Blue Jays Play-by-Play Announcer Mike Wilner Joins BAD, Labor Strife Continues & Ranking the Jays' Best FA Signings

On another glorious episode of Birds All Day, Drew and Stoeten
welcome Toronto Blue Jays radio play-by-play announcer, Mike
Wilner, to the program (6:30)! Mike fills us in on life without
baseball and broaches a cornucopia of subjects, including: his
level of optimism in a season (11:45); the advantages the Jays
could present in a truncated year (13:30); how to quantify success
under these circumstances (16:40) and should Toronto excel early in
a condensed season, should they go for broke and orchestrate
title-contending moves (25:10)? After Drew and Stoeten bid Mike
adieu, they cover a couple topics like the ongoing labor dispute
(28:30) and rule changes that won't be redacted and their impact on
the spirit and spontaneity of the sport (38:45). The guys conclude
today's podcast by sorting through Stoeten's all-time best Blue
Jays' free agent signings, and mull what it will take for Hyun-jin
Ryu to rank among the club's legendary signees (53:00). Save 40%
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