Ten in a Row!!

by rincewind on Sep 9, 2008 11:37 PM EDT in Game Recaps

You know 5 or 6 more of these and I'll be a believer. Actually 6 would be great because it would carry us right thru the Red Sox series. Boy our starting pitching has been amazing, the two games today we get 14 innings from our starters with only 3 runs allow, only 2 earned.

Litsch equaled AJ by going 7 tonight allowing 6 hits, 6 strikeouts, 2 walks. He did give up 2 in the 3rd inning with a single and back to back doubles, but other than that he was amazing. Cy and League pitched a shutout 8th and 9th respectively.

Offensively, well when you get 14 hits, life is pretty good. And when 3 of those hits are home runs, including a lead off home run by Scoot, a two run shot by Rolen and solo shot by Wells in the 9th, well, 8 run is the result. Everyone in the starting lineup had a hand in our offense except for Barajas, who was 0 for 5. Bautista was 0 for 2 but chipped in with 2 nice sac bunts.

Scoot (3 runs, 1 RBI), Wells (1 run, 2 RBI). Lind (1 run), Rolen (1 run, 2 RBI) and Mac (1 run, 1 RBI) all had 2 hits. Rios had 3 hits and two base running blunders. Boy he can be a space cadet at times.

Jays of the day: Rolen (.227 WPA), Scoot (.144), Litsch (.124) and VW (.094). No suckage Jays.

As bad as losing the two games was for the White Sox, even worse is that Konerko injured his knee on Rios' second base running adventure. Apparently x-rays are negative but he will have a MRI tomorrow. With him and Quentin out, the Sox will have a tough go the rest of the way.

Tomorrow, only one game, Doc (18-9, 2.64) goes for the Jays against Mark Buehrle (12-11, 3.98). Can we keep the streak going? Well I would never bet against Doc. We are only 1 game back from the Twins for second in the Wild Card race and 7 back of the Red Sox. Go Jays!

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i'm starting to get really excited...

if we play really well throughout the rest of the series we have with the bosox, it’s not totally impossible… and what an amazing story it would be if we got that last wildcard spot

by hopelessjaysfan on Sep 10, 2008 12:15 AM EDT 0 recs

I'm just enjoying the ride at the moment.....

I don’t believe yet but if we win the next two against Chicago and take 3 of 4 against Boston, I will sing "I am a Believer’. Whatever happens, winning is so much better than losing, and it is a good sign for next season.

Getting Lind in the line up over Wilkerson, getting Vernon back, Rios hitting the way he should have been all season, getting Stairs out of the middle of the order and getting all 5 of our starters pitching at the top of their ability makes you feel like the future is bright.

by rincewind on Sep 10, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up 0 recs

Think I should run the 'Fire JP' poll again?

by rincewind on Sep 10, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up 0 recs

thats the sad thing...

if we finish up the year on a high note, i’m afraid that JP will be staying for another year to see if we can continue with what we currently have…
that said, the fans will probably still vote to get the douchebag out of there

by hopelessjaysfan on Sep 10, 2008 12:39 AM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah. Likely right.

I will admit I’m feeling might better about the team. But then, not watching Wilk lead off makes me happy. Well, I’ll give it a week and put the poll back up. Might be interesting.

by rincewind on Sep 10, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up 0 recs

Signs of Hope

If you look at things like Expected W-L (the Jays were 4th in MLB, prior to the games last night), and Pythagorean records, the Jays are playing extremely well, not only these last 10 games, but this year.

I’ve got a renewed sense of hope for this team (even as presently constructed) going forward.

Under the assumption Burnett leaves, we can replace him with Janssen (and hopefully McGowan will be back eventually). Adding in Cecil and (maybe) Romero should keep our pitching staff solid. The money freed up can be used to either add a veteran pitcher for depth until those guys are ready, or for a DH/1B/SS bat.

by Jevant on Sep 10, 2008 9:37 AM EDT 0 recs

they need to use that AJ, money on another bat. hopefully someone better than ibanez.
giambi would be a nice DH i think

by torontocoltsfan on Sep 10, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up 0 recs

10 Game streak = WORST thing for the Jays

They still have no hope of making the WC…this is only giving fans false hope and giving JP more job security…if this saves his job it only means bad things!!!!

FIRE JP…FIRE JP!!!!

by bunner on Sep 10, 2008 10:59 AM EDT 0 recs

Well....

I’m never going to complain about winning. I’ve watched a lot of losing this season and one thing I’ve learned: I like winning better. In JP’s defense I’m sure none of us thought that Rios would lose the power this year, that Thomas would lose all ability. Vernon’s injuries have been bad luck. Our minor league system looks much better than it did at the start of the year.

That being said signing Wilk, Stewart and trading for Rolen were just plain stupid moves.

I’m going to ride the fence for the moment and see how things go, I have this feeling if the winning streak goes 5 or 6 more games we’ll all believe.

by rincewind on Sep 10, 2008 11:11 AM EDT up 0 recs

As I said above...

…this isn’t false hope, this is REAL hope (if not for this year, then next). Look at the numbers. This is a GOOD team that has finally figured it out since they hired Cito.

And I can’t believe there isn’t real hope for this year (at least, I haven’t given up quite yet). We control our own fate against Boston (in fact, if we sweep them, and play even with them the rest of the way, that gets us to at least a tie with them), which means we (for all intents and purposes) still control our own fate for the WC. Keep winning, and anything can happen.

Is it a longshot? Sure. But there’s still real, definable hope left. That shouldn’t be underestimated.

by Jevant on Sep 10, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah there is real hope for next year.....

This year? Well apparently a 1.6% chance, which is better than nothing. And the Yankees are losing to the Angels at the moment that would bump us up a tiny bit. For me….if we keep this run going the next two games against the White Sox and win 3 of 4 against the Red Sox over the weekend I’ll believe.

by rincewind on Sep 10, 2008 6:01 PM EDT 0 recs