After Changes Upon Changes We Are More Or Less the Same - Game thread, Jays at Pirates
by hugo on Jun 21, 2008 6:26 PM EDT
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PrintToronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates, Jun 21, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Want proof that the manager and coaching staff don't matter? Last night was certainly exhibit a to that effect, though there is a lot more that remains to be proven. The Jays' offense sputtered against lefty Zach Duke, and stranded Doc Halladay despite a 7 inning, 7 K, no run performance. The Pirates won in the 12th and the first day of the Cito Gaston regime came to an unhappy end.
Will tonight be different? Jesse Litsch hopes for a bit more run support than Doc got. He faces off against another lefty, Paul Malholm. Litsch is still having an effective season, but hasn't been great as of late. Let's see how he does against Pittsburgh, and more importantly, whether the bats will ever snap out of this.
Today's title comes from the famous and rare version of Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer" containing an extra verse. They played it at their famous Central Park concert in 1981. I was there (I'm told), all of 1 year old. Let's go Jays!
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Marcum DLed, according to Sportsnet
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2008/06/21/marcum_out/
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Bay just hit a 2 run shot
Game over
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And Raul Chavez hits another 2 run shot
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
this is despicable
"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
Cito and his Cavalcade of Hitting Coaches
haven’t taught the jays to hit in the first three innings yet.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
No homers this inning
although Rios had to catch one against the scoreboard in right.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Overbay breaks up the no-no
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
RISP time courtesy Rolen
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hey, a break went our way
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And now Mench walks to load them with 2 outs
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And normally clutch x hits a comebacker
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And another 2 run homer
Nice shutdown inning there, Jesse.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Every time he's allowed a baserunner, he's allowed a 2 run homer to the next batter
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
this is ridiculous
how long till Cito gets canned?
"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
It's not like he's had time to fix anything
and not sure why Arnsberg didn’t get any blame for the pitching’s bad month.
Why is Litsch batting for himself when the bullpen is working?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yeah, of course it's not Cito's fault
but this is getting ugly
"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
Overbay extends his team GIDP lead
A little confused about Overbay in the 2 slot against two straight lefties, but you have to put him somewhere.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rolen walks to set up RISP again
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
The Cap'm with a 2 run double
It’s a miracle!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Mench continues not mashing lefties
2 for 4 now, I think?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
3 for 5 and the Cap'm gunned down at the plate
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
If the Mariners drop Sexson
should we sign him (once the waiver period is up so he only costs the minimum) and drop Mench? At least Sexson actually has better numbers against lefties.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
We sent down Mench and brought up League
but i assume that’s just until Marcum’s spot in the rotation comes up.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
wonder if we might try League as a starter even for 4 innings or so
Purcey hasn’t done well in spot starts
"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
Did Vernon just take a called strike first pitch right down the middle?
Gameday thinks so, but it’s not showing speed or trajectory today.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Capps has been shaky this year, right?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Well, it's time for 2 out magic
Zaun pinch hitting. Can’t let Lind get into the game?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
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