Hopeless Bleak Despair - Game Thread, Jays at Pirates
by hugo on Jun 22, 2008 8:58 AM EDT
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PrintToronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates, Jun 22, 2008 1:35 PM EDT
Well, it was only a matter of time. McGowan against Snell, if anyone still cares. Also, as Torgen reports, Mench out, League in. Mench needed to go weeks ago, but oh well.
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Cito said Lind is the everyday left fielder
so hopefully the Wilkerson era is over too.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
What the hell is this 1:30 start time crap?
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Batting Order
1. Scutaro ss
2. Inglett 2b
3. Rios rf
4. Wells cf
5. Overbay 1b
6. Rolen 3b
7. Zaun c
8. Lind lf
9. McGowan p
by The Lou Thorton Experience on Jun 22, 2008 1:24 PM EDT reply actions
Nice to see that Lind will be getting plenty of protection behind him
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Also, that's three shortstops in three games.
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the short-lived Jays/Mets player?
or the West Wing character?
"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
the rule 5 pick and former Jay
by The Lou Thorton Experience on Jun 22, 2008 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
originally drafted by the Mets
"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 the way
sorry for not posting the lineups. I’m at work and for whatever reason, it doesn’t allow posting of the lineup widgets
"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
According to FanGraphs, our offense is officially 20 games below .500
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scoot draws the leadoff walk
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Inglett with the bunt single!
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Nice double for Rios in a hitter's count
and they were pitching him away, which is his dead zone
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when was the last time we were winning?
feels like it’s been quite a while
"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
Wilner said the Jays didn't have a hit in the first 3 innings in 7 of the last 8 games
by The Lou Thorton Experience on Jun 22, 2008 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
unbelievable
"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
Hard to win when you only get 6 innings to score
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Wells with the sac fly
and Rios up to third, setting up another. That’s a deep part of the park.
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Rios getting picked off third?
Bad form
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who gets picked off of third?
"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
Funny how only one Jay had a negative WPA that inning
and it was only -.009 for Overbay.
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No squash goggles for DMC?
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At least DMC minimized the damage
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Zaun walks
ushering in the Lind era
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And Lind singles
His second hit of the year.
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and it begins!
"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
bad bunt, but got the job done
by The Lou Thorton Experience on Jun 22, 2008 2:00 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, that hung up there forever
if that’s how he was going to bunt, I almost would have preferred him to swing away.
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Nice inning
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Have to head out
Leaving work to watch my countrymen take on the spaniards. Let’s go Jays!!
"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
and of course let's go Italy
although I have to admit that Italian national team soccer is one of the ugliest forms of the beautiful game
"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
Inglett's making the Hill injury easier to take
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Funky english on the Overbay single
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Rolen walks to load them up for Zaun
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Grounder to second
1 for 3 with RISP. Doesn’t it feel so much better when you get the 1 early, though?
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Snell is still using his Mother's Day bat
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How many bats does a pitcher need?
You don’t usually break them bunting;.
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those maple bats explode pretty easy
by The Lou Thorton Experience on Jun 22, 2008 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Sometimes you don't even need to swing them
A puff of sawdust bursts out of the bat rack, and it’s done.
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Lucky Lindy!
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So including his walk, he had 2 bases in 20 PAs his first time around
and 5 bases in 2 PAs his second time around.
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Snell has something sewn into the brim of his cap
“Never” something
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Inglett is on fire
3 for 3
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Wild pitch gives Rios a chance for an easy RBI
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And he walks to give Wells the chance
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Wells gets his second sac fly of the game
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Bay makes a shoetop catch to rob Overbay of an RBI
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A couple of weird opposite field bloops for Overbay his last few times up
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DMC not on a good pace to get the shutdown inning
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Ugh... loaded no outs
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Ugh... 4 straight hits
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Ugh... 5 straight hits
and it’s a tie game.
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McGowan almost made an amazing play on a foul pop bunt
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And now the trainer is out
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And now Zaun makes a great play on a pop foul bunt
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Grounder, but not a double play ball
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And the popup strands 2
but the lead is gone
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At least they pinch hit for the pitcher
so we get to see middle relievers.
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Looked like Rolen took a good hitter's pitch for a strike
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But he gets plunked
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Zaun kills the rally
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Golden Boy draws the walk
with the pitcher on deck
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McGowan gives it a pretty good ride
but it’s a fly ball to right.
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McGowan continuing to give up no out singles
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Mixing it up with a walk
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McGowan almost gets super lucky with a liner to Overbay
but he can’t hold it, so it’s just a force at second.
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Another lucky infield liner
this one to third
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McGowan lucks his way out of that inning
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Scoot draws the leadoff walk
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Inglett bunts Scoot over to second
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Double switch coming
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Rios singles off the 2B's glove
so Scoot can’t score.
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Can Wells pull off a 3 sac fly game?
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Nope, taps in front of the mound
Rios up to second, Scoot holds up at third
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Overbay with a 2 RBI double
off the wall in straightaway center
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Hot dogs have so much fat that I never feel like buying them at the supermarket
but I could really go for one right about now.
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Rolen adds a 2 run homer
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Cito doesn't risk another McGowan meltdown
pulls him for Frasor with DMC the pitcher of record for the win.
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Yet again two leadoff baserunners
This time one is off a Scutaro error
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Ugh... a wild pitch moves everyone up
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RBI grounder
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Fly ball, Gomez respects Rios's arm
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Here comes Cy to face McLouth
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Lind finally makes an out
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Is that our first 1-2-3 inning?
Not counting the one with the double play.
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Downs pitching the 7th?
Wolfe for the 8th, or 2 innings from Downs?
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Scoot snow cones that grounder a bit
but throws out Bay on a close play
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1-2-3 inning for Downs
Wilk pinch hit and stayed in, which moves the pitcher’s slot ahead in the lineup. This could be a problem if we put too many runners on next inning.
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Nice play by Downs
getting off the mound quickly to field a comebacker on the third base side.
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Beej nails it down without drama
JotD: Overbay (.234), Rolen (.190), Lind (.145), Rios (.138), Downs (.113), and Inglett (.084, but the sac bunt almost certainly wasn’t his call).
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Apparently Snell's elbow hurt on every pitch
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