If These Things Change Your Day / If These Things Make Your Day
by hugo on Aug 19, 2008 6:45 PM EDT
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PrintNew York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, Aug 19, 2008 7:07 PM EDT
Today's title comes from the great song "Star Sign" from the classic Teenage Fanclub record Bandwagonesque. A win today for the Jays over the hated Yankees would definitely make my day.
A.J. Burnett pitches for the Jays and looks for his 16th win of the season against a tough Yankee lineup. Darrell Rasner pitches for the Yankees. The Yankees laid a serious beating on Brian Bannister and the Royals on Sunday, so here's hoping the Jays can cool their bats down the way our heroes were able to do with Boston.
I'll be around watching the game tonight, and I'm definitely looking forward to it. Let's go Jays!
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abreu check swings hit and run double
yankes will take that
cmon AJ
settle 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
the dreaded
roid-stache is back
"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
Giambi
Strikes out
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great job with the pre-game interviews!
"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
Thanks
After all of the pre-game stuff, all I have to do is watch baseball until the 9th inning or so when I can start writing my article, would should be up tomorrow afternoon.
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we should beat up on rasner
or at least knock him out after 5
What
HOW DID DAMON DROP THAT!?
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amazing how quiet the jays crowd is
until damon drops ball
reminiscent of rios dropping ball last week
Haha
Yes, definitely!
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I thought it was gone off the bat
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I did too, actually
"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
was Wells looking for?
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Wow
They should have gotten atleast one there.
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Torgen
I was just curious if you were interested in joining our fantasy football league?
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I know nothing about football
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Okay
That’s fine dude. Just wondering.
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heh
that didn’t stop me from joining
"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
Don't worry
I know a little about football (or, at least, I think I do) and you guys will still probably finish ahead of me
Hugo
Also, Hugo, when did Tom say he was leaving and getting back?
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I think he's gone through this coming weekend, why?
"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
Curious
Just curious as to when he’s getting back so I can try and schedule the fantasy football draft.
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that was embarassing
"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
thats why wells is the key to this team
clean up hitter, always up with men on
if he hits up to career average, we’d be playoffbound
I agree
he was our #1 key to this season in a series of offseason stories I did. The others were Rolen, Overbay, the 5th starter, and I can’t remember the last one.
"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
Damon
Damon’s probably laughing cause everyone else is forgetting his sloppy error and laughing at the Jays sloppy hitting.
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OMG
Did that really happen? What a play!
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At least we won't get no-hit by the mediocre junkballer
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
scoot has been amazing in field
and look leadoff man on again
Yeah
I think I’m going to focus on baseball and stop blogging for a bit. I might be back later tonight. Later guys!
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Lyle
nice hit
"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
so
should we just give into the inevitable and make Mac the starting SS next season, or should we try to get someone else?
"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 wouldn't be opposed to moving Hill back
but JP asked Hill about it and Hill said he preferred second.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I'm just hoping Hill will be back at 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
i am watching yanks broadcast
and they seem surprised by how mediocre jays are
my condolences
for having to listen to those jokers
"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
btw, i expect wells hits a double next time he's up
provided he is up with no man on
I'll take a double
"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 curve
to K Damon. A.J. looks like he’s settling down, if we can just score a run or 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
beautiful
"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
Our numbers vs power pitchers are pretty good
against not-power pitchers… not so much.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
way to take one for the team
and lead off man aboard againscoot should bunt
good --another dp
so i can see wells lead off double next inning
Josh Towers could no hit us
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Not somebody good
but Towers is shitty enough to do it.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
camera panned across rogers stadium
tons of empty seats
on a beautiful day
against yanks
penant race
the first three, yeah
but this isn’t exactly a pennant race
"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
why does it have to be abreu
who keeps hitting us
"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
a-rod with a man on base
the yanks version of wells
I sure wish that were true
for our sake
"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
are torontonians the worst fans in sports?
i’d have to say yes
what sayeth you guys?
other than maybe my town, D.C.
Toronto’s fans are the best in MLS, by far. They are pretty lacking baseball-wise at the moment, I agree, but I have hope that if the team could ever be in it instead of all but eliminating themselves in the first two months of the season and then making their run when it’s already over, the fans would be great again
"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
ump calling the outside strike all day
hitters have to adjust
sorry wells singles leading off
as predictable as the sun rising
toronto fans stink
try listen to talk radio in toronto—-most mis-informed cretins around
and see how they continue to flock to leafs, no matter how poor the management
and hear them at jays and leafs games—-utter silence
they stink
this guy
was waived by the Nationals. We need to start hitting 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
overbay into dp
and the broken record keeps on misplaying
sigh
"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
why in the world
would you ever want to eat all you can at a baseball stadium?
"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
A.J.
makes Damon look like a high schooler
"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 is dealing death
9 k’s for aj
i wonder what his trade value would be now
did he clear waivers?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
so is this the inning
we get to Rasner?
"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
this should be the inning
notwithstanding bottom of order being up
he doesnt have stuff to last
but need to swing on first pitch
Yeah, what happened to our aggressiveness?
That slow-ass thing is the fastball, not the change.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
he is locating it well though
or at least, profiting from a generous strike zone
"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 stairs stink
we have lowest production of dh spot in league i believe
it's certainly the lowest spot in our lineup
which one would think by default would make it the worst in the league
"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
Good thing we're swinging at the first pitch
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
another crazy outside pitch
called strike
and rasner pitch count is about 60
well that was quick
let’s not do that again
"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
great thing about having johnny mac batting 9th
is your lead off hitter ends up leading off an inning 2, 3 times a game
if only our leaf off hitter would try a steal once in a while
Just like in the NL
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
i think if lind gets another shot at rasner
he takes him yard
Prescient.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
come on AJ
keep it close, we’ve got to score eventually
"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
Hopefully in the single digit innings
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
tough play for scoot
although rolen would have had him
bet Jeter runs
"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 was wrong
nice catch, Lind. good read
"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
good thing is if you get abreu out
a-rod will come up and hit into dp
excellent catch lind
with wells and rios patrolling two thirds of field, all lind has to worry about is a sixth of field
man this ump stinks
too much outside, no inside of plate
nice one AJ
"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
my bad a-rod strikes out
and avoids his usual dp
giambi trouble in situations like this
can def go yard here
inglett in deep right
jays d alignment against giambi insane
wow, aj is amazing today
only flaw on record—-abreu’s check swing rbi double in first
What's his single game record?
And what’s the team record?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
goes to the curve
3-2, and gets 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
so, this inning then?
"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
AJ survived the short rest from Rasner's 7 pitch inning
but Rasner got to sit plenty. At least we have the top of the order coming up.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
rasner has thrown 65 pitches
some awful hitting
cmon Rios
no more single-pitch innings
"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
single digit pitch innings that is
"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 truly pathetic
I’m unsure whether I can continue to watch this. A.J. literally just got 5 minutes of rest between innings
"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
Twice in a row
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
fatigue obviously showing
AJ leaves the 0-2 fastball 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
still has the hook
working 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
13 Ks for A.J.
now time to score some runs for 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
And see a lot of pitches
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
sigh
"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 Paul Byrd all over again
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
and so many others
"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
woooooooo!!!
Lindy!
"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 called it
NDP
"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
Girardi
pulls Rasner
"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 just like that
he can’t get the win
"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
Stairs could make up for a lot of suckage by giving us the lead here.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
But he doesn't
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Burnett
back out there again
"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 have concerns.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I share them
"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
Got Damon out though
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
maybe Cito
is trying to get him to hurt himself, so he won’t opt 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
Hurt Burnett that we're paying
is worse than healthy Burnett that we’re not
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Downs is warming
guess he’s allright
"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 play by Inglett
A.J. doesn’t equal his career high 14 Ks 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
Oh boo hoo
13’s pretty damn good.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Also, only 1 walk
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
oh Captain my Captain
that was ball four
"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
Laid off it a pitch earlier
although that one was closer
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Inglett singles
good time to run?
"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 is against Pudge
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Damon drops another one
wow that was 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
And Rios gets a chance to extend his streak
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scored a double
because he had to jump for it?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
or because they already gave him a 2-base error today?
"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
a hit here would be pretty nice
"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 crowd is chanting Johnny Damon
Sarcasm much?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
allright
agita time
"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 streak is over
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
unless we end up in extras
"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
Don't jinx it.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Mench the defensive replacement for Lind?
seriously?
"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
great play and throw Lyle
A-Rod is a doofus
"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 gift out
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
maybe an honourable mention for Lyle
for that play, it was a big WPA jump
"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 one for Damon
for two huge defensive miscues.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I get a little nervous when Rance says they were trying to go outside
and BJ misses in.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
go Jays go
"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
Giambi gets the sombrero
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
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