Keith Jewer

[Keith Jewer @kmasj]

@Top100Rick Played it 9 years ago for a surprise 60th bday round for my father in law. One of the best days of my life. Was pricey but nowhere near that much…and worth every penny. Sucks u had bad weather. #bucketlist

[Old Man Bleeding Blue @ari_shapiro]

We crucified Alex Anthopoulos when he was here but have now put up with eight years of Ross “The Mouth” Atkins.

I for one am sick of it. And I bet so are you.

I’ve followed the Blue Jays personally and professionally - podcasting, interviewing, radio jibjab, et al - for nearly four decades as an independent journalist, and I can safely say that this 2023 team will go down in franchise history as the most disappointing to me - more than the 1985 Royals playoff collapse, 1987 Tigers final week of the season fiasco, or the 2015 Donaldson/Price/Tulo team that really should have won it all.

For a club to have such an extraordinary foundation of brilliant starting and relief pitching in a season where they’ve lost their ace, the table was set for a remarkable year. One of veteran guidance and promising talent coming to fruition. Or at least that’s what Shapkins were selling us.

Instead, Springer never found his groove, Chapman disappeared after the second week in May, Bichette carried the team on his back until injured, Vladdy revealed himself to be nothing but an ordinary player hyped by overzealous corporate media machine coverage, personal favourite Jansen got hurt forcing us to watch a struggling Kirk, Varsho still can’t hit himself out of a paper bag, and John Schneider literally sabotaged half a dozen games with inexplicably bush league decision-making.

And yet for all their almost laughable offensive shortcomings and profound lack of clutch hitting, this team always battled hard defensively, night in and night out, putting themselves in a position where world class defense and pitching met minor league hitting and still found ways to win.

But in the final analysis, what this team truly lacks is good old fashioned gumption. A will to win that goes beyond just showing up and dousing players with water and asking for noise and convincing the faithful that what we’re seeing is really better than what it actually is.

Because it ain’t.

The 1992 and 1993 had mettle and a manager who let them play. They worked hard from day one and never made excuses.

The 2023 Jays could learn a great deal from them.

[Keith Jewer @kmasj]

@LeDrewRyan @StephLD @curling 🤣

[Team Northbrook Construction @TeamSymonds]

In @SJCCSuperleague final tonight, Team Crosbie finishes the year with a 6-2 win over @Team_NYoung. This is our 3rd Superleague title in a row, and 4th in the last 5 years. Thanks to our sponsors and supporters for another great year! #curling #hardlinenation #ThreePeat 🏆 🏆 🏆

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Please enjoy Vin Scully reciting the Field of Dreams “People Will Come, Ray” speech. Chills.

[Keith Jewer @kmasj]

@EddieSheerr your #nlwx forecast for tomorrow (May 11/22) reminds me of something… 🤔 https://t.co/HsfxC13dtY

[Team Northbrook Construction @TeamSymonds]

Huge thank you to our sponsors for allowing us to compete. Crosbie is amazing. Extremely proud to represent you and your brand. @HardlineCurling has been an awesome partner for the last 11 years! Best in the business. And thanks to @DynastyCurling for helping us look the part!

[Team Northbrook Construction @TeamSymonds]

Team Crosbie successfully defended their @SJCCSuperleague title tonight with a 6-4 win over @TeamGregSmithNL. This is the 3rd title in the last 4 years for this squad. We’re looking forward to having an uninterrupted 2022/23 season. #hardlinenation #curling

[Team Northbrook Construction @TeamSymonds]

Huge congrats to @TeamGushue on what has to be one of the biggest stories in curling history. Winning the Brier with 3 guys!!??? Unreal. Looking forward to hopefully having a normal curling season next year! #hardlinenation #curling

[Keith Jewer @kmasj]

@MarkNichols_NL @TeamGushue You all did it buddy! Unreal! Congrats!! Feel better soon!

[Keith Jewer @kmasj]

If memory serves, both these teams had a great lead🤣😎🤪

[Curling NL @CurlingNL]

The first game will be the 2006 Champ (Peddigrew) vs the 2019 Champ (Team Crosbie - Team Symonds )
#curling @CurlingZone @CurlingCanada @SportsPageNL1 #brier

[Curling NL @CurlingNL]

🧵
Streaming of the Mens Provincial (Tankard) Championship is confirmed❗️

The link will be posted just prior to each game on this account, NLCA facebook & on https://t.co/JucByogEgr

The cameras will be split between 2-sheets (3&4) with a feature game for each draw.

[Curling NL @CurlingNL]

#ThrowbackThursday

In 2015 Andrew Symonds, Mark Healy, Corey Eward and Keith Jewer captured NL’s first Travelers (now Everest) Curling Club Mens National Championship.

Playing in Ottawa, Newfoundland and Labrador beat Team Manitoba 6-4 in the final game.

[2023/24 Remax Superleague @SJCCSuperleague]

Current standings! Top 6 make the playoffs! Heating up at the top of the leaderboard!
@SportsPageNL1

[Curling Canada @CurlingCanada]

They’ve done it! Congratulations to @TeamGushue - 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials champions! 🥇 🇨🇦

#Trials2021

[Team Northbrook Construction @TeamSymonds]

Congratulations to @TeamGushue!!!!

[Team Young @Team_NYoung]

Came down to last rocks against a strong Team Ontario in the semi final but we DID IT! This win puts us in the final tomorrow 1:00 (3:30 NL time) vs Team NS. Let’s go!! 🤙🏻🥌 @SJCCRemaxCentre @CurlingNL @CurlGraniteYXE @CurlingCanada @sportnl @SportsPageNL1

[2023/24 Remax Superleague @SJCCSuperleague]

Updated standings after draw 2:

[2023/24 Remax Superleague @SJCCSuperleague]

Draw 2 results:
@TeamSkanes 7 vs Team Hill 1
@TeamRMLamswood 5 vs Strong 4
Peddigrew 6 vs Alex Smith 5
@TeamSymonds 8 vs Team Goss 4
@curtiscurling 6 vs @TeamOlearycurls 4
@TeamGregSmithNL 9 vs @TeamMitchellNL 3

Noseworthy vs @Team_NYoung
Still to be played

@SportsPageNL1

[TSN Curling @TSNCurling]

ICYMI: @TeamTracyFleury, @TeamGalusha, @TeamZacharias, @Team_Whyte, @TeamRileySmith1, @TeamSymonds and Team Mackenzie Mitchell were all winners this weekend.

RECAP: https://t.co/JwCJPSBhaZ