jays’ serious pursuit for Shohei Ohtani should indicate that they intend to again be a significant player in the free agent market. Unfortunately, there is a steep drop off with the remainder of players available.

Tao of Stieb: Losing like this may make cynics out of Blue Jays fans

Tao of Stieb — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:03:21 EDT

After four straight seasons ending in an acutely painful manner, a bland reassurance by management that all was well wasn’t the response that anyone was seeking, writes Tao of Stieb.

Tao of Stieb: Bracing for the stress of September Blue Jays baseball

Tao of Stieb — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:29:37 EDT

“Meaningful baseball in September” is what fans pine for when their team is languishing. But once a team like the Blue Jays begins to play those consequential games, September is the month when the long season gets very short.

Tao of Stieb: It’s complicated, but this is why the MLB All-Star Game matters

Tao of Stieb — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:08:32 EDT

A rational approach to baseball and its history and traditions conflict at the annual All-Star Game, writes Tao of Stieb, both in the lead up to the game and the structure of the week itself.

The urgency and anxiety of watching the 2023 Blue Jays

Tao of Stieb — Mon, 08 May 2023 11:29:35 EDT

If previous seasons were met with enthusiasm by fans, this year was met with expectation. Being competitive this year would not suffice, nor would hanging around the edges of the wild card race. It isn’t quite an “all in” season, but fans have staked a large portion of their passion into this season’s success.

Tao of Stieb: No easy way to process Blue Jays’ crushing defeat

Tao of Stieb — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:42:54 EDT

For a franchise that has had more than its share of crushing conclusions, the end of the 2022 campaign ranks amongst the very worst.

Have Jays been a disappointment? Yes, but this group has a habit of finishing strong

Tao of Stieb — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:24:55 EDT

The Blue Jays sit at 50-43, holding on to a playoff spot in a season where the competition for those spots became increasingly ferocious in the lead up to the break. As far as potential outcomes go, this is not the most dire one that could have been imagined.

As the turbulence of this Blue Jays season continues, remember to enjoy the ride

Tao of Stieb — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:04:35 EDT

It certainly feels as though this weekend’s series will tell us much about who these Toronto Blue Jays are, and how high we can let our expectations soar for the rest of the year. Try to remember to breathe. And enjoy the ride.

Go ahead, get lost in the fervour. This Blue Jays team is one to be excited about

Tao of Stieb — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:29:23 EDT

Baseball seasons are long. Luckily, this Blue Jays team is also one of the most fun to watch in recent memory, and if fans need some energy to sustain their enthusiasm, they’ll certainly find it between the lines and in the dugout over the next six months.

Post-lockout landscape uniquely intriguing for Blue Jays fans

Tao of Stieb — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:56:10 EDT

This coming season will be – knock on wood – a true homecoming for the Blue Jays and their fans. It will be the first complete season to be played at home in Toronto since 2019, a team that was at the nadir of its competitive cycle.

After unforgettable year, Blue Jays show reason for optimism in 2022

Tao of Stieb — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:45:09 EST

As the Toronto Blue Jays move forward, 2021 will be a year with too many specific details to remember, but too many moments that we’ll never forget. And with everything that emerged out of such a tumultuous season, there are interesting times ahead.