If It Weren't For Disappointments I Wouldn't Have Any Appointments: Game 22 - Toronto at Disneyworld
by hugo on Apr 24, 2008 6:00 PM EDT
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Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays, Apr 24, 2008 7:10 PM EDT
Well, yet another ugly game yesterday. Matt Stairs hit two HRs but Doc was unable to hold the Rays in the 6th and the Jays offense continued to sputter. Whenever a team has three count them three catchers in the starting lineup, that's generally not a very good thing. Toronto's combined to go 0-11 with a walk yesterday. Tonight, Dustin McGowan faces off against Andy Sonanstine. With the way this team is playing at the moment, I'm a little relieved that I'll be at the Mets-Nationals game and not around to watch. The Jays can't snap out of it fast enough. Let's go Jays!
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Scutaro first pitch swinging, bases loaded, 2 out
flies to right. The pitcher’s thrown like 30 pitches this inning and walked back to back, and you’re jumping on the first pitch? I guess that’s what they mean by pressing.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And Hinske with another RBI vs. us
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
At least we caught him stealing
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dusty walks two in a row with 2 out
after getting 5 Ks in the first 2 innings.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And now a wild pitch moves them both into scoring position
C’mon, Dusty!
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Walks them loaded
now the top of the order comes up.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Everyone loading the bases with 2 out and stranding them all
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How come Lind isn't up yet?
Watching Stewart throw the ball in from the outfield is painful
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
He wasn’t in the starting lineup today in Syracuse, but he pinch hit. Maybe they’re bringing him in to start the KC series, or making sure his neck pain doesn’t return?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't see Rios get ejected...nice to see someone has some emotion on the team though
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 8:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
As if he didn't get enough time off already
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not as useful when it's the second out
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well it turned out to be useful after all
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now we need the shutdown inning
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Would have been nice if VW could have extended that a few more pitches
to give Dusty the extra time to rest.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sigh, another walk
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
if he walks the bases loaded he better be pulled
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Better not be Tallet
He is the king of allowing inherited runners to score.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That's one inherited runner
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Think we could get Hinske out once this series?
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Snakeface struck him out on Tuesday
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's two inherited runners
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 8:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't care if it's his fault
They always score
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that's all three inherited runners
to complete the trifecta
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So, 12 up 12 down?
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well on our way
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Playing with a sense of urgency
“Aw crap, we’d better hurry up and lose so we can make our flight!”
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it wrong for me to wish an injury on Stewart so I don't have to watch him play?
I mean he gets injured every season anyway….
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Once Lind is up we won't have to see him so much
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm starting to think they aren't going to bring him up.....
if they are….why not by now???
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only reason I can think of
is to make sure his sore neck isn’t going to flare up again. Of course, since he was only available to pinch hit today, maybe it did.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember Bill James saying how hard it was to cheer for his team when they started things that he didn't believe in...
Stewart over Johnson, Eck over Mac, dumping Thomas so we can get another middle infielder into the lineup…..it is hare for me to like this group.
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Missed a couple....
Barajas over Thigpen or Diaz. Leaving Lind on the farm…
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If Thigpen had started as the backup
I would have interpreted it as them giving up on him ever being a starter, because there’s no way he was close enough, and there’s no way he was going to get there playing part-time.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For me using Barajas is showing they aren't interested in winning...
He’s a lousy hitter who had one good season…if Thigpen got his playing time I’d be happy.
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's not supposed to be playing much
He’s a backup catcher. He’s supposed to play in less than a third of the games, and in some of those he’s going to get pulled for Zaun.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cy's in....I figured he wasn't availible when he didnt' come in with the bases loaded....
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I assume they wanted Tallet to work long relief
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he gets the K.....
He’s the best thing to cheer about on the team….
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
x doesn't get the job done
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hill didn't look like he went to the plate looking to have a good at-bat
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
with that first swing
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And in the end
he didn’t
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They say they like the new batting coach.....
but he sure doesn’t have them in a good mind set with runners on base….
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If only he could hit for them
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course, none of this would have been an issue
if Dusty hadn’t used up all his strikes in the first two innings.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I never see Inglett play the outfield again
it will be too soon
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah....I've been thinking if they can't have lind up isn't there another outfielder in the system somewhere??
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coats?
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah....he looked decent out there.....
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
there's some rule about how quick they can bring someone back up that's been sent down isn't there?
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gabe Gross would look good in a Jays uniform right now.....
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As opposed to Overbay?
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Barajas pinch hitting for Stairs?
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No surprise the Beej is in
He hasn’t pitched in ages, and they can’t let his arm rot.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Having connection troubles....
Why would barajas pinch hit for anybody????
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think Gibbons is the only manager
who imagines splits where there are none. For example, switch hitters hitting right-handed against Tallet when he’s actually better against righties.
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the last 7 games we have scored 1 run after the 6th
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey Stewart got on!!
hmmmm might be a mirage….
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now that Rs are ISP it's flail-time
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Johnny Mac pinch running... stealing?
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 10:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Easily on a curve in the dirt
taking the double play off
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scoot strikes out on the full count
and now x is our only hope
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hugo, if you need a title for tomorrow's game, may I recommend:
Today Withered Hope saw the very Sad Sack and she tried not to meet his eyes
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by Torgen on Apr 24, 2008 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
heh!
playing off my they might be giants post for today? good stuff. anyway, yet another brutal game….
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
by hugo on Apr 24, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Had connection troubles at the end.....
but it was sad again…..Can’t believe they got swept by the Rays. Can you get swept by a lousy team and still consider yourself a contender? Gotta love the last two batters…with the tieing run on second…were middle infielders and course no thought of pinch hitting for them.
by Tom Dakers on Apr 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
With Diaz? Or a pitcher?
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by Torgen on Apr 25, 2008 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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