Please Come to Boston - Game Thread, Jays at Sawx

by hugo on Aug 15, 2008 6:15 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays Game Threads

Lineup

08/15/08 7:05 PM EDT

Toronto Blue Jays	Boston Red Sox
Joe Inglett - 2B	Jacoby Ellsbury - CF
Marco Scutaro - 3B	Dustin Pedroia - 2B
Adam Lind - LF	David Ortiz - DH
Vernon Wells - CF	Kevin Youkilis - 3B
Matt Stairs - DH	J.D. Drew - RF
Rod Barajas - C	Jason Bay - LF
Lyle Overbay - 1B	Jed Lowrie - SS
Brad Wilkerson - RF	Sean Casey - 1B
John McDonald - SS	Jason Varitek - C

Well, looks like Alexis Rios has earned himself the day off. I wonder if he's a little banged up or if Cito is giving him a mental health day? Adam Lind gets to hit third, where I hope he'll spend lots of time next season, while Brad Wilkerson gets the start in rightfield.

Roy Halladay gets the start against Paul Byrd, who will be making his first start for Boston. Crazy how much better Boston's lineup is than ours, even with no Manny and Lowell out. And it's not as if their pitching is shoddy either, although Byrd is nothing special.

Let's see if the Jays can manage some runs. Off for a run now, but I should be back right around gametime to watch the game. Let's go Jays!

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Yankees released Sexson

Good thing he passed up the Jays to play for them. Maybe he’s still available to be the Mench that Mench should have been.

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

by Torgen on Aug 15, 2008 6:53 PM EDT reply actions

I'll pass I think

Mench isn’t getting any at-bats, and Sexson might

"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 Aug 15, 2008 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Only against lefties

which is all we wanted Mench for, and he hasn’t delivered.

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

by Torgen on Aug 15, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I by no means think we should keep Mench, don't get me wrong

but I also don’t want to take the chance of giving Sexson lots of at-bats when it’s pretty clear he’s cooked – I suppose he wouldn’t be a total nightmare as the RH half of a DH platoon, although that’s what I thought of Mench.

"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 Aug 15, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions

At least Sexson has shown some ability to hit lefties

at the major league level this year.

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

by Torgen on Aug 15, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions

true

"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 Aug 15, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Rain delay

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

by Torgen on Aug 15, 2008 7:02 PM EDT reply actions

hey....didn't realize it was game time yet....

by Tom Dakers on Aug 15, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions

hmmm as well as releasing Sexson....they demoted Melky

by Tom Dakers on Aug 15, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply actions

Melky has been one of the worst

offensive players in the league. Guess they should’ve traded him and Kennedy for Santana, haha

"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 Aug 15, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Cashman more likely to get fired than JP?

Please Godfrey, don’t hire him!

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

by Torgen on Aug 15, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

you don't think Cashman is any good?

"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 Aug 15, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it might be his last year too....

by Tom Dakers on Aug 15, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions

How many playoff games have the Yankees won under him?

And they have higher expectations than us. (And twice the payroll.)

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

by Torgen on Aug 15, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Not that this is necessarily a measure of how good he is

But if you think not doing Cruz Jr. for Wright is firable, then so is not doing Cabrera + Kennedy for Santana, assuming either was actually up to the GM in question.

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

by Torgen on Aug 15, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions