Blue Canary in the Outlet By The Light Switch, Who Watches Over You? Game 2 of the Doubleheader
Toronto @ Cleveland
So the lineups for the game being showed by SB Nation's content carrier are just the same as last game, which has got to be wrong, I'd imagine. But since the Jays haven't scored over the last 2 games and in fact have only managed 1 run in the 3 games so far in this series, it doesn't really matter what the lineup is, does it? Put it this way, to be watching the Jays at this point, you've got to have some pretty deep-seated emotional and/or mental issues. Allright, see everyone at gametime!
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I don't think 'who watches over you' is a question in that lyric.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
by Torgen on May 12, 2008 6:59 PM EDT 0 recs
it doesn't surprise me that you'd say that
but I disagree
"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
May 12, 2008 7:29 PM EDT
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Isn't the singer the blue canary?
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 7:58 PM EDT
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I always thought there was more than one character
"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
May 12, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
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It's like, 'canary that watches over you'
except a canary is animate, and in this case sentient, so you say ‘who’.
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:07 PM EDT
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Yeah, I get, I'm not an idiot
but you’re not going to convince me, I did a college paper on the song
"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
May 12, 2008 8:09 PM EDT
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Who would the other characters be?
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:10 PM EDT
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in my paper
the question posed was who looks out for the blue canary when it’s so busy worrying about everyone else all the time?
"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
May 12, 2008 8:16 PM EDT
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But the singer is the canary
“I_ have a secret to tell, from _my electrical well.”
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:17 PM EDT
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It really screwed the pooch on the _'s that time.
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:18 PM EDT
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certainly
the verses are the canary’s. I mean, he says “My name is Blue Canary”. Doesn’t get much clearer than that.
"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
May 12, 2008 8:21 PM EDT
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But if the chorus is sung to the bird
why does the bird need to make a birdhouse in his soul for the singer to live in (as the bee in the bird’s bonnet)? Is the singer also a bird?
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:23 PM EDT
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the other singer is God
telling the blue canary that he spends all of its time looking out for other people and neglects itself. Hence its need to carve out a little space in its soul for itself to be nurtured.
"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
May 12, 2008 8:28 PM EDT
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Seems like a huge stretch
Is there anything but the chorus that you think is the voice of God?
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:31 PM EDT
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nope
but it was a college english paper and I was an biochem and environmental science major, so I amused myself by deliberately taking out-there interpretations. I mean, if you’re going to do a paper on a They Might Be Giants song, you have to do something unexpected with it…
"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
May 12, 2008 8:36 PM EDT
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it doesn't have to be God anyway
just the idea that anyone whose job it is to take care of others all the time still needs looking after themselves…
"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
May 12, 2008 8:38 PM EDT
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Hill took a walk....
I’m getting the sound going off on my tv for a moment every now and then….makes it sound like Jamie and Tabler are swearing at the Jays….
by rincewind on May 12, 2008 7:15 PM EDT 0 recs
nice inning fellas
"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 May 12, 2008 7:29 PM EDT 0 recs
indians fan here. sounds like you guys are going through the same kind of offense related despair that hit cleveland for most of april. with your pitching, it’s just a matter of time before the wins start picking up. here’s hoping that starts tomorrow! meanwhile, let’s hope for a fun nightcap.
by macasson on May 12, 2008 7:34 PM EDT 0 recs
we did go thru this in April....I'm not sure about the matter of time part though....
by rincewind on
May 12, 2008 7:36 PM EDT
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well, here’s hoping. my roommate in college was a jays fan – i’d like to see them upset the balance of power in the east.
by macasson on
May 12, 2008 7:39 PM EDT
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out of curiousity
what was your take (and that of indians fans in general) on John MacDonald when he was with Cleveland?
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by hugo on
May 12, 2008 7:42 PM EDT
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big fan favorite, great glove, etc. he’s missed, but tom mastny has been more than decent in return, though he’s now the 7th man in a 6-man bullpen.
by macasson on
May 12, 2008 7:48 PM EDT
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thanks,
that’s pretty much exactly the situation in Toronto. He gets more love for a diving stop than Wells does for a homer. As a former glove specialist myself, I really appreciate the love he gets
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by hugo on
May 12, 2008 7:50 PM EDT
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it's true
I thought April was the winter of our discontent, until this month started.
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by hugo on
May 12, 2008 7:39 PM EDT
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a good game would be nice
but I’d settle for just a run or two at this point, sad as that is…
"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
May 12, 2008 7:40 PM EDT
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oh no no no
one would think that we could ill afford to give them an early lead here
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by hugo on May 12, 2008 7:45 PM EDT 0 recs
Remember how gibby sent marcum out for the ninth last start?
by rincewind on May 12, 2008 7:47 PM EDT 0 recs
well
he was going for his first shutout
"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
May 12, 2008 7:47 PM EDT
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it was worth a shot though
with the big lead, no?
"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
May 12, 2008 7:51 PM EDT
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That meeting sucked
45 minutes wasted. Hey, Hill spoiled my perfect game prediction.
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 7:50 PM EDT 0 recs
Story of the season
Overbay hits one hard for a lineout.
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 7:51 PM EDT 0 recs
months from now
we’ll still be talking about his lineout, how exciting it was….
"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
May 12, 2008 7:52 PM EDT
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Lyle hits it hard
but right at SS
"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 May 12, 2008 7:51 PM EDT 0 recs
well food has arived so I'm going to eat and forget baseball...get some runs.....
by rincewind on May 12, 2008 7:52 PM EDT 0 recs
enjoy!
"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
May 12, 2008 7:53 PM EDT
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Zaun with an infield single
Too bad you can’t hit an infield home run.
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 7:53 PM EDT 0 recs
Why is Velandia in?
He’s a righty who only hits righties.
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 7:54 PM EDT 0 recs
and Scutaro
can actually somewhat hit lefties
"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
May 12, 2008 7:54 PM EDT
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to top if off
Marcum is the least likely Jays’ starter to need the defensive help at SS
"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
May 12, 2008 7:55 PM EDT
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Marcum makes the Indians look like us
That Sizemore at-bat was worth the price of admission. Way to get back on track after that long 2nd inning. Please score runs!
"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 May 12, 2008 8:02 PM EDT 0 recs
5 pitch inning
with a strikeout.
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 8:03 PM EDT 0 recs
Rios, take some damn pitches!
And stop pulling into double plays!
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 8:05 PM EDT 0 recs
batting is kinda pointless for us at this stage, isn't it?
"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 May 12, 2008 8:07 PM EDT 0 recs
They might make multiple errors in one inning.
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:09 PM EDT
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true
they’d have to be big errors though
"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
May 12, 2008 8:11 PM EDT
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Uh oh, Martinez doubled.
Game over.
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 8:11 PM EDT 0 recs
Hey, he got out of it
I guess I lose points for calling ‘game over’ too soon.
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:19 PM EDT
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I think we've forfeit all our points
by watching the game in the first place
"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
May 12, 2008 8:21 PM EDT
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hey
Mench got on
"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 May 12, 2008 8:23 PM EDT 0 recs
RISP time!
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 8:24 PM EDT 0 recs
I hate to say it
but I actually called that triple play
"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 May 12, 2008 8:25 PM EDT 0 recs
And that's the problem with the hit and run
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by Torgen on May 12, 2008 8:25 PM EDT 0 recs
well
they tried something and it didn’t work, I guess.
"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 May 12, 2008 8:29 PM EDT 0 recs
how often do you see a hit and run with runner on first and second.....there might be a reason for it....
by rincewind on May 12, 2008 8:30 PM EDT 0 recs
Because Overbay hasn't hit lefties well this season?
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:32 PM EDT
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very true
no one would deny its not a good percentages play. It’s just a case of grasping at straws in desperation
"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
May 12, 2008 8:32 PM EDT
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yeah still think it's trying too do too much....but ok....
by rincewind on
May 12, 2008 8:34 PM EDT
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Well not doing enough didn't work
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:34 PM EDT
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it usually doesn't
"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
May 12, 2008 8:36 PM EDT
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Marcum
with another good inning
"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 May 12, 2008 8:31 PM EDT 0 recs
hmmmm love Jamie...'Stewart gets a hit'....he sounded so surprised....
by rincewind on May 12, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs
this would be an acceptable time to hit-and-run
"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
May 12, 2008 8:38 PM EDT
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With 2 outs and a right handed bat
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:39 PM EDT
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sure
Hill has been struggling at the plate and pressing too much, I like the idea of hitting-and-running just to let him ease up and worry about making contact
"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
May 12, 2008 8:40 PM EDT
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I mean
it’s not like we have a high percentage shot at scoring anyway with 2 out and Stewart on first
"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
May 12, 2008 8:43 PM EDT
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like hill to be up in a hit and run spot...take some pressure off him....
by rincewind on May 12, 2008 8:40 PM EDT 0 recs
Also, why bother gettnig him on base
when Rios is just going to ground into a double play anyways.
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by Torgen on
May 12, 2008 8:41 PM EDT
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Stewart's first hit in 19 at bats....didn't Lind get sent down for that?
by rincewind on May 12, 2008 8:41 PM EDT 0 recs
that was so dumb
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by hugo on
May 12, 2008 8:45 PM EDT
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after 19 at-bats
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