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Blue Jays Happy Hour
Andrew Stoeten (The Batflip, formerly the Athletic, National Post, Blue Jays Nation, Drunk Jays Fans) and Nick Ashbourne (Sportsnet and Yahoo Sports) team up every week to discuss all things Toronto Blue Jays! AD-FREE AND WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES AVAILABLE AT patreon.com/BJHH
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Episodes
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Cease the Day!
The puns have yet to cease, and why would they just yet? Because we're still very much in the afterglow of the Toronto Blue Jays handing out a $210 million…
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The Perennial Contender
*EXTREME WINGS-ERA PAUL McCARTNEY VOICE* Jeff! OooOooOoo OO ooOOoo! Jeff! Yes, that's right. I said Jeff. As in Jeff Passan of ESPN, who is as credible as they…
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Shane, Come Back!
Shane Bieber made a curious decision to return to the Jays, and Bo Bichette has finally reached free agency—though so have plenty of other intriguing targets…
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Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
The Blue Jays got as close to winning a World Series as physically possible. But, as I am quite certain I do not need to tell you, the Blue Jays did not win…
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One. Win. Away.
The job isn't done yet, but the Blue Jays have been getting it done, as they bounced back from an 18 inning loss in Game Three to win twice in Los Angeles and…
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To Live and Die in L.A.
After a cap-tip-worthy performance from Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game Two (and an inexplicable appearance from the Jonas Brothers) the Blue Jays and Dodgers are…
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World Series Preview
It's hardly a surprise that a baseball podcast would do a World Series preview episode, but this podcast? Previewing a World Series involving the Toronto Blue…
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Goodnight, Seattle!
The Toronto Blue Jays will represent the American League in the 2025 World Series after overcoming the Seattle Mariners in an unbelievable Game Seven that…
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BONUS: PLAYOFF INSTANT REACTION: Blue Jays 6 - Mariners 2 (ALCS Game Six)
Here's a free look at our PLAYOFF INSTANT REACTION post for Game Six of the ALCS: i.e. what you're missing out on if you're not on our Patreon, as our coverage…
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Sweepless in Seattle
If ever there was a time to use such a corny title for a podcast, it's now. The Blue Jays have brought the ALCS back to Rogers Centre—basically the best…
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Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs
The Seattle Mariners did a number on the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre in games One and Two of the ALCS. The Jays now have a mountain to climb as the series…
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PREVIEW - 195B - The Pyramid of Dislike
The Blue Jays' magical run to the ALCS has been great for the aura of the Blue Jays' brain trust so far. But will it endure? Has the relationship between Jays…
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ALCS, BABY!!!!
The Blue Jays have vanquished the New York Yankees—by way of an insanely stressful bullpen game, no less—and are on to the ALCS to meet either the Tigers or…
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Living in a Fever Dream
Daulton Varsho had one of the greatest playoff games in baseball history on Sunday, and somehow it’s, like, the third or fourth thing we need to talk about…
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BONUS: 193b. The Unlikely Playoff Hero Draft!
For this week's bonus show, which we're making freely available for everyone to hear, we each draft a five-man team of non-star/non-rotation members of the…
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Bring on the Yankees
The Jays know who their opponents in the ALDS will be and, of course, it's the New York Yankees. How are we feeling? How are the vibes? How do the two teams…
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PREVIEW - 192B - Red Sox vs. Yankees: WHO YA GOT???
In this week's Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, we size up the Blue Jays' potential ALDS opponents—the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox—and debate which one…
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AL East Champions!
It wasn't easy, it wasn't without drama, and it wasn't without a whole bunch of things going unexpectedly right—and wrong—over the course of the entire season…
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PREVIEW - 191b - The Manoah of it All
Alek Manoah was designated for assignment late last week and was subsequently selected off of waivers by Atlanta, ending a once incredibly promising Blue Jays…
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Where Did Our Vibes Go?
The Blue Jays have scored one run or fewer in six of their last seven games, and while there's never a good time time to reach such an ungodly level of…
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PREVIEW - 190B - A Yesavage Debut
THIS IS A PREVIEW OF OUR LATEST PATREON-EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE. Trey Yesavage had one of the most electrifying debuts for a Blue Jays pitcher in recent…
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Good Vibrations
After getting a couple of negative things—Bo Bichette's injury, Orelvis Martinez's release—out of the way up front, we spend the rest of this week's episode…
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PREVIEW - 189B - Irrational End-of-Season Takes!
THIS IS A PREVIEW OF OUR LATEST PATREON-EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE, in which we got a little bit irrational—which, for us, means some vibes-based predictions…
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Bo & Jeff & Max & Doom & Gloom
The Blue Jays still have plenty of fight in them, but this week they're faced with some real questions, too. The injury to Bo Bichette, the continuing…
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PREVIEW - 188B - Spring-A-Ding-Ding!
Let's remember some old guys! George Springer is having an old man season for the ages—one of the best overall offensive seasons in Blue Jays history—and in…
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I Can't Get No Relief
The Blue Jays' relievers are in a collective funk, their starters aren't doing a whole lot better, time is running out to get the pitching staff sorted, and…
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PREVIEW - 187b - Bieber Fever!
This is a short preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we reassess Shane Bieber after his spectacular debut last week, in preparation for…
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High Variance Vibes
The Jays stuck it to their most annoyingly miserable fans on Wednesday night with a wild comeback win to salvage a series win over the post-deadline husk of…
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PREVIEW - 186B - Watchability and the Blue Jays’ Rotation
This is a short preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we take assess the Blue Jays' current starting five purely subjectively, based on…
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As The Rotation Turns
After a brief digression to discuss Tommy Pham being an idiot, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s health, our thoughts turn to the Blue Jays’ rotation this week…
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PREVIEW - 185B - Ranking the Recent Blue Jays Playoff Rotations
This is a short preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we take a look back at the starting rotations the Blue Jays have gone into the…
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Spring Back in Their Step
The vibes around the Blue Jays continue to be good, despite some losses to a pair of the NL's best. And they're set to get even better, as George Springer has…
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PREVIEW - 184B - Lightning in a Bottle
This is a short preview of latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we remember some cries, discussing Jays players who for a time looked like they had…
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Rocky Mountain High
The Jays had a record-breaking series in Colorado this week, hopefully setting the tone for some big tests against the Dodgers and Cubs—and making some…
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PREVIEW - 183B - Best of Enemies
This is a short preview of latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we discuss the trade deadline moves made by the other American League contenders and…
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Are We Beliebers?
The Jays added a potential ace, two elite bullpen arms, and a right-handed bench bat at the deadline—exactly everything they seemed to need. But did they do…
Blue Jays Happy HourPREVIEW - 182B - Front Office Confidence Check/Cotton Candy Fries Reviewed!
This is a preview of our second ever Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we discuss our levels of confidence in Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro's ability to…
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The 2025 Trade Deadline Preview!
The Blue Jays won another series with the New York Yankees this week, and we can't avoid getting into a check of the immaculate vibes to kick off the show. But…
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PREVIEW - 181B - Ascending to the Level of Excellence
This week, in our first ever bonus episode, we take a look at the current Blue Jays roster—and, it turns out, farm system—and discuss which players, aside from…
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Breaking Good
The Blue Jays are headed out of the All-Star Break and toward the trade deadline in first place in the American League East. They're incredibly well-positioned…
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Announcing our new Patreon page!
We here at Blue Jays Happy Hour have decided to take the leap into the mid-2010s and will now be hosting ad-free episodes and a weekly bonus show exclusively…
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Game Change
The Jays’ 10-game win streak is over, following a game that brought all sorts of grumbling about Vladimir Guerrero Jr. much too easily back to the fore. But it…
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On Top of the World
The Blue Jays sit atop the AL East in the month of July for the first time since 2016 and therefore, I’d venture to guess, likely for just the second time…
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The Drill Zone
This week Nick is mildly distracted by some drilling going on somewhere in his building—don't worry, it was very infrequent and barely noticeable when it did…
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Erik's Swan Song
The Blue Jays have continued to roll over the last week, finally managing to reel in the New York Yankees a little bit, and have kept on doing so with…
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Improving Internally
After what's seemed like years of waiting for their offence to arrive, over the last month the Blue Jays seem to have figured out how to hit and score runs…
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Remembering Some Guys
It's been a good week for the Blue Jays, with some actually encouraging signs showing up in their offence. Addison Barger might be for real, Alan Roden and…
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RISPy Business
The Blue Jays won a series in Texas by scoring just four runs, and while normally that would be cause to celebrate some extraordinary pitching performances…
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500 Up
The Blue Jays are not a team without problems, as we've been seeing all season. But after (eventually) picking up a much-needed and well-deserved sweep of the…
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Don't Walk, Hit Dingers
After an episode last week that felt about as grim as any show we've recorded in-season for this podcast, the Jays brought us—and themselves—back to life…
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Sensible Desperation
The vibes around the Blue Jays would certainly feel a whole lot better if not for two stomach-churning late-inning losses in Anaheim this week. But they did…
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Back From the Brink?
It's been an awful couple of weeks for the Blue Jays, who looked like they were about to suffer their ninth defeat in ten games on Wednesday before embarking…
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Not a lot of Levers
The Blue Jays have lost five straight, their power output has somehow been worse than expected, and they don't have a lot of levers to pull. The vibes? They're…
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Heads Above Water
The Blue Jays couldn't afford to dig themselves an early hole this season, and they've managed to avoid doing exactly that. Chris Bassitt, Jeff Hoffman, and…
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A Blue Jay For Life
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is now under contract with the Toronto Blue Jays for the next 15 years, and all it took to make it happen was a mere half-a-billion…
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Positive Vibes Only
The Blue Jays split a four-gamer with the Orioles to start the 2025 season, and then swept the Nationals at home. Max Scherzer may be out, but with…
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Still Undefeated
The 2025 MLB season is nearly upon us, and the Blue Jays have a fighting chance in an ultra-tight American League in which every team still has the same…
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Food for Thought
We start this one off with an obligatory check-in on the Vladdy circus—and circle back on it at the end because of Mark Shapiro's surprising admission of…
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Another Vladdy Conversation
New reporting suggests that the contract talks between the Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stalled out with a gap of just $50 million over 14 years. Does…
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A Time for Hope and Optimism
We mostly take Nick's advice this week and "focus on the season." Though big picture concerns about the franchise aren't going away anytime soon, the Jays have…