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Toronto Blue Jays @ Philadelphia Phillies

05/16/08 7:05 PM EDT

Toronto Blue Jays Philadelphia Phillies
Marco Scutaro - SS Jimmy Rollins - SS
Aaron Hill - 2B Shane Victorino - RF
Alex Rios - CF Chase Utley - 2B
Scott Rolen - 3B Ryan Howard - 1B
Matt Stairs - RF Pat Burrell - LF
Kevin Mench - LF Jayson Werth - CF
Lyle Overbay - 1B Pedro Feliz - 3B
Gregg Zaun - C Chris Coste - C
David Purcey - P Jamie Moyer - P


 

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 6:54 PM EDT   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 6:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Scutaro: 10 for 25, 3 HR against Moyer?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:08 PM EDT   0 recs

Grounds out hard to third

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rios singles to left

thrown out at second in a fairly close play.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:12 PM EDT   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:15 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Already?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I agree

but he hasn’t gotten enough credit yet

"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 16, 2008 7:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Mench takes a terrible route to catch Utley's warning track fly

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:17 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Walks Howard

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Now back to back

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by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Game over?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:29 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

First two on again

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Zaun tags out Victorino

between first and second.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:45 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Utley singles

but Rollins can’t score after freezing on the line drive.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:48 PM EDT   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:49 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Walks the bases loaded

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:52 PM EDT   0 recs

Butterfield shown using the bullpen phone

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:52 PM EDT   0 recs

Purcey

Game day shows his release point is inconsistent, it is probably just butterflies

by slitheringslider on May 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT   0 recs

Purcey

He has always been a late bloomer

by slitheringslider on May 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT   0 recs

Werth

is absolutely owning Purcey today

2HR 7RBI

by slitheringslider on May 16, 2008 7:54 PM EDT   0 recs

Werth's 4th through 7th RBIs of the game

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:54 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 7:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Mench makes a catch up against the wall

and appears to be in pain

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:59 PM EDT   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 7:59 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 8:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Mench out, Stew in

Does this mean Lind will get his callup?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:04 PM EDT   0 recs

"He's being waved hom by Ernie Whitt"

Did they swap Pevey with Whitt?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:05 PM EDT   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:06 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by hugo on May 16, 2008 8:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Of course if they get too far on track

the pressure will come back.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Looks like it's starting to come down harder

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:11 PM EDT   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Gameday says Litsch is hitting 9th

so I guess no double switch.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:13 PM EDT   0 recs

Nice catch at the shoetops for Stairs

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:16 PM EDT   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Litsch almost legged one out

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:22 PM EDT   0 recs

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?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:23 PM EDT   0 recs

The Phillies guys think Litsch has lost his rotation slot

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Werth's third homer of the game

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:30 PM EDT   0 recs

Stew makes a sliding grab

and doubles up Coste at second.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Litsch allows three doubles in an inning

and only one run.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 16, 2008 8:50 PM EDT   0 recs

I guess Litsch is out

because Wilkerson is pinch hitting with 2 on and 1 out.