Mike Wilner

@wilnerness.bsky.social

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Former voice of the Toronto Blue Jays, current Toronto Star baseball columnist and host of the Deep Left Field podcast (you should subscribe). Loves stand-up comedy, ‘80s music and my two incredible kids!

Lukes 9 Guerrero 3 Clement 4 Springer OP Varsho 8 Okamoto 5 Valenzuela 2 Gimenez 6 Clase 7 ———————— Gausman 1
Yusuke Oshima models the Kazuma Okamoto giveaway t-shirt.
Clement 4 Lukes 9 Guerrero 3 Springer OP Okamoto 5 Varsho 8 Kirk 2 Gimenez 6 Straw 7 —————— Cease 1
The big scoreboard with a picture of a young Duane Ward.
Clement 4 Lukes 9 Guerrero DH Okamoto 5 Varsho 8 Keys 3 Valenzuela 2 Gimenez 6 Clase 7 ——————— Yesavage 1
An extremely sparse contingent of Blue Jays is out for the national anthems. On the left, Jonatan Clase, Sean Keys and Spencer Miles. On the right, a group of coaches.
View of the stage from the south side of Bremner Blvd. One imagines the stage was built around the statue, with the clear tent off to the side being where all the alumni will be sitting and watching.
Clement 6 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 5 Springer 7 Kirk 2 Varsho 8 Valenzuela DH Urias 4 Straw 8 ———————— Miles 1
Building at the edge of the Kinda Kanal.
A happy little green frog waits for you to toss your garbage in its mouth.
Picture of a Swedish restaurant called WokAway that immediately threw a The Box song from the ‘80s into my head.
Not quite midnight sun, but definitely not midnight dark.
Picture of Alejandro Kirk watching a home run by Xander Bogaerts fly out of the ballpark in San Diego with the transcription above saying “Bogaerts boggy gills bone Padres.”
My view from the outdoor seating at Café Hojbroplads in Copenhagen. It’s pretty nice.
Lukes 9 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 5 Varsho 8 Kirk 2 Piñango 7 Clement 4 Keys DH Gimenez 6 ——————— Fisher 1
Springer OP Lukes 9 Guerrero 3 Keys 5 Kirk 2 Varsho 8 Clement 4 Piñango 7 Gimenez 6 —————— Gausman 1
Springer OP Lukes 9 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 3 Clement 6 Valenzuela 2 Urias 4 Piñango 7 Straw 8 ——————— Yesavage 1
Springer OP Clement 6 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 5 Kirk 2 Lukes 9 Schneider 7 Straw 8 Urias 4 ——————— Gausman 1
Springer DH Lukes RF Guerrero Jr. 1B Okamoto 3B Varsho CF Kirk C Schneider LF Gimenez SS Urías 2B ———————— Yesavage P
Me in the big tent, addressing the crowd. You are looking at the backs of the heads of several Canadian baseball immortals.
Imagine of a CPAP machine showing that it was in use for 10 hours and 53 minutes last night. Good total of 0.4 apneaic events per hour, as well.
No photo of the board in the clubhouse, because it wasn’t up. Springer DH Lukes 8 Kirk 2 Piñango 9 Okamoto 5 Sanchez 7 Clement 6 Schneider 4 McAdoo 3 —————— Corbin 1
Springer OP Lukes 8 Okamoto 5 Sanchez 7 Clement 4 Valenzuela 2 Piñango 9 McAdoo 3 Gimenez 6 ——————- Gausman 1
Tarp is on here at Sahlen Field in Buffalo. No batting practice today, but the Bisons-Mets game is expected to start on time.
Guerrero DH Lukes 8 Clement 4 Sanchez 7 Piñango 9 Valenzuela 2 Okamoto 5 Gimenez 6 McAdoo 3 —————— Cease 1
Yohendrick Piñango hauls in a practice fly ball near the warning track in right field after taking a good, direct route to the ball (for the first time in three tries).
Ernie Clement, rushing back into the Blue Jays dugout after signing some autographs, stops to model the Jays giveaway jersey - the early 2000s era gray road uniform with blue lettering split by red with TORONTO across the front and number 32 under the lettering on the left side. He’s also wearing a current-era Jays toque. No, he’s not angry and doesn’t want to fight me.
Springer OP Piñango 9 Guerrero 3 Sanchez 7 Clement 4 Valenzuela 2 Okamoto 5 Gimenez 6 Straw 8 —————— Gausman 1
Springer OP Lukes 9 Guerrero 3 Sanchez 7 Clement 4 Valenzuela 2 Okamoto 5 Gimenez 6 Straw 8 ————— Fisher 1
Springer OP Lukes 9 Guerrero 3 Varsho 8 Clement 4 Sanchez 7 Okamoto 5 Gimenez 6 Valenzuela 2 ——————— Yesavage 1
Ultramar gas station sign that shows diesel at 197.9 per litre and regular gas at “OUF” because some lights are out. Maybe.
Max Scherzer testing out his sore forearm as he works his way back from the injured list.
I can see the sky from inside!
Lineup at Gate 12
Springer OP Varsho 8 Guerrero 3 Piñango 7 Sanchez 9 Okamoto 5 Clement 4 Gimenez 6 Valenzuela 2 ——————— Cease 1
Springer OP Guerrero 3 Varsho 8 Okamoto 5 Piñango 7 Clement 4 Sanchez 9 Valenzuela 2 Gimenez 6 ——————- Gausman 1
Candy in the Blue Jays dugout at Comerica Park. Left to right - Blow Pops, Tootsie Pops, an assortment of chewy candies like Dots, Tootsie Rolls (chocolate and “fruit flavoured”) with some Tootsie Pops in there, loose giant Dubble Bubble gumballs.
Buncha Blue Jays pitchers getting their throwing in between the raindrops in Detroit.
With Lenyn Sosa looking on in just a Jays clubhouse t-shirt, Ernie Clement prepares to field a ground ball wearing a Blue Jays starter jacket and a toque. Ernie is wearing that stuff, not the ground ball.
The big scoreboard at Comerica Park (in Deep Left Field) with the Strike Out Cancer logo surrounded by the Jays’ and Tigers’ logos. There are fun statues of authentic-looking tigers on each side of the top of the scoreboard.
Springer OP Piñango 7 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 5 Varsho 8 Sanchez 9 Clement 4 Gimenez 6 Heineman 2 ——————— Cease 1
Tyler Rogers practices throws to first with bullpen coach Graham Johnson handling the bag as Yariel Rodriguez and Jeff Hoffman wait their turn. Pitchers’ Fielding Practice!!!
Springer OP Straw 9 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 5 Sosa 4 Clement 6 Varsho 8 Schneider 7 Valenzuela 2 ——————— Corbin 1
Toronto Maple Leafs starters lined up along the third-base line as the national anthem is sung ahead of their season opener. Yasiel Puig is in his familiar #66.
A shot of the stage where the Lowest of the Low are about to perform. Fun times!
Johns Schneider and Gibbons
Springer OP Straw 9 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 5 Varsho 8 Clement 4 Schneider 7 Gimenez 6 Valenzuela 2 ——————— Cease 1
Ernie Clement and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, chatting with Jays’ assistant hitting coach Lou Iannotti.
Straw 8 Clement 6 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 5 Sosa 4 Jimenez DH Sanchez 9 Schneider 7 Heineman 2 —————— Cease 1
George Springer models the Ernie Clement hockey giveaway jersey.
George Springer models the Ernie Clement hockey giveaway jersey.
Clement 6 Varsho 8 Guerrero DH Sanchez 9 Okamoto 5 Sosa 3 Piñango 7 Schneider 4 Valenzuela 2 ——————— Corbin 1
I mean, it would spoil the question…
Straw 9 Clement 4 Guerrero 3 Okamoto 5 Jimenez DH Varsho 8 Schneider 7 Gimenez 6 Heineman 2 —————— Gausman 1
Lukes 9 Clement 4 Guerrero 3 Sanchez 7 Sosa DH Varsho 8’ Okamoto 5 Gimenez 6 Heineman 2 ——————— Scherzer 1