Thanks for tuning into another episode of The Great Banana Hoax. The man in the picture is former Toronto's Most Eligible Bachelor and Jays' third baseman Kelly Gruber, one of my boyhood baseball heroes. He was the first Jay to hit for the cycle, and was an important cog in the machine that led to two World Series' pennants in the early 90s.
Since they won back-to-back championships, not one Jays team has qualified for the playoffs. Playing in arguably the toughest division in baseball, the Jays not only have to compete with the Red Sox and Yankees, but now with the upstart Tampa Bay Rays, who after dropping the 'Devil' from their name, are becoming hotter than a Roberto Alomar temper tantrum.
The early 90s were a glorious time for baseball in Canada, based soley on the performance of the Jays. You'd be hard-pressed not to find anyone who doesn't remember Joe Carter hitting that series-winning homerun off Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams. Personally, I'll never understand why Otis Nixon, ol' Leatherface, tried to bunt his way onto first for the final out in the Jays first World Series win. Joe Carter, first baseman at the time, factored in the final out.
I'm talkin' Jays because my co-host Jordan attended a Blue Jays game last week - retro night to be exact. AND, it was a retrospective on the two World Series teams. All the greats were on hand - Carter, Alomar, Molitor and of course...Maldonado!
In other news, Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane was arrested for allegeldy punching a cab driver over, like a dollar in change for a fare. What is this Pat, the AJHL? More to come on this, I'm sure...
I was flyin' solo for the show, although I did chat with Jordan on the phone, LIVE on-air. Turns out he caught the Ti-Cats/Eskimos game at Ivor Wynne Stadium.
Once again, psychedelic/garage/punk tunes dominated the CJSR airwaves during The Great Banana Hoax. Here's a list of songs played, in no particular order (artist, song, album):
1. Love - "A House is Not A Motel" - Forever Changes
2. Twentieth Century Zoo - "You Don't Remember - An Overdose of Heavy Psych
3. The Vagrants - "Final Hour" - The Great Lost Album (Collection of 7'' singles)
4. Capt. Beefheart and his Magic Band - "Yellow Brick Road" - Safe as Milk
5. Comets on Fire - "Sour Smoke" - Avatar
6. Stevenson Ranch Davidians - "Let It All Go" - from their Myspace
7. *Endangered Ape - "Tales of Survivalist Horror Parts 1, 2 and 3" - from their Myspace
8. *Gold Rush - "Ghost in the Night" - EP
9. Hot Snakes - "Paid in Cigarettes" - Suicide Invoice
10. *The Wicked Awesomes - "SPACE" - from their Myspace
11. *The Plastic Cloud - "Bridge Under the Sky" - The Plastic Cloud
12. *The Guess Who - "Love and a Yellow Rose" - Wheatfield Soul
13. The Byrds - "Natural Harmony" and "Draft Morning" - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
14. The Byrds - "Nothing Was Delivered" - Sweethearts of the Rodeo
15. Soft Black - "The Earth is Black" - The Earth is Black
16. The Black Keys - "Modern Times" - Magic Potion
17. Ten Years After - "I'm Going Home" - Undead
18. Sleepy Sun - Side A - White Dove 7''
19. Dead Meadow - "Everything's Goin' On" - Howls from the Hills
20. Os Mutantes - "A Minha Menina" - Everything is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes
Until next time folks.
