Jock Cartier
@jockcartier.bsky.social
Pirate of the St. Lawrence. Absurdist. Dry, sarcastic, sardonic, occasionally funny. Rambling about whatever occurs to me. Usually sports & Canadiana
$30M a year is a lot of money... but then again, they probably grossed that much in ticket sales for every World Series game they hosted
NEWS: The Blue Jays are signing Dylan Cease to a seven-year, $210 million contract, sources tell The Athletic.
It's the largest pitching contract in franchise history.
It's the largest pitching contract in franchise history.
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
$30M a year is a lot of money... but then again, they probably grossed that much in ticket sales for every World Series game they hosted
Why on earth is live curling on TSN2?
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Why on earth is live curling on TSN2?
Reposted by Jock Cartier
It's been far too long since we raised a class to Toronto hockey writer Michael Traikos and his immortal story: "Is Morgan Rielly greater than Orr?"
Oops!
Oops!
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's been far too long since we raised a class to Toronto hockey writer Michael Traikos and his immortal story: "Is Morgan Rielly greater than Orr?"
Oops!
Oops!
She tried to launch a career as a popstar at 16 with a single titled “Jailbait”
Nuzzi has been cynically playing the game and climbing the ladder of infamy for a very long time. This couldn’t have worked out better for her
Nuzzi has been cynically playing the game and climbing the ladder of infamy for a very long time. This couldn’t have worked out better for her
She is literally doing a book tour for her memoir about her affair. The publisher is Simon & Schuster
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
She tried to launch a career as a popstar at 16 with a single titled “Jailbait”
Nuzzi has been cynically playing the game and climbing the ladder of infamy for a very long time. This couldn’t have worked out better for her
Nuzzi has been cynically playing the game and climbing the ladder of infamy for a very long time. This couldn’t have worked out better for her
So the last game was playing decides who advances… but won’t be either team involved?!?!
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So the last game was playing decides who advances… but won’t be either team involved?!?!
This is why Curling Canada can't have nice things. They go from a tie-breaker system that can border on a double-elimination round robin... to no system at all, just have it hinge on something stupid like drawing to the button
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is why Curling Canada can't have nice things. They go from a tie-breaker system that can border on a double-elimination round robin... to no system at all, just have it hinge on something stupid like drawing to the button
So, either a McEwen win or Gushue loss and the Gush is gonzo?
And another update.
It’s been determined Jacobs has clinched FIRST PLACE and a spot in the best-of-three final.
There are no scenarios where Jacobs doesn’t finish first, including last stone draw.
It’s been determined Jacobs has clinched FIRST PLACE and a spot in the best-of-three final.
There are no scenarios where Jacobs doesn’t finish first, including last stone draw.
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So, either a McEwen win or Gushue loss and the Gush is gonzo?
Reposted by Jock Cartier
Lives up to the hype.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Lives up to the hype.
This is the problem with saving your marquee Homan/Einarson game for the final round robin draw, it often means you're showing that instead of a game that actual matters
They lucked out this time, since all three other the other games still have a team in contention, so might as well show 1-2
They lucked out this time, since all three other the other games still have a team in contention, so might as well show 1-2
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is the problem with saving your marquee Homan/Einarson game for the final round robin draw, it often means you're showing that instead of a game that actual matters
They lucked out this time, since all three other the other games still have a team in contention, so might as well show 1-2
They lucked out this time, since all three other the other games still have a team in contention, so might as well show 1-2
The ultimate irony of betting apps… anyone who is actually good gets banned
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The ultimate irony of betting apps… anyone who is actually good gets banned
Lawes steals three?!?!
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Lawes steals three?!?!
This is such a dog thing to do!
This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This is such a dog thing to do!
So TSN will acknowledge blanks are awful (boring to death, exact words) when it’s not the feature games or the men…
kermit the frog is drinking a cup of tea from a bag .
ALT: kermit the frog is drinking a cup of tea from a bag .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
So TSN will acknowledge blanks are awful (boring to death, exact words) when it’s not the feature games or the men…
Convenient of TSN/CC to skip over perhaps the most pertinent comparison point between Lawes and Homan... Lawes has two gold medals, and Homan sh*t the bed twice
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Convenient of TSN/CC to skip over perhaps the most pertinent comparison point between Lawes and Homan... Lawes has two gold medals, and Homan sh*t the bed twice
Moving away as a small child… The Scarborough Dream!
He has to be the most successful Scarborough Mans of all time. Mostly for marrying a prime Vanessa Williams. But the NBA titles and now this? Pfft.
Ex-NBA champ Fox entering Bahamian politics
Former NBA player Rick Fox will run for a legislative seat in the Bahamas in next year's general election, he announced Monday.
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Moving away as a small child… The Scarborough Dream!
Other than the shots he missed, he’s played well? Story of my life Russ
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Other than the shots he missed, he’s played well? Story of my life Russ
Went to my office for over an hour for a meeting... returned to the exact same score.
F'n Koe 🤦♂️😂
F'n Koe 🤦♂️😂
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Went to my office for over an hour for a meeting... returned to the exact same score.
F'n Koe 🤦♂️😂
F'n Koe 🤦♂️😂
So horribly wrong, on so many counts
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So horribly wrong, on so many counts
Oh wow. That's sad, didn't know she had cancer. RIP
Colleen Jones, a world champion curler whose effervescent personality made her a popular presence on the CBC over nearly four decades with the national broadcaster, has died. She was 65.
CP NewsAlert: Legendary curler, broadcaster Colleen Jones dies at 65
Colleen Jones, a world champion curler whose effervescent personality made her a popular presence on the CBC over nearly four decades with the national broadcaster, has died. She was 65.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Oh wow. That's sad, didn't know she had cancer. RIP
1) Changes from one year to the next aren't noticeable
2) Most don't use their phones to anywhere near their max resources
Mostly, I use my phone for calls, text, email, podcasts and occasional maps or search. The hardest it gets worked is by a dumb idle game. A decade old phone could handle that
2) Most don't use their phones to anywhere near their max resources
Mostly, I use my phone for calls, text, email, podcasts and occasional maps or search. The hardest it gets worked is by a dumb idle game. A decade old phone could handle that
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
1) Changes from one year to the next aren't noticeable
2) Most don't use their phones to anywhere near their max resources
Mostly, I use my phone for calls, text, email, podcasts and occasional maps or search. The hardest it gets worked is by a dumb idle game. A decade old phone could handle that
2) Most don't use their phones to anywhere near their max resources
Mostly, I use my phone for calls, text, email, podcasts and occasional maps or search. The hardest it gets worked is by a dumb idle game. A decade old phone could handle that
The best part of American Thanksgiving... the PTI Turkeys of the Year!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_b...
PTI 2025 Turkeys of the Year
YouTube video by True North Retro
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The best part of American Thanksgiving... the PTI Turkeys of the Year!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_b...
Reposted by Jock Cartier
Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak has accepted a two-year ban from competitive swimming after three whereabouts failures.
She will now be ineligible until July 14, 2027.
She will have any competitive results from June 16 onward disqualified now too.
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She will now be ineligible until July 14, 2027.
She will have any competitive results from June 16 onward disqualified now too.
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Penny Oleksiak banned from competition until 2027 due to whereabouts failures | CBC Sports
Swimmer Penny Oleksiak, Canada's most decorated female Olympian, has accepted a two-year ban from competition stemming from three whereabouts failures and will be ineligible to compete until July 14, ...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak has accepted a two-year ban from competitive swimming after three whereabouts failures.
She will now be ineligible until July 14, 2027.
She will have any competitive results from June 16 onward disqualified now too.
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She will now be ineligible until July 14, 2027.
She will have any competitive results from June 16 onward disqualified now too.
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
I don’t know. Making homemade lasagna ain’t cheap anymore. I think last time I made it I dropped easily of $50, and I wasn’t making two catering sized trays of it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I don’t know. Making homemade lasagna ain’t cheap anymore. I think last time I made it I dropped easily of $50, and I wasn’t making two catering sized trays of it.
Is it just me or are the buttons REALLY big?
And even more strangely, they kept the as inside original size
And even more strangely, they kept the as inside original size
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Is it just me or are the buttons REALLY big?
And even more strangely, they kept the as inside original size
And even more strangely, they kept the as inside original size