By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Sep. 7) — As my late, Polish–born grandfather used to say after a few hours on the shore at Miami Beach: “Oy, vas it hot!”
Sam Berger’s grandson was “Oy–ing” time and again beneath the sun… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Sep. 5) — Credit the Blue Jays, big time, for reducing their “stinker” ratio from three–a–week in June to one–per–month in August and September. Friday night at Rogers Centre was the first in awhile.
A 10–2… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Sep. 3) — Baseball fans, get ready for some magic.
Or, in the case of the Toronto Blue Jays, some more magic.
Within two weeks — barring the unforeseen and for the first time in 22… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Sep. 1) — During a remarkable August, the Blue Jays mangled the baseball adage that good pitching will beat good hitting. On the final night of the month, however, the rule–of–thumb prevailed.
Right–hander Danny Salazar —… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 31) — At first, I thought it was a misprint. Then, I checked MLB.com and found it was true. As of now, American networks FOX and TBS are going to risk showing a baseball team… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 30) — Back in 1984, the Detroit Tigers led the American League East Division from wire–to–wire and went on to upend the San Diego Padres for the franchise’s most recent World Series. The most phenomenal… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 29) — I’ve always wanted to watch a sporting event from the Goodyear Blimp and I believe I came closest on Friday night.
If you wish to reacquaint with the divine presence in your life,… Read More
TORONTO (Aug. 28) — Less than two months after his 75th birthday, Bob O’Billovich has been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
His statue should one day be erected in Nathan Philips Square.
The biggest sports names in… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 27) — It may be early to start looking at Magic Numbers but the runaway train atop the American League East is picking up steam. And, the question now clearly is: Can the Toronto Blue… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 24) — It is official. At no point in their 39–season history have the Toronto Blue Jays so thoroughly dismantled an opponent over the course of three games. It happened this weekend in Anaheim against… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 23) — Utter humiliation.
There can be no other way to describe what the Toronto Blue Jays have heaped on the Los Angeles Angels in less than 24 hours this weekend.
Consecutive victories at the… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 21) — Friday night and David Price.
It’s becoming a date, isn’t it?
A week ago, when Price took the mound against the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre, the Toronto Blue Jays were trying… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 17) — With an entire generation of greenhorns sitting shiva for the Blue Jays after consecutive losses to the New York Yankees on the weekend, there is suddenly an afterlife. There reallyis.
No, our… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 15) — Yes, the good guys had the right man at the plate. Troy Tulowitzki. The best–hitting shortstop in Major League Baseball. Two out and runners on second and third in the bottom of the… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 14) — The words rang hollow from one of our city’s most shrewd and reviled executives — often accompanied by a smirk that people interpreted as wry and disingenuous. Years later, however, the Toronto Blue… Read More
By HOWARD BERGERTORONTO (Aug. 13) —
What is it about the Toronto Blue Jays and eleven–game win streaks? On five occasions in the past 28 years, the ball club has strung together 11 victories. Not once, has it captured… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 11) — In the short term, the Toronto Blue Jays are marvelously equipped to compete in a best–of–five or best–of–seven playoff series. To obtain that privilege, Alex Anthopoulos shredded the farm system he developed as… Read More
By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Aug. 3) — There will come a time one day when Alex Anthopoulos isn’t quite as popular as he appears to be right now.
Fans of the Toronto Blue Jays are loving their general manager after… Read More