Game Thread for Jays and Pirates
by Tom Dakers on Mar 27, 2009 7:08 PM EDT
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PrintA bit slow getting this up. Jays made a couple of moves today, trading Curtis Thigpen to Oakland and releasing Mike Maroth and Rick Bauer (not Brian Burres as I said earlier). Maroth is no surprise, with a knee that needs surgery, he really wasn't going to make it back to the majors.
Doc is pitching for us tonight, he's had a couple of less than great starts his last two times out but apparently is working on a pitch.
Jays Lineup:
Marco Scutaro SS
Brad Emaus 2B
Alex Rios RF
Vernon Wells CF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Scott Rolen 3B
Rod Barajas C
Travis Snider LF
Howie Clark DH
I'll be here for the start of the game but have to leave before it is over.Join me if you are can.
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8 pitch at bat
Hitter was showing bunt on the first two pitches, both balls… you’d think the element of surprise would be gone after the first time.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sounds like a humpback liner
caught by Emaus
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Barajas line drive caught by the third baseman....
by the crowd reaction must have been a good play…interrupted the announcers talking about the lottery
hey hey
just got home from work
"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
"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
I mean?
"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
ah
well, since you play the drums, you’re my hero. so by the transitive property, you’re your son’s hero, that’s got to feel pretty 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
yeah
I wish I played guitar better. Violin too. I just don’t get enough time to practice- it’s hard enough to keep from getting worse, forget about getting better
"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 that I have a place
I’m wondering if I should get a piano. I stopped playing about 15 years ago when my teacher needed eye surgery, but even to that point I hadn’t been practicing because my keyboard (which wasn’t pressure sensitive to begin with) broke.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
oh everyone should have musical instruments....
we have a much around. Keyboard, bunch of guitars, a bass, ukeleli, drums….
I have the plastic drums that came with Guitar Hero
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I've got some guitars and a bass
a violin, clarinet, and an old autoharp I wish I could play but can’t.
"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 bit, yeah
wish I could play it better. I picked it up trying to emulate Einstein; failed at that effort in many, many ways
"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, now that I've got a house and space I'd love to get a piano.
I’ve never had one so I never really learned to play, but I can read music and knock out chords or pick out a melody, so I don’t think it would take terribly long to learn to play reasonably well. I just haven’t mastered the two-handed thing
"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
As long as you enjoy yourself....
Doesn’t matter how well you play!! And I’m thinking you’re likely being a bit modest……
no I'm not.....
I sort of know how to hold the guitar and I can find chords if I need to. The drums….I can hold the sticks, I’m good at posing
Alright, if you say so
But I’m thinking I should look you up the next time I’m in Calgary and see for myself……
I cannot tell a lie
"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
Howie Clark DH
If you needed proof this was a spring training game.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Sounds like he swung pretty poorly for a 3-1 count
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Emaus homers with 2 outs
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
he can really 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
Pirates radio guys
complaining about the Jays using a DH.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Howie Clark not much better than a pitcher at hitting
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rolen draws the walk
"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 went to the bathroom
and came back in time to hear the third out.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
We need to make a fake movie poster for that
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
great idea
"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
though
I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen that 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
Not only is it terrible
it makes every subsequent Bond movie terrible because they don’t use the lasers.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I liked the Living Daylights
Casino Royale, and Dr. No. Haven’t liked any of the others so far
"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 pretty dumb myself
"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
Or sell cocaine that one time
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yeah.....
just seemed….when it looked like oil they were stealing, I thought ‘come on’ then it was water….oil would ahve been a step up. oh well my wife loves ummmmm what’s his name…bond
Emaus ground rule double
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Emaus=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
Rios sac fly
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yeah definitely
also proud that he is a fellow former Green Wave
"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
Campbell has shown well
but Emaus has really been crushing it. Great to see the Jays finally developing some infielders close to the majors. Hill was a while ago 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
Just worred there is no where to play Emaus
I hope he’s not the guy that they trade for Hu or whatever ss they are reportedly trying to get right now.
I would be happy if they got Hu
I’ve been advocating for it for quite a while. But it shouldn’t cost Emaus, I wouldn’t think
"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
could well be the guy
to take over for Rolen
"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
true but it may just take some time to get used to the position
Campbell really struggled his first action at third base too, but I’ve heard he has looked pretty good there this spring.
"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 they kind find a taker for Rolen
at some point this year, I wonder who we’ll see there, Campbell or Emaus?
I don't think they should trade Rolen
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And I don't think they'll find anyone who wants him
and is willing to pay enough of his salary to make it worth anything
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
it's a catch-22
if Rolen has enough trade value to make him worth moving, it means he’s healthy and hitting and that makes him well worth what’s left on his contract.
Though if Emaus shows he’s for real and Campbell progresses as well, you could make the case that the Jays would get good cheap production from those two and could use the money they saved on Rolen elsewhere.
"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
though that's not actually a catch-22
as it’s a good result for the Jays.
"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 thinking more to extend Doc
but yeah, that’s the problem
"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 the money we're paying Rolen
is on the books for the same years we have Doc under contract for.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
well, yeah
but it’s not a government agency, the money doesn’t disappear if you don’t use it by the end of the year
"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
Some of it does
to inflation.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
that's true
it could be invested to account for inflation, but that hasn’t exactly been a money-maker recently
"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 where else is there we could spend it
apart from maybe eating Overbay’s contract and putting Delgado at first next year? Everyone we could have signed this year wanted a multi-year deal and would have blocked someone we wanted in the lineup next year, if not this year.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
the draft, for one
going over slot. international scouting, for another.
"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
$12M is an awful lot to spend on the draft
Maybe if we had a first round pick from Burnett leaving.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
stop by anytime
"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
how worried are we about 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
that teenage girl
who pitches in Japan had a K in her first pro appearance.
"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
Was her appearance successful apart from that?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
she walked the first guy
and struck out the second. That was 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
Shoffit goes oppo
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
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
Shoffitt play amazing cf, if he can hit a little,
he’d be an excellent 4th outfielder for 2010
has some trouble making contact
"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
JP said Shoffitt has reworked his swing with excellent results,
and they are really high on him this year. See if it sticks during the regular season is the big question though.
Beej 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
"he looks like a guy who has had a tendon replaced in his elbow"
“or a ligament, whatever it is”
hahah
"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
Or a ligament replaced with a tendon?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
A hard hit ball and a walk
Lucky to have 1 out right now
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And now a hard hit comebacker
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
gets out of the inning 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
I agree
if he has a mechanical problem, he may be healthy now but he could end up hurting himself
"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 it's a mechanical problem
shouldn’t it be showing up on video?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yeah, you would think
I wonder if Ryan’s delivery is so weird, it might not be so easy 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
was there really
no one better to use these 4 DH at-bats on than Howie Clark?
"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
Nobody who wanted to get on the bus
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
it's true
seems like he’s got quite a bit of work to do. I didn’t get to see him hit, but sounds like he really needs to work on pitch recognition. I was worried they would rush him, so I was glad when they signed Barrett and now it seems like he’ll get the time he needs
"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
Wolfe in
gives up a quick single
"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
comes back with the K
"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
Pittsburgh announcers were elated when Wolfe came in
They said here’s a guy we can make a come back on with his 19.64 era this year.
didn't get what they wanted
Wolfe gave up the single but came back well with the K, the groundout, and the popup. Jays 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
movie time for myself and Mrs. Hugo
have a great night 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
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