Game Thread for Game 122, Jays at Tigers
by hugo on Aug 14, 2008 12:49 PM EDT
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PrintToronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers, Aug 14, 2008 1:05 PM EDT
We have Jesse Litsch (8-7, 4.46) fresh from a 'remember how to pitch' stint in the minors going against Armando Galarraga (10-4, 3.23). Armando has the second most wins in the majors among rookies. So we have a tough battle ahead to get the sweep.
Mlb.com has a little story on Mac's improved batting, I found this part interesting:
Regular playing time can certainly do wonders for a hitter's rhythm, but Gaston said McDonald's slight improvement on offense is also due to some changes he's made at the plate. Since taking over as Toronto's manager on June 20, Gaston has noticed McDonald seems to have more success when pulling the ball.
Seems strange, you would think a light hitting player would do better spraying the ball around.
Course another thing said on the same page makes less sense to me:
Vernon Wells went 1-for-3 with a grand slam on Wednesday to up his average to .333 (5-for-15) with one homer and seven RBIs in four games since returning from the disabled list
How can you raise your average to .333 by going one for three?
Anyway, sounds like the news on Downs isn't too bad....hope he'll be back quick. I'll be around for the start of the game but likely won't be able to stay for the finish. Get out the brooms boys.......
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I'm hoping for six
… but I’m guessing five. Doubt that Cito has any confidence in him so I expect the hook if things even look messy. I like Jesse and hope that it was just a mid season swoon that dogged him and that he’s ready to bounce back.
Good-ish news on Downs I guess. We’lll have to wait and see.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 1:04 PM EDT reply actions
hey all
"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
he seems to be hitting everything on the ground
"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
I had a poll up a while ago asking how many homers Rios would end up with......
have to go back and look
I did bet someone that Marcum would have a better season than McGowan
that one looks likely, though I don’t remember if there was an injury 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
that is certainly what I'll be arguing
"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
Toronto-- found this place yesterday by accident
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 1:22 PM EDT reply actions
sadly I can't really remember
just random surfing during the rain delay.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 1:24 PM EDT reply actions
yep
had some interviews this morning. Now sort of halfheartedly working through lunch before I get down to it this afternoon.
"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
I thought it was shef that ended the last inning......but guess I was wrong.....
because he just struck out to start the second….
still an arse though
"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
nice on Jesse
"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
i've got a guy cutting tile for the bathroom
makes for some interesting mishearings.
They’re playing Seattle, right?
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
man renteria's defense stinks
what happened to him?
i hate to sound bigoted
but a lot of the latin players think you get points for style
that renteria lollygag looked like rios in center yesterday
their left fielder makes another good catch
one last night too
bunting
i know bill james-ites hate the bunt
but in post steroid era, the table setters (i.e inglett, scutaro) have to bunt in a tie game third inning
i understand the necessity of the bunt
but it still rankles early in the game.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know if I'm a James-ite
and I like the bunt late in a close game, but never (though never say never) before the 7th or so.
"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
i hear you but the way jays are pitching and tigers hitting
we might need more than a few runs
rios strikes out on a wicked breaking ball
after long at bat
cant kill him on this one too much
i think jays are team that should play for a run or two an inning
we’re good when we play small ball
and we dont have the sluggers to wait for the 3 run homer
notwithstanding the grand slam yesterday of course
litsch fearing granderson
getting behind count
little ump calls like that
have huge effect on game
cito a little too dignified for my taste
he has to complain when pitcher gets squeezed
also last week when sizemore interfered on barajas attempted throw to catch runner, cito said nothing
he could get mad once in a while...I'm not huge on argueing balls and strikes cause I've umpired.....
300 pitches a day you are going to see one different and getting jumped on doesn’t add to my wish to give a team a break….but I do think now and then you have to make a point
it'll come
Cito had a major hate on for some crews back in the day.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
little tidbit i just garnered from tiger color guy
barajas is rick dempseys nephew!
you guys knew that?
that seems unlikely
"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
allright
Jesse!
"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
that was weird
i wasn’t getting anyone else’s comments for a couple of minutes there.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
hadnt noticed your mistakes
i just got on this couple days ago
ugliest player on jays?
how does litsch rate?
Mrs. Hugo
thinks he’s cute. she likes the husky corn-fed american look though, which is pretty hiliarious, considering me
"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
looks like litsch isnt giving in
he’s throwing offspeed pitches when he wants to
pretty masterful so far
Lotsa pitches from both guys
five innings might be right.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
Galarraga was listening
1-2-3 quick.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
inge can play the hot corner
2 good plays in a row
his range helps renteria
slow roller
sheff jogs himself to an out
way to hustle
The Jays need to get the bats going. This is looking like yet another “offence asleep, wastes a solid start by the SP” game…
we woud have the bullpen advantage
but today with no downs, frasor, or league probably not
"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
they need to run the pitch count up and get to that tigers pen
by 6th or 7th inning
Absolutely
The Tigers pen has been crap…need to get there ASAP. At least Rios had that nice long at-bat a couple of innings ago. Wells/Stairs/Lind apparently weren’t watching that.
good dive by inglett
good d all round today
beautiful pitching
damn, jays coaches do an amazing job with their staff
wish they could talk to their hitters
attaboy Jesse
let’s see if we can get you some runs now
"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
over bay over slump?
could it be?
got to love swinging on first pitch of inning
he has been pretty consistent at getting on base
if he can just start hitting for some power, he won’t be too bad
"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
w00t
"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
tiger announcer talking about gene tenace
and how he preaches swinging on first pitch strikes a lot
and how tenace has good hitting knowledge cuz of being on 70’s a’s teams
ironic cuz tenace took tons of walks in his day
Swing on first pitch strikes
Not swing on first pitch everything, and not take first pitch everything.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
that's how I was taught
you look for something, and when you see it, you swing – doesn’t matter if it’s the first pitch or 3-1 or what
"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
huge inning coming up for us pitching
see if jesse can bring it to pen
Despite his triples, he hasn't run much
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
7 steals on the season
"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
tiger pitcher blows slow roller
shades of world series against cards
when David Eckstein was WS MVP
because Craig Monroe fell down
"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
all right alex no pressure baby
lets get a fastball
got the pitch he wanted
and tried to pull it
foul
ump calls strike 2 on borderline pitch
not alexs fault
pulls it grounder
alex needs some major coaching
or time off
Rios has been such a disappointment the last few games
To think he was my favorite player at the start of the season
he needs some major work, I think
winter ball might help, but I’m sure he won’t 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
well, he always struck me as a hard worker
So maybe he will go, and get his hitting together. We’d have an amazing outfield, if Rios only got hot
it's interesting you say that he works hard
I don’t disagree, but many others do
"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
well to be honest
I don’t have reputable sources for this – these things are snap judgements, after watching him at batting practice once in a blue moon, and night after night at bats. To me, I get the sense he is invested in his performance.
Jesse's passed his 5 innings mark in style
Strike out to end it. Maybe he goes to 7..?
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 2:38 PM EDT reply actions
at 87 pitches now, so it's certainly possible
"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
pinch runner for stairs?
could be appropriate
oh well
damn close game going
need another inning or 2 from jesse
tigers seem sleepy
they look ready to call it a season
overpaid undermotivated jerk team
sheff is a cancer
pretty sure it more has to do with
their awful pitching, their hitting has been just fine
"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
litsch has tigers completely baffled
they are clueless
every time I think our team underperforms...
I think of the poor fans in Detroit
deep ball
caught at track
maggs keeps on coming close
with wells and rios in field
functioning as two center fielders , lind is free to play a very narrow left field
two out bloop
dont think cabrera is moving his 250 pound flabbiness across to second
cmon Jesse
"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
tiger fans must be wondering
as we all do
how the hell can the jays be only 3 over 500? they can pitch and field like no other team.
okay we gotta run pitch count up now
and get gallaraga out this inning
bring in the pen!
thats 104
looks like gallaraga will stay through this inning
alright, no runs
but i think thats it for starter
leaf off single
i would have pulled litsch right there
edgar botches a bunt attempt foul
he is leading tigers in suckage
bit of a weird situation to bunt I think
with the 8-9 hitters 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
i dont get how jays pen just got started warming up now
they should have either started 7th or been ready to replace litsch right away
at the very least
Carlson should’ve been warming in case Detroit turned the lineup over and Granderson came up, he’s dangerous
"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
but not great against lefties
"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
man the jays are solid in field
even without rolen
scutaro and inglett are both pretty decent at third, 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
2nd base I'm not sure about
"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 almost runs into rios
but gets called off nicely
i was wrong cito, good handling of litsch
now we can use Carlson for Granderson
and Camp for the next two
"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
now lets get some insurance against the lousy pen
run or two should suffice
well they brought out gallaraga again
very surprising
is Galaraga still in?
a little surprised to see 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
What's Jesse's pitch count now?
Is he done?
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 3:12 PM EDT reply actions
man i love low scoring games
when every pitch can turn the game
much better than slugfests, no?
yeah
I don’t mind the very occassional slugfest, but I like pitcher’s duels a lot more
"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
guess it should be pitchers' duels
"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
alright vernon dont be a chazir
just get the run in
allright lexi!
"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 he swings for the fences
what is wrong with this guys head?
FSN Detroit's comment
“and they’re going to stop him there.” Granderson didn’t bobble it quite enough for an inside-the-parker.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hmm, your post must have come in just as I was replying to the triple post.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
dag
"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
season in a nutshell.
Death on 3rd Base. New title from Allison Griffiths.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 3:18 PM EDT reply actions
that wasnt vernons fault though
leyva and rios f-ed up
they should have been running on contact
would have easily scored when fielder bobbled ball
booo
it never seems to end well when that happens
"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
vernon hit it hard
did his job for once
that’s on the coach and/or alex
come on Cy
"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
willie mays catch
vernon made sick sick catch
Leyland seems to be as scared of his own bullpen
…or doesn’t care about killing Galarraga’s arm. Weird.
that is a top 10 catch of the year
unbelievable
once again i gotta stand in awe of this teams pitching and defence
maybe number 1 in majors
"C. Granderson flied out to deep center"
just not as impressive on gameday
"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 hasn't been said much here today yet...
…but what a job Jesse did today. Unreal. Welcome back to the big leagues, I think.
but why bring in frasor here
after he pitched 2 innings yesterday
strange
I agree, I would've thought Frasor
to be totally unavailable. I figured we’d go with Camp
"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
although he only threw 25 pitches yesterday
so a couple of batters isn’t going to kill him
"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
You'd prefer Camp?
Richmond?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Carlson hasn't
been bad against righties this season, if Camp can’t be trusted
"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
sorry you guys missing this on tv
amazing game
again
I'm watching it at work
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
damn---frasor walks him
and looks bad doing it
jays have 1000 men in their pen
use anyone or stay with carlson
well he is throwing 94 mph still
but straight
mags and miguel are very dangerous
great pitch
fools miguel
and fools catcher
wild pitch
damn that rios non run looms large now
this is game here
dammit---lind stupidly overthrows
and now they have winning run on second
cito talking to frasor on mound
and i still like our chances if we keep this tied
our pen is much better than theirs…notwithstanding that we have used up 2 of them already
walking sheff to get to the rookie lefty, joyce
and frasor stays on to pitch to him!!!
very strange
ugh
"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 has to pull frasor now
but crazily does not
sigh
what 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
rios not running last running from third
and cito’s weird handling of pen
crushing
That should pretty much confirm there’s not going to a Rockies-esque run out of this team. Not good enough to do that.
this will be a very disheartening loss
wasting great starting pitching and defence
i wanna hear some tough questions lobbed cito’s way by reporters today
in comes camp
unless he is hurting, there is no reason he shouldnt have been in earlier
now camp is 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
tigers smiling in dugout
as they escape ignominious sweep
and that's the game
way to go SCOTT DOWNS.
by stephen was taken on Aug 14, 2008 3:41 PM EDT reply actions
allright
see everyone later, gotta get back to work. painful painful
"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
Bear in mind that Rodney hasn't been great this year.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
lol...downs going down was def a contributing factor
cito didnt know how to manage without his ‘crutch’
hey guys
i’ve been following the game on gameday… truly pathetic…
by hopelessjaysfan on Aug 14, 2008 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
the thing is i remember 92 and 93 and this is the way cito thinks
its okay —-we win 3 out of 4 thats a good outcome
if you remember those years, jays were consistent-had few winning or losing streaks
rodney does suck
but a 4 spot is insurmountable for these jays
a 1 spot is insurmountable for the jays in late innings
by hopelessjaysfan on Aug 14, 2008 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember when we came back from 3 down in AJ's start?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
if we won this game, i was planning on going to boston for road trip this weekend
now i got no reason no mo
to get back 4 runs we need their help
with some poor fielding
last licks
and here comes rick dempsey’s nephew
the similarly light hitting zaun
tigers fans are about a thousand times louder than jays fans
cheering as if their team was in contention
ump blows call again
and says f it! i am tired so ill call it strike 3 anyway
and finish this dumb game between two loser teams
well it was an amazing game till leyva and cito blew it
chalk this one down to poor managing
we got doc coming up next….lets take 2 out of three from the sox
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