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I Want to Rest My Heavy Head Tonight on a Bed of California Stars - Game 55, Jays at A's

Toronto Blue Jays @ Oakland Athletics





Today's title, of course comes from a great track off the now classic "Mermaid Avenue" project whereby Wilco and Billy Bragg did some recordings of some unfinished and (mostly) never-recorded Woody Guthrie songs. The title comes from the street Woody Guthrie lived on in Brooklyn, NY (that part of Coney Island is right on the ocean and has lots of nautically named streets)

The Jays came up short yesterday in a frustrating game. A.J. Burnett can't be saddled with too much blame, since he pitched reasonably well and was victimized by some shoddy fielding and bad luck, but what turned out to be the winning run reached base on a 2-out, 4 pitch walk to the number 9 hitter, and that's never good. The Jays again showed that they are utterly incapable of hitting lefthanded pitching for the most part, and had lots of ugly at-bats. Oh yeah, Frank Thomas left the game with a quad strain and is day-to-day.

Today's matchup is a great one for those who love good pitching. Victoria BC's Rich Harden faces off against adopted hero of Toronto Roy Halladay. I'm one who would absolutely love to see Harden play for the Jays someday. I know he has had tons of injury problems, but when he's healthy he can really pitch, and perhaps if he ever becomes consistently healthy it will actually be a benefit that his arm hasn't had many innings in his youth. If you have depth, it's not such a bad thing to have an injury-prone player or two with high upside, as long as you also have guys who are a good risk to throw 200 innings or play 145 games. Let's go Jays

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weird inning so far

between making suzuki bunt on 2 strikes and the last baserunning 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 28, 2008 11:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

let's see

if Scoot, Wilkerson, and Barajas can get some hits

"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 28, 2008 11:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

little blast from the past here

"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 28, 2008 11:55 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scooter takes him to the wall

"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 28, 2008 11:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cust wins the at-bat

lines the curveball into right for a leadoff single after running up Doc’s pitch count

"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 29, 2008 12:08 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice

Doc goes back to the curve to get Sweeney swinging

"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 29, 2008 12:10 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scoot with the fancy glove flip

barehand grab by Hill, but no time to get 2

"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 29, 2008 12:11 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

of course

Davis is fairly likely to run on Doc

"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 29, 2008 12:12 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yep he did

Rod almost threw him out, but called safe

"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 29, 2008 12:13 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

throw beat him

a little too far on the SS side, but I still thought he might’ve been out

"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 29, 2008 12:14 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

doesn't matter

as Doc goes back to the well one more time to get Brown swinging on the big curve. That better be all for Doc

"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 29, 2008 12:14 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the first priority has got to be to protect his arm

after 115 or so pitches this game. But you’re right, he’s needed the curve a lot tonight and has to be tired. one mistake with that pitch and a HR Is likely

"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 29, 2008 12:16 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

there must be teams

where that statement wouldn’t be a joke

"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 29, 2008 12:17 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice work Stew!

"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 29, 2008 12:19 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hill bunts him over

certainly not a way to get 5 runs in an 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 29, 2008 12:20 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

time for Lexi to drive him in!

"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 29, 2008 12:21 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh yeah!

"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 29, 2008 12:23 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the A's guys said he 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 29, 2008 12:24 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

walking stairs to face overbay, it looks like

"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 29, 2008 12:26 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well, let's see if BJ can nail it down

against the bottom of the order

"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 29, 2008 12:29 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Inglett in left again for Stewart

I’d like to see Gibbons’ diagram of outfield fielding skill at different positions

"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 29, 2008 12:32 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

either that or

Gibby has just decided to pretend that Inglett is a left-handed hitting Reed Johnson. They look a tiny bit similar

"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 29, 2008 12:36 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gibbons must also want

his arm in the event of a play at the plate, I’d imagine

"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 29, 2008 12:37 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not a good start

B.J. walks Ellis.

"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 29, 2008 12:32 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BJ seems wild

"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 29, 2008 12:35 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thought Ryan

had him with that 2-2 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 29, 2008 12:38 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

crap

walks him, now up to Crosby

"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 29, 2008 12:38 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

w00t!

B.J. definitely wasn’t at his best today, but got it done, barely!

"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 29, 2008 12:40 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the Rays won again

as did the Yankees, but Boston lost 1-0 to Seattle

"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 29, 2008 12:40 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree

"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 29, 2008 12:41 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jays of the Day:

Doc, Rios, B.J., Stew.

"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 29, 2008 12:41 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good point, that's a definite honourable mention

"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 29, 2008 12:43 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rios hasn't gotten one in so long

"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 29, 2008 12:44 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

we must be on pace

for some ridiculously low numbers in both runs scored and runs allowed. one would think that neither would be able to continue, but which one is more of a fluke at this point?

"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 29, 2008 12:43 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've gotta think

that they will, once Wells returns and Lind is only needed in leftfield – if Wilkerson hasn’t turned things around by then, gotta think he’ll be gone

"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 29, 2008 12:48 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

on the other hand, our pitching doesn't seem ridiculously out of whack either

Marcum and Litsch might regress a little, but there’s plenty of room for improvement from A.J, and some from Dustin. And our bullpen should continue to be effective.

"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 29, 2008 12:48 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well but Camp's ERA is 4.38

and Benitez’s is 6. I think Wolfe and Accardo will be an improvement on that (and Accardo hopefully when healthy will improve on his numbers from earlier this season, so that’d be an improvement. And League likely will have something left to say this season too.

"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 29, 2008 12:53 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

definitely

I’m just thinking in terms of what we can expect overall from the pitchers for the rest of the season. I agree the bullpen won’t be able to keep this up, but there will likely be some areas of improvement to partially offset some of the regression

"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 29, 2008 12:55 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Aren't 5 of Camp's runs all from one inning?

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

by Torgen on May 29, 2008 2:33 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I had not realized that

Zaun was DLed today with an elbow injury. Crap

"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 29, 2008 12:51 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thigpen was apparently called up.

I must have missed 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 29, 2008 12:52 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't know, the A's guys didn't mention it either

here’s the link Weird that Thigpen was called up when it was Diaz last time, and Thigpen has been brutal at AAA this season. But maybe his ability to play other positions will help out

"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 29, 2008 12:55 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Diaz is on the DL

as is Kevin Nelson.

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

by Torgen on May 29, 2008 1:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well

it’s 1 am here. I’m going to go crash. Night!

"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 29, 2008 12:57 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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