You're the Great One / I'm Marty McSorley: Game Thread, Twins at Jays
by hugo on Sep 2, 2008 6:45 PM EDT
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In honour of the Jays' return home to take on the Twins after a final trip to Yankee Stadium and NYC (incidentally, the home of McSorley's famous pub on the other side of town in the East Village), today's title comes from the Ontario singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards and her great song "I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory," which references two much more famous Ontarians. Though as a Flames fan, Rince may object to the reference, haha, he can at least take consolation in the fact that on our site, he is definitely the Great One and I am definitely McSorley.
David Purcey gets the start tonight and looks to build on a fantastic outing last time where he did everything but get the win. Glen Perkins and his impressive win-loss record pitch for the Twins.
Shaun Marcum rejoins the team after 2 quality outings at Syracuse. The whole thing is still just plain weird. Off for a run on this warm and sunny evening, but back for the game!
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Hey I lived in Edmonton back in the Glory Days.......
My wife cried when he was traded…..but been here long enough that the Flames and of course my Habs have my heart now.
Isles fan here
but I waver between being a diehard and depressingly thinking back to the glory days I was too young to see
"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
two schools of thought
on one hand, the Jays try to work young hitters in in situations in which they’re most likely to be successful, meaning giving them the platoon advantages. On the other hand, a young lefty will never learn to hit lefties unless he gets to see them regularly
"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, not the prettiest inning....
"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
yeah the HBP is often not as bad as it looks
in terms of the pitcher
"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 don't think so
but I’m not positive, I only saw the movie the once
"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 certainly possible
I think I would’ve recognized it if it were actually used in the movie, but it might’ve just been on the soundtrack, but not used in the movie
"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
hmmm you are right.....it isn't on the Juno soundtrack......I know I've heard it.....
must be something my son has played for me….he’s a big fan of all these indie groups….I can’t keep up with them all but some I like.
yeah scooter
"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
gets the pop-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
nice going Perce!
let’s not have any more innings like that one 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
Got the strike out to get out of the second......
Jamie makes a big deal of purcey’s pitch count being 44…..really isn’t all that high after two innings
I think so
isn’t it usually the week after labor day?
"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 sounds like they did have some work to do with 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
solid hit by Overbay there
"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
haha yeah
"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
Mac gets rung 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
looks like he got a raw deal
though he was not swinging at that no matter how over the plate it was
"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
not a bad little play by Rios
but things aren’t looking very 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
left that slider 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
if he can settle down, we've been getting hits against Perkins
just had a little bad luck, and got to Mac at the wrong 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
yeah I'd like to think we'll get some runs....
would level things if we can get him runs and win one for Purcey after we lost his last start for him
Bautista=hitting machine
"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
followed up with another solid 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
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
man we cannot catch a break
7 hits over 3 innings and still just the one 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
come on Purcey
"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
Tallet in for Purcey
I officially hate this 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
If the Jays had the Twins ability to hit with runners on
"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
wish Rod would have thrown him out at third
then the bring around your dead line would have been good
I haven't sunk
to watching the Republican National Convention yet… but sadly I’m getting there
"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 was amazing thanks
unbelievable weather and lots to do. although that hiking with the little one on my back is getting pretty strenuous as she gets bigger and bigger!
"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
yeah I remember doing that.....
the one that went worse though was cross country skiing with my boy in a pull a long thing. he screamed all the time in it…..went out a while and it didn’t stop screaming….people look at you funny when you are pulling a screaming child. Ended up carrying him in my arms while skiing back
heh
we haven’t taken her cross-country skiing yet, but I look forward to it. we go to west virginia in the winter every year. sounds like maybe I shouldn’t expect too much 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
it must be bittersweet dropping your son off at uni
"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
yeah it was.....little better than last year....is his second year
last year it was like the end…but now I know he comes back on weekends and X-mas and summer etc….but is a big empty in his room. He’s been in the room across the hall for a long time.
Rolen flies out
not showing much aside from that one HR, is he?
"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 for him
he’s a quality guy, if not a great player or anything. not a lot of guys would have reacted the way he did, brought in to play everyday, playing to expectations, then getting a cold hard benching
"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
whoa!
back to back dingers, where did that come from?!
"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!!!!
Lyle!
"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
Jose
with the gapper
"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's that, does he 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
Yeah looked this afternoon at the 'who's on' and saw a Uof Alberta address.....
so asked him and he said ‘yeah he was on’ and that he looks in occasionally…
I think my mom reads sometimes
so I try not to swear too much, 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
have to tell him to join in the game thread when he gets a moment....
he watches the games with me…..and I was wondering where my copy of moneyball was….while unpacking him in his res room I pulled it out of a box.
awesome
where is the"who’s on?" thing, by the way?
"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
on the site counter....
the top tab of the two little boxes at the bottom right of the page….you can see how many have been on by day, week, month, year. And will show where the people are from that are on at any given moment. Also can get where people came from that logged on. See who has links to us.
See I can go look at it and find out that....
even though we are the only two talking on this at the moment, there is someone on ‘lurking’
I wonder
if the Twins don’t consider Bonser part of their future and would be willing to part with him for not too much. I know he’s had two bad years in a row, but he’s got good stuff and doesn’t give away too many walks. I wonder whether Arnsberg couldn’t turn him around?
"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
yeah, I wouldn't give up too much
but if the Twins are basically giving up on him as a starter, they might exchange him for a bullpen arm, which could be a good move for 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
nice one Scoot
"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
hahaha
Rance “is a believer” in Joe Mauer. A little late to the party?
"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 inning by Cy
great to take a lead, even better to not immediately give it 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
nice stroke by Lind on that 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
ok
pinch-running Wilk for Lind – dumb move or the dumbest move? (apologies to Colbert)
"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
come on Lyle
"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 dismal
"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
let's go Snakeface
"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 easy grounder
"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
yeah, he has been ridiculous
"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 guess you don't get the 'stephen harper' ads.....trying hard to make our prime Minister look human
isn’t working….
yeah
I thought he had the robotic-but-effective thing working 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
I do get them by the way
somewhat surprisingly
"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
Scoot
with the line-drive 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
always great to get the insurance 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
Rod, what the heck are you doing?
"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, for one, am
totally psyched that Wilk is hitting right now instead of Lind
"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
take note and do not ever 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
no doubt he can learn
will he? don’t know, but not letting Wilk bat again in that spot would be a victory
"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
BJ 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
one down
gets Punto swinging
"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 then Span looking
favourable call, but the ump has been calling it all night
"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 popup to end it
"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
BJ throwing strikes 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 great idea
I feel bad bashing players, but not announcers for some reason
"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 is the kind of game
that would have been freaking electric if we were even still remotely in the playoff 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
big comeback against another playoff race team, at home, with the 3 home runs
what could’ve been…
"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
lots of Jay of the Day candidates today
Lyle, Bautista, Rios, Cy, Snakeface
"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
honourable mention for Tallet
who took over and kept us in it, only gets no credit b/c it was a 5-1 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
good thing we just got reinforcements
Richmond and Wolfe may be needed 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
We've had two good days in a row on here....well over 200 visits both days....
would like to think we’ve hit a new little level
great, let's keep it going
"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
if you do the recap
I will post tomorrow morning
"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
have a great night!
"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
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