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I Stand Corrected - Game 48: Angels at Jays

Bluejayperched_tiny by hugo on in Game Threads

Los Angeles @ Toronto


Last night was pretty frustrating. McGowan wasn't great but generally got the job done, but the Jays just couldn't convert with runners on. The last two innings were particularly frustrating. In the 8th the Jays loaded the bases with no out after some great at-bats, only to watch Matt Stairs strike out and Shannon Stewart bounce into a double play. The 9th was no better, where the Jays loaded the bases against Francisco Rodriguez but Aaron Hill popped up on a 1-0 count and Alexis Rios struck out looking on a 3-2 count (after having been 3-0).

Well, the Jays have been playing well, so let's not dwell on one bad game. Marcum pitches today against Jon Garland and it'll be interesting to see how Marcum does after 2 days rest following his one-inning rain-abridged performance in the city of brotherly love.

I will be around only for the second half of tonight's game, as I have a softball game after work. Not sure who we're playing, but they're about to get smacked down. Except probably not.

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Marcum gets the grounder

Scutaro makes a nice backhand play

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Good morning, good afternoon, and good night Matthews

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:11 PM EDT   0 recs

Guerrero with a 2 out solo shot

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:14 PM EDT   0 recs

And the Angels play-by-play guys are taking credit

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Overbay has a Buckner moment

on a hard shot to first

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Broken bat popup to Rolen

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:18 PM EDT   0 recs

I feel like I'm paying mlb.tv a lot of money

so I’d appreciate it if they didn’t spam me with Nissan Live Sets At Yahoo! Music ads.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Wilk breaks his bat and flies to center

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Hill grounds out to second

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:22 PM EDT   0 recs

The stadium gun is registering some pitches in the 60s

I’m pretty sure neither Marcum nor Garland is tossing that soft.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Rios draws the 2 out walk

Stealing?

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by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Rolen singles to right, Rios to third

RISP time

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Stairs singles to right

Rios scores! 1 for 1!

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:30 PM EDT   0 recs

Overbay strikes out swinging on a full count

1 for 2, 2 stranded

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Kotchman grounds out to Hill's right

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:38 PM EDT   0 recs

Stew makes a jumping catch against the wall

and what was almost Napoli’s 11th

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:40 PM EDT   0 recs

Strikes out S-Rod

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:41 PM EDT   0 recs

Stew grounds to third

Figgins bobbles it and still had time

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Zaun breaks his bat and pops up to the pitcher

who was almost at the cutout at first

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:46 PM EDT   0 recs

Scoot grounds to first on the first pitch

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:46 PM EDT   0 recs

Grounder to Hill from Izturis

Pretty much a carbon copy of the Kotchman one

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:49 PM EDT   0 recs

Marcum 10 for 10 in first pitch strikes

but he seems to be going way outside on every 0-2 pitch.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:50 PM EDT   0 recs

Walk to Figgins on the 3-2

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:51 PM EDT   0 recs

And another walk to Matthews

With Vlad coming up. I’m nervous.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:56 PM EDT   0 recs

Vlad homers on the first pitch

Game over. I was nervous about Vlad in this game, because he’s such a notorious bad-ball hitter.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 7:57 PM EDT   0 recs

Marcum strands a single with a strikeout and a popup

but it’s not going to matter at this point.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:00 PM EDT   0 recs

Wilk draws the leadoff walk

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:04 PM EDT   0 recs

And Hill takes a friend

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:05 PM EDT   0 recs

Rios catches S-Rod in between hops

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:07 PM EDT   0 recs

Ruled an error

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by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rios up to second on a passed ball

Rolen with a 1-2 count to drive him in during RISP time

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Figgins throws out Rolen on a slow roller

1 for 3

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:11 PM EDT   0 recs

Marcum works a 1-2-3

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:17 PM EDT   0 recs

And now mlb.tv is dead

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:20 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm getting the other games on 'mosaic'....course they won't let me watch the Jays....

even though the game isn’t on tv….they’ve also blocked the fan audio….listening to the Angels radio

by rincewind on May 21, 2008 8:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Strikes out the side

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:31 PM EDT   0 recs

Long single for Zaun

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:34 PM EDT   0 recs

Scoot manages to avoid taking a friend

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Hill singles to left

RISP time with 2 out again for… oh. Rios.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:38 PM EDT   0 recs

Does he?

How long did Abreu take to come out of his post-Home Run Derby slump?

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

2 for 4

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:41 PM EDT   0 recs

2 for 5

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:43 PM EDT   0 recs

At least K-Rod is unlikely to pitch for them tonight

or if he does, not effectively.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Overbay with the stand-up double

RISP time

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:51 PM EDT   0 recs

Zaun ricochets one off Garland

3 for 7

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Scoot singles

RISP time for our painfully underachieving top of the order.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 8:58 PM EDT   0 recs

Wilk robbed of a double down the 1B line

3 for 8

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Wilk lines out to First....

How long can we have him lead off?

by rincewind on May 21, 2008 9:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Almost turned a great double play

still got the lead runner

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Single for Figgins....runners on first and second

Marcums out but the Angel guys won’t say who’s coming in…a lefty

by rincewind on May 21, 2008 9:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Tallet

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Tallet's good vs. righties

and especially good against switch hitters because they choose to face him righty.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

One pitch one out

and the Angels TV guys pronounce Tallet kinda like towelette.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

At least one!

Okay, exactly one.

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hill beats the throw for an infield single

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:19 PM EDT   0 recs

We have 9 hits for 10 total bases

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Rios singles!

Give me an R
Give me an I
Give me an S
Give me a P!!!

by SuckaMD on May 21, 2008 9:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Wild pitch

I guess. Looks like they thought it was a foul ball for a moment

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

by Torgen on May 21, 2008 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs