Go Easy, Step Lightly, Stay Free - Game 44, Jays at Phillies
by hugo on May 16, 2008 6:43 PM EDT
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I'm not a fan of interleague play. I am, however, a fan of the Clash, the greatest band of all time. It's been a crazy week for me - we just got an extremely favourable opinion from the judge in a huge case I'm working on, which was very exciting. Of course, now we have less than 6 weeks to prepare for a month-long trial, so things aren't getting any easier! But it's been a great week, though I'm exhausted.
Anyway, rince has done up a quarterly report card on the Jays' hitters and as you might expect, the results aren't pretty. I can't say I disagree too much with his assessments, though I might upgrade Overbay and Zaun to Cs. The Jays are back to 1 game under .500, which is amazing. It'd be great if they could win today and make it all the way above water.
Blair has a long and interesting post today . He thinks the Jays might get Khalil Greene, which would be cool. He's young, a good fielder, and hits for power. According to my brother, he also looks like Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Anyway, David Purcey makes his second start today for the Jays, while Jamie Moyer pitches for Philadelphia. It should be interesting to see Purcey, who's pitched well this season, against one of the top lineups in the NL. Let's go Jays!
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You think Purcey took batting practice in AAA before coming up?
I mean bunting practice.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hey, Scutaro is actually leading off!
I believe I called this a good idea, what with how his OBP compared to some of the guys who were being tried there.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scutaro: 10 for 25, 3 HR against Moyer?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Grounds out hard to third
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill flies to right
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
No Sportsnet coverage?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios singles to left
thrown out at second in a fairly close play.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
How long until
we start giving J.P. beaucoup credit for the Rolen-Glaus trade?
"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
Already?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
glaus had a player option for next season
so it’s only 1 year difference, and it’s not as if Rolen will be blocking anyone. At least, it sure doesn’t look like 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
Now, you could criticize JP for not developing a 3B-man
for Hinske/Koskie/Glaus/Rolen to block.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
our low minors look good
including the infield
"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
How about second base?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Purcey gets a quick out from Rollins
and a nice play from Rolen from Victorino for 2 outs.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Mench takes a terrible route to catch Utley's warning track fly
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
well
Mench played LF yesterday and Stew DHed so the explanation seems to be that Gibby thinks Mench’s defense is better
"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
Purcey
Nice to see him get out of the inning on 8 pitches, not like last time where he walked 15 batters to start the game.
by slitheringslider on May 16, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply actions
definitely
the Phillies helped him out, particularly Rollins, but credit to Perce for throwing strikes
"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
Walks Howard
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Now back to back
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an uninspiring start to the inning, to be sure
"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
Game over?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
never surrender!
"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
if we're really in a pinch, we can use Litsch
since he only threw 70 the other day and we have the offday coming up
"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
true
I assume if we needed him today, he would skip his next start – that might not be the worst idea anyway, not that he’s done anything wrong
"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
Werth's homerun
I am following the game on gameday, can anyone tell me whether Werth’s HR sneaked over the wall or was it a bomb. Cause Citizen’s Bank ball park is known to be a deathtrap for flyball pitchers.
by slitheringslider on May 16, 2008 7:34 PM EDT reply actions
it didn't sneak over, was hit pretty well
opposite field – there are fields where it wouldn’t’ve been gone, but it was solidly hit. Werth was sitting on the outside pitch
"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
First two on again
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Zaun tags out Victorino
between first and second.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rollins bluffed but didn't go
but Victorino took off and didn’t look up, so ended up caught between the bases
"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
He went toward first, then curved toward second
so Victorino was trapped.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Utley singles
but Rollins can’t score after freezing on the line drive.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's too bad we're going to need to let Percey get clobbered
to save the bullpen.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
he just needs to throw strikes
and he’d be okay
"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
Walks the bases loaded
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Butterfield shown using the bullpen phone
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Purcey
Game day shows his release point is inconsistent, it is probably just butterflies
by slitheringslider on May 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT reply actions
Purcey
He has always been a late bloomer
by slitheringslider on May 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Litsch is warming
I guess that’s a big hint that they’ll skip his turn.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
that didn't go well
"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
Werth
is absolutely owning Purcey today
2HR 7RBI
by slitheringslider on May 16, 2008 7:54 PM EDT reply actions
Werth's 4th through 7th RBIs of the game
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
another former Jay
tearing us a new one
"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
Was he worth Frasor?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
You kinda wish we'd just letch Litsch start.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Mench makes a catch up against the wall
and appears to be in pain
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
At least it's already raining
Maybe it’ll get worse and the game will be cancelled. (And not just suspended.)
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
in that case
we need to stop recording outs!
"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
So are the trade offers involving Purcey drying up
and if they’re not, are we entertaining them? Or is LaCava insisting that we keep him around, like he did for McGowan?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Mench out, Stew in
Does this mean Lind will get his callup?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
"He's being waved hom by Ernie Whitt"
Did they swap Pevey with Whitt?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Are we... are we stringing hits together?
Now giving up those 8 runs is really hurting.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
you never know
maybe hitting with no pressure will help some of our guys get back on track
"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
Of course if they get too far on track
the pressure will come back.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Looks like it's starting to come down harder
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Do we double switch?
Put Wilk in right field batting 9th, and replace Overbay with Stairs?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Gameday says Litsch is hitting 9th
so I guess no double switch.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Nice catch at the shoetops for Stairs
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Okay, how hard do we start praying?
If it gets called after 5, we save the bullpen, and if it’s called sooner we don’t take the loss.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch almost legged one out
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Okay, so the Scutaro leadoff experiment is going poorly
Maybe we missed the window before playing every day wore him down.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
The Phillies guys think Litsch has lost his rotation slot
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Werth's third homer of the game
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Stew makes a sliding grab
and doubles up Coste at second.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch allows three doubles in an inning
and only one run.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I guess Litsch is out
because Wilkerson is pinch hitting with 2 on and 1 out.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scutaro drives in an irrelevant run
to knock Moyer out of the game.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I guess we'll need another TMBG song
How about “I was grinding my teeth, I was wasting my young, and using up my teeth”?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
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