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Were They All Just Lost in the Flood?: GameThread for Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers, 11 June 2009, 8:05 PM EDT

Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers, Jun 11, 2009 8:05 PM EDT


Okay, so after last night's rainout, the Jays will again look for their season-best-tying fourth straight win and the series sweep against the Texas Rangers.  The Jays will once again attempt to turn to Ricky Romero, who seemed to straighten himself out a bit last time out against K.C. and the Rangers look to Kevin Millwood to end their recent slide.  It was mentioned last night that Millwood's 2.96 ERA thus far this season has been largely the result of good luck (he has a 4.95 FIP), so hopefully that luck runs out tonight against a well-rested Jays team ready to bop a couple into the seats.

Johnny Mac is once again denied playing time because of last night's postponement.  Marco Scutaro, who had been given the day off before the rainout yesterday, is back in the lineup tonight and leads off. Barajas gets the night off with Raul Chavez doing the catching and batting ninth.

It would be very nice to take this one tonight and go back home for the series against the Marlins after a sweep, but however tonight's game goes, any road series win is a good thing, and the performance we saw out of Casey Janssen on Tuesday was particularly encouraging.  See you all in the thread and, as always, Let's Go Jays!




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Time to get the miniature brooms out, boys

it’s not a real sweep with a rainout

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

still a three-game series, though

a four-game sweep is a long one

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whooohoo a dry day!

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HANDS UP!

In the grand scheme of things, the pain of life is not worth it.

by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I thought I'd be able to predict the title for tonight's thread

figured you’d go with “It’s flooding down in Texas/All the telephone lines are down” from Stevie Ray Vaughan. But that may be too well known a source for you

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ahh

Well, I wasn’t trying to be obscure. I mean, I did pick a Bruce Springsteen song. That would have been an excellent choice as well, though

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lost in the Flood

off his first album . . . a great song actually

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ah it showcases his wordiness

has one of my alltime favorite lines, “nuns run bald through Vatican Halls pregnant, pleading immaculate conception”

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The scheduler isn't working for some reason Jesse....

I put up the post tonight and last night by going into the Edit thing….you might have to watch on the weekend.

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Strange.

By the way, Tom, can you delete the previous thread which went up accidentally?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

psychobilly rainout

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh ok...didn't see it.

The scheduler isn’t working all over SB….they are working on the fix….I had one I did the other day and looked in an hour after it was to go up and wondered why it wasn’t there

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go Jays!

Make that plane ride that much more sweet

by plen on Jun 11, 2009 8:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What is he waiting for, a bus?

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ortiz hit a solo shot off Fatbathia

i am hoping this series didn’t spark his bat for the rest of the season

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Scoot with a first pitch out.... uhh

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Scooter

seems to be swinging at first pitches more often lately. May not be a terrible idea, since he’s probably getting a lot of fastballs, but he was so good at working counts earlier in the season

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Probably thought it looked good.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ya, I agree

I thought it looked good too. Not necessarily a bad idea, but earlier in the season he wasn’t swinging at those pitches and was still getting on base a lot

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah I think I mentioned the other day

that it seems like he’s managed to compensate for a dropping walk-rate with an increasing hit-rate. seems like it would be easier to do that the other way around, though

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ah, sorry to steal your idea

I have been working night shifts in the ER the past several days and haven’t been able to watch/game thread

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahaha no worries

glad to see someone else noticed the same thing as me

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice shot by Hill!

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rios to!

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It's a Rios hit!

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Great start

Let’s go Wells. Now’s a good time to figure out the power slump.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Millwood's got a pretty nasty curve

Hope it stays in the dirt though.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

tsk tsk Wells....

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn! I thought it was heading for the outfield

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it's okay

a-bomb doesn’t have a dinger yet this game, he’s due

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crap.

Coulda been worse I guess. Lind’s turn now.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice swing. Just got under it.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sigh

Though 85-87 fastball lookin very hittable

by plen on Jun 11, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Usually Millwood is 89-91.

Plus his breaking stuff is diving out of the zone for the dirt.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

talent

wells seems to hit the balls and take the strikes :)

by spockster on Jun 11, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no runs

but Millwood seems to be wild and not missing bats, bodes well for the future.

Let’s see what Ricky can do

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Cito said

Scoot’s been the best SS in the AL?

though I can’t disagree

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

so far this season

he almost certainly has been

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

can’t think of anyone better

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

True, but he's been out

and Scoot’s been good

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

true

but scoot’s D, combined with his injury would make it close

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep

and if Bartlett was still healthy I feel like his offensive production would have come down

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bartlett is a great defensive SS too

was brought in as an all glove, no bat guy , but seems to have figured out the hitting part thus far this year

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bartlett had declined every year of his career defensively

according to UZR.

They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.

by Torgen on Jun 11, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good

hope he keeps doing so

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Neither can I

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice play by Lyle

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks Mike for swinging at Ball 4.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

1-2-3 inning

Lind makes it interesting in LF, though

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i thought that ball would be trouble

was hit like a rocket

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah except jones's was pulled

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

me too

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice 1-2-3

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Quick, easy inning

Hopefully this will be the theme of the night for Ricky.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

thanks

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he must not be running as hard as he did in the olympics if he hasn't finished yet

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what is the purpose of this meet

do any of these guys actually care about a random event at Varsity Stadium?

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess

but with a 6,500 seat venue, the prize cant be very much, can it? In Europe they fill MLB size stadia for big track meets

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow. That 0-2 pitch looked like Strike 3

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

0-2 pitches often have to be perfect

to get the call. It’s the opposite on 3-0; anything in the same area code as the strike zone is a strike

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'd like to see pFX on that

but it certainly seems true according to anecdata

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mockingbird did a post on it a little while back

it’s supported

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

interesting

and unsurprising, thanks

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

chalk one up

for wild, evidence free claims!

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep

here it is : http://bjays.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/strikeouts-are-fascist-walks-too/

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice play, kinsler. Don't do it again.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that last hop seemed weird

nice play by andrus to stay with it

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Pfffft. I could do that… if I really wanted to.

'But I don't want to go among mad people' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.

by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he wouldnt have shaved another .25 off his time

had he gone hard the whole way. But he could have been close

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

YAY I made it!

And there is a game! Woot Woot!

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'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.

by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you just jinxed romero with that hit, thanks a freaking lot.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not-so-nervous nellie

singles into center

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

bolt man

he went and appreciated all the fans standing outside the fence on the road who paid $25 to see him :)

by spockster on Jun 11, 2009 8:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Romero really has his slider moving

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Leave the good catches to the Tejas fans.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

crap

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

screw this.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Aw CRAP!

Hung a slider.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

looked good that at bat

too bad he hung that one

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he has higher

impressive percentage?

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

is second most important offensive metric behind woba

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you joking? Murphy was penciled in to be a regular this year and had an awful spring and god awful start to the season…. He has only just recently started to turn it around to bring up his average

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shrugs. Damn sac fly.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

There we go.

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'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.

by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

good job ricky

K’s Uncle Salty

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

is a song by my least favorite band of all time

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

aerosmith

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know if they are my least favourite band ever

but I’m with you that they are extremely overrated

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if you were looking at

the ratio of how much a band is played on the radio to how much I like them, Aerosmith would have to be near the top. AC/DC, too. And Journey (especially “Don’t Stop Believin”)

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My biggest problem with don't stop believing

is people think they are being ironic

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ya, agreed

I just plain can’t stand that song

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

someone the other day was talking longingly of Supertramp to me

I was wondering how you could have good thoughts about that junk

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always thought the singer was a woman

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude does look like a lady. A real ugly one.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

was talking about supertramp because of his voice, but yeah, made sense for aerosmith, too

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so that must have been right around the time of big star

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There was no good 60s/70s music.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sure there was

most of it was from england, though

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes, true

was thinking more along the lines of kinks, who, etc.

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pah, you old guys

I can barely stand music from the 90s.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ya, the internet is wonderful

Now if only the people at Pandora can get a license for Canadian users again. I miss that site and new bands/songs through that.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cannot stand it. Hurts my head.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ba Dum Bump

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nasty

breaking ball er change.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And now he can’t find the zone against the leftie…

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'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.

by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Aw rookies

Looks amazing on one batter and total crap on the next.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not really

Inconsistency is a hallmark of a rookie pitcher (especially a lefty)

With a couple of years under his belt, he’ll probably get the guy out no probs.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well that could very possibly be true

but i just didn’t think he looked like total crap, i just thought that was a little hyperbolic (he came back with 3 strikes right after – one foul)

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wrote it when it went 3-0

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hehe i know

just little exaggerating is all :)

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what you just said

raised you in my estimation

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not only rookies I'm afraid.

Millar had that sort of night the other day

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Throw a change away.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay. Fastball.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Missed.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

bad ball 4 .. should have thrown a change up

by spockster on Jun 11, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lefties almost never through change-ups against lefties

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's fine

got out of it, still ~30 pitches, and only one run. i’ll definitely take it

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hard hit from Andrus

drops into Wells’ glove. Only 1 run

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

commentrator : long run for well.

that did not look like a long run …

by spockster on Jun 11, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it certainly wasn't hit right at him

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good play by millwood there to rob scoot

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not a one pitch out, but Millwood is doing well.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yup

let’s put an end to that

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope so.

Still not able to get his breaking ball over.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Too many loud outs

Not enough loud safes.

They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.

by Torgen on Jun 11, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow Millwood is only 34?

Thought he was older then that…

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Started in the bigs at 20/21.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice, extra bases!

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice double pulled down the line by aaron

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And Aaron barely squeaks it down the line for a double

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that was a nicely placed hit

he deserves a little credit

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Millwood is looking like crap

hes throwing an 85mph fastball right down the middle and we arent hitting it or even swinging?

Onions Baby Onions

by ohmybosh on Jun 11, 2009 8:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

When he was in his early 20s, he threw 94-96.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was till the shoulder injuries zapped his fastball

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He hasn’t thrown hard all year and is still doing quite well

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They are. A few one pitch outs

No lead off hits.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

c'mon lexi

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

darn

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mother nature's free washing last night, ya.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That video of the water rushing through the stadium is nuts.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That is one loud out I will take

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is it my imagination or has Wells looked better in the field the last little while.

I thought for most of April and May that he couldn’t get a decent jump on any fly

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Nice change, Ricky.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Way to K ricky!

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate cheering for the godless heathens...

But I’d rather pick up the 1 game on the Red Sox tonight if we win.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Attaboy Rios!

Nice grab off the top of the wall

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lexi !

Andruw hits it hard again, but comes up short

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

rios so unclutch

only catches solo shots

/sarcasm

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   2 recs

Woohoo!

Whatacatch… another lame call by Ginger

by plen on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wow, that ball carried forever

looked like a midrange fly to me off the bat. Nice catch at the wall for Rios

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Your bat might suck from time to time, but that was a great play Alex.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Can we please just leave Wells in Texas?

I will beg.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that was far from his fault

should’ve been an easy 1B

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

besides

maybe it will knock millwood off his game from now on

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It wasn't though, it was a ground ball to the pitcher.

and its not just one at bat boo15749. Hopefully they can just drop him off at his parents house or something.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess that's not an insult

coming from someone who lives with their parents

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What?

I don’t get it. What exactly are you trying to say here?

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

uh.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

maybe his dad can talk some sense into him

i just thought that wasn’t the best example to use, is all… we’re all frustrated

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

but that's baseball

hitting the ball hard is most likely to result in a hit; sometimes it’s right at someone and results in a lucky out (like there). Soft hits are less likely to go for hits, but sometimes they find a hole for a hit. That doesn’t mean that hitting the ball soft every time is the way to go.

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you think he's going to be like this all season?

Really, I think it’s great we’re right up there and our 3/4 have been the funk

by plen on Jun 11, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what was wrong with that hit?

if not for a lucky and dumb barehand stab by Millwood, thats a hit for sure

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll take it if it means he's out early

And we get a shot at their bullpen right away.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hey all!

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 8:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

evening

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well... wouldn't it have worked more often than not?

Seeing as the Jays were over .500 last year too :P

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope. Arlington. The Jays go back to Tejas for another series.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

damn

i would’ve gone back to school late just to see that, i don’t think i’ve ever watched a jays double header (certainly not in person)

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope. Texas. The first game starts at 5…

Had it been in Toronto, they would of spaced it out, but they don’t play afternoon games in Texas because of the heat.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no leadoff walk please

by spockster on Jun 11, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that works

great play by Scoot

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Way to go Scoots.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice play, Vespa!

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

good at a lot of things

very bad at one

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pleasing fans?
Living Up to the Contract?
Playing Halo? (just guessing at the last one, but when It comes to video games Im going out on a limb and guess he isn’t very good)

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i meant rhp

but yes, probably halo too

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hitting rhp*

though he’s probably bad at pitching with his non-dominant hand as well

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ba Zing! That was a quick K

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And another!

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he has really settled down

after a bunch of hard hit balls earlier in the game

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

got him?

yay!

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Just overcast

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good news then

they have to get to millwood eventually

by domefan on Jun 11, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah rios must have vision problems

especially with that jumping catch at the wall

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nice work Jays!

now we come back

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Millwood looks so hittable

Gaaah. Casey Jansen of Tejas?

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

what the hell is tejas

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Spanish for Texas.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wells will do that for ya.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What about Lind?

He didn’t drive in a run either.

They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.

by Torgen on Jun 11, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh no's

To bad Linds good season makes up for that, keep on keeping on though, you always do that.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So because of Lind's season so far

His inability to drive in some runs in the first is not the same as Wells’s and he therefore did not cost us the game but Wells may have?

by plen on Jun 11, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't mean he didn't cost us this game exactly as much as Wells did

by which I mean 4% of this game each.

They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.

by Torgen on Jun 11, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

also

it’s a 1-0 game and barely half over. Many more Jays will cost us the game if the score doesn’t change

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah except you can't expect a batter to drive in runs at every opportunity

With Wells, you can never expect it. I love the people that continue to tell me to wait until Wells heats up. Its been two months already, a 15 million dollar player should be heated up once April hits. Keep it up though, its highly amusing.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, he was the team's best offensive player last year

But I guess that doesn’t mean anything

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why would it mean something for this year? How does that even make any sense?

$15,000,000 plus cleanup= I don’t give a hit what he did last year, it should happen every year.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

shit not hit*

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahahaha

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

likewise

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

its not a swear

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's another name for fecal matter?

please, for the love of Darwin, stop.

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh please...let's not argue what swearing is....

if George Carlin calls it one of the 7 words that’s good enough for me

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh for the love of god let it go

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

this conversation

is definitely making me question intelligent design

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was referring to baseball gods.

In the name of the Ruth, The Maris and the Mantle Amen.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The point is you are saying you can never expect him to drive runners in

obviously you could expect it last year, when he was the team’s best offensive player.

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wells has 28 RBIs this year

and as has been established, that is inadequate for a “number 4 hitter”. but still, that’s 28 more than 0. and just because you keep telling yourself he never drives them in, doesn’t make it true

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good job by the home fans

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice D. Don't do it again!

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This game is going quickly.

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yep

but i would like to see a long top of the inning

by aagoodfella on Jun 11, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can’t know that. The situation would of changed, Pitches would have changed what Lind faced. He very well could of struck out or hit a home run. You can’t do that.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shoulda, woulda, coulda

No point in dwelling on what might have been. It’s done.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, But what happened and what could happen in the future. Is much different then Well if this had happened it might have led to A and then A might of led to B

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you make shift eyes when you typed that?

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

err shifty eyes

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Close. All they needed was a split second delay and he's gone.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I have no idea how that pitch

before the snap throw was not a strike. I think the ump forgot to raise his arm watching the throw down to first

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was called a strike

Then two more balls came

by plen on Jun 11, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok thanks.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh

I thought I saw it as 1-1 then 2-1

my mistake

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It looked like it was down the middle

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

he does that often – it’s fun, though i don’t think he’s gotten anyone yet

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh Ricky you're so fine. You're so fine you blow my mind. Hey Ricky.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh thanks a lot…. Thats gonna be in my head all night

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

worst song ever?

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Theme song from the Titanic?

Makes parts of me shrivel up when I hear that.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

arrivederci' roma?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don' tknow...we were on a tour of Italy and after a dinner of too much wine....

they put in a tape of dean martin songs….had great fun singing along

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no was saying it as the theme song from titanic

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Celine Dion one?

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, was meant to be a joke

was neither accessible nor funny. Sorry about that

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I got it

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh sure....brothers stay together.....

hmmmm doesn’t explain me and my brother….

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

we're nothing alike actually

more like Faramir and Boromir, haha. Unfortunately, he’s Faramir

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

they got along great

just neither of ’em cared much for denethor

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmm

that sounds familiar

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My brother and I talk about baseball...

I phone him from the hospital to tell him how my mom’s operation went, we talk about baseball. he gets divorced after 20 some years…we talk about baseball. I bet we haven’t talked in 20 years where it wasn’t about baseball.

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's probably

not as rare as you might think

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

heh

I don’t even talk to my brother and we live in the same house lol.

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by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was going to ask that in a fanshot!

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Honestly. It's a Toss up

Based on Home town loyalty, Hill.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As much as I love Hill

he does not have kinsler’s record

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They are both the same age. Kinsler seems to maybe have a bit more pop (but that is arguable considering Hill was hurt) but will Hill’s defense along with his bat. I would take Hill

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kinsler's D has improved a lot

but he’s not Hill out there. and I get the feeling that Hill’s bat is still improving; Kinsler I’m not sure

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

boom

I’m heading out. Get some runs for me

by SuckaMD on Jun 11, 2009 9:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bandwagoner!

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What the hell!

Millwood’s turned into Brooks F’ing Robinson!

Nothing is getting past him tonight.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

More loud outs

They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.

by Torgen on Jun 11, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Loud hits would be nice (for TO, obviously.)

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

u mean doing him a favour before going out to pasture?

by aagoodfella on Jun 11, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't mind signing him

but we better not give him the Mencherson treatment

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea, u never know … he might turn out to be a strong bat off the bench

by aagoodfella on Jun 11, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not interested in how strong his bat is

more interested in how good he is at hitting

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hoping more Matt Stairs like.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

dag

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you've got to be kidding

frig

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Again with the D!

Nice play, bastards.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll buy that

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he doesn't like his tatts because they remind him of his former life

when he would employ non-christian agents

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm just amazed

there are Christian agents

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

there’s probably only one. At least he knows he has the born-again market locked up.

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol, one could say the same about lawyers

ZING!

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

set myself up for that one, haha

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good one

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember Hamilton being interviewed

And saying that he wishes he’d never gotten the tattoos. Sounds like they were things he did when blowing his original signing bonus and trashing his early career.

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does anybody not eventually regret their tats?

by aagoodfella on Jun 11, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hey

we can turn hard hits into outs too!

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh Ricky... you're no Millwood.

Damn.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gotta go... triweekly cube draft

You are forgiven for not knowing what that is.

They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.

by Torgen on Jun 11, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

but can I forgive myself

for knowing?

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

enjoy

and good luck if that’s applicable

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy hell

I officially volunteer to be the one to drop Wells off at his parents house!

In the grand scheme of things, the pain of life is not worth it.

by adamgreuel on Jun 11, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

please go ahead

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahahahaha

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not really liking these one pitch outs!

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wankees take a 3-1 lead on an alex rodriguez double

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ball 4 I would say

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i thought so as well.

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was 2-2

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I looked up to see the ticker at 3-2

Maybe the SNET guys were just on the ball….

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Grazed him

What gets me is that Millwood’s not been able to get his breaking ball over at all.

Just fastballs and cutters.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not like the jays aren't hitting the ball hard

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

True. But the ball seems to be hitting a lot of gloves.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh boy! A base runner!!!

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imagine if someone falls

and lands on that kleat cleaner …

man, that wont be pretty

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come on scott

2-0 count, you’re in the driver’s seat

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

got a good feeling about this inning

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

A hit! Ayatollah of Rock'n Rolen!

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nice bit of hitting there

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

SHIBBY!

In the grand scheme of things, the pain of life is not worth it.

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was hoping young would throw that away

almost but not quite.

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Come on... Millar?

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I wonder if I'll ever get a Jamie birthday

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone from the states get one

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ahhh guys left stranded… boo

by Matt In Canada on Jun 11, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

millwood escapes again

think he’ll be back out for the 8th?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Curses

Thought it was time to bust out Tom’s favorite saying.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i had a good c-word too

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not as good as mine

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow this dinner is good

I could keep eating it forever

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ate about 1/2 pound of aglio olio a few hours ago

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sure

you like Szechuan String Beans? I make them spicy though

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

we could be like Keith Law

and turn the blog into a combo baseball/foodie blog

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

rooster paste or rooster sauce?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

just

a bunch of fresh thai chilies minced up into soy sauce and garlic

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hear that

when Mrs. Hugo is out of town I subsist on beer and Chipotle burritos

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Note to Jays

Get the leadoff man on!!!!

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yup

Lots of RHs coming up.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he's had his most trouble with lefties

seemed like he had a lot of trouble with davis and murphy hung in well

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I felt like

the last two batters tired him out though. could have been trouble to leave him in

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seems like Cito had a quick hook tonight.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

I didn’t mean to suggest they should leave him in. Was just saying that he hasn’t had so much platoon benefit

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep … on a timely basis

by aagoodfella on Jun 11, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stop

Frasor time

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

-1

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

yeah that was pretty bad

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a mental pic of Frasor in baggy pants and cheezy sunglasses.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

andrus was right on that pitch.

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chavez is a weird guy, isn't he?

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah, how could the chalk make his hands more visible?

if anything that would be harder to see

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

White vs the dirt shows up well

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

his uniform is grey

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

but the pitcher is on the mound so he is looking down

I think the dirt would be the backdrop, not his uniform

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, I think that's possible but I think it depends more on where

the catcher signals. So he could just as easily put the signal down a little higher up against his uniform instead of against the dirt

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

or from the mound does chavez's sign contrast with the ground?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Love Rolen

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah

uzr has no love for him this season, but he’s looked great to me

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice play be Rolen.

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By not be

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that works

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice Job Frasor

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice fastball

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

now maybe we have the mo

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

getting a lucky beer

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

NICE!!

I love the Jays bullpen.

Makes me almost forget the Billy Koch era.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Millwood is back.

Comeon JOE

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Say it ain't so.

Damn.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah he just barely over 90 pitches. And Millwood has gone into the 110+ range a couple times this year. Doesn’t throw very hard and doesn’t tire as much

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

quick out

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Millwood throws much faster.

Wakes fastball is in the 70’s if Im not mistaken

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did anyone else see Jamie’s blog praising the Jays for drafting Canadians? I really hope that wasn’t their strategy….

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it would be a strange strategy, wouldn't it?

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

eh?

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I mean if you are getting a great player and they are Canadian great, but drafting on birthplace is a stupid strategy

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

definitely

though I think a lot of teams will sometimes break ties by going with the guy who has a geographic tie to the team, all other things being equal, so it could’ve just been one of those things, I hope

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well all other thing being equal.

But I believe in the draft for baseball you take the best player available, regardless of position or nationality.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

for sure

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that is great, and the fact that he is Canadian is a bonus as well, but not a reason to draft.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good job scoot

let’s get things going boys!

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah Scoot!

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

VESPA!

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Jeez. Now he throws a curve for a strike.

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pitch was definitely way high

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

well

maybe definitely was a bit of an overstatement

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Got a decent swing on that curve.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

offensive stats

are taking a pounding tonight

but another boost for team ERA so far

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Oh good lord Marco, that one made my heart skip

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Vespa!!!!

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heads up Marco

really would’ve been sweet if he could have advanced again

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bullshit

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Upon further review

Damn.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nice try Hill

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kinda Looks like he did on the replay.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought so

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

come on Rios!

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yep, Having an excellent Contract year.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i would say he relied heavily on millgood fielding

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Millwood usually has a high WHIP too. So he lives dangerously for the most part…. at least most of the time.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why aren't batters allowed to appeal?

Seems really silly to me that the home plate ump admits to not being able to tell sometimes and asks for help then refuses to ask for help on the same thing in the same situation.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gives me time to get that beer....killkenny irish cream

beer disappears quick with my son home from uni

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn again

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

well that stunk

and francisco in the ninth right?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Francisco hurt.
CJ is still their closer

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well, there's that to look forward to, i guess

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Frank Francisco is still day-to-day with a strained shoulder. He said he wasn’t available to pitch Wednesday and won’t be Thursday, either. Manager Ron Washington did not say whether Francisco would be the closer when he is healthy, but said left-hander C.J. Wilson is the closer for now. “I’m not going to get into that right now,” Washington said. “We’ll just have to wait and see how effective Frankie is when he comes back to throw. It’s not certain that he’s going to be the closer and it’s not certain that he’s not going to be the closer. I can’t make that determination until he throws.”

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No. He's still sore.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

unimpressive showing by Rios

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i had thought he would come up with a big hit

nope, no joke, just had a feeling

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need baserunners

So I’m all for that. Especially since Wells is a good threat to steal.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

3-2 Yankees, Boston with 2 on, none out in the bottom of the 8th.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So which team should we cheer for?

who do you feel will be tougher to catch?

by Tom Dakers on Jun 11, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I cheer for the Sox to tie it and it goes for a 15 inning marathon.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm cheering for the stadium to collapse and the only survivor being Jason Bay

Who will then sign with the Jays as the Yankees and Red Sox will be out for the season.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't have room for him

who are they going to get rid of? DeLucci?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Reluctantly, yes

It would break my heart.

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by wroth91 on Jun 11, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd hope for a 18 inning tie.

Boston. With great reluctance.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

In this case, I would actually cheer for the Yanks, As it would level the playing field at the top of the division again with them being tied up

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Our only other shutout was 1-0 too

Sometimes I feel 9-0 would be easier to swallow. Damn 1-0 shutouts. I hate being shutout

Shutout

by plen on Jun 11, 2009 10:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey mate,

You know you can reply to individual comments right? It would be easier to follow a conversation.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup

just hit the reply button under the post. that’s the best way to keep up our debates!

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i get it now

by spockster on Jun 11, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

great!

and welcome!

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There ya go!
No worries, New sites can get confusing for the first time through.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

loaded bases none out now

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bay's up.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

four grand slams

in one AB

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought it was on the black too

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the one to hill was a strike

but not that

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how was that not a strikeout?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

65mph hurt pretty bad

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

it all depends on where you get hit

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The tailbone right above the ass cheeks.

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's a painful one yeah

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Frasor

had a pretty funny reaction to that pitch getting away from him

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

s anyone watching on Rogers HD?

every couple minutes it flashes to black screen for a second or two, just wondering if it’s this tv?

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by boo15749 on Jun 11, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Im watching On Sportsnet Ontario HD.

No blinking screen for me.

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yankees BP isn't all that grand outside of Mariano

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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 11, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

kind of weak, actually. especially compared to Boston and well, us

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by hugo on Jun 11, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Its gonna suck to waste this start

if we cant tie this in the 9th… assuming they dont score anymore here

by Aquamelli on Jun 11, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that pitch was not a strike?

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ok good, umpire corrected that.

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by jessef on Jun 11, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah sportsnet computer graphic guy wasnt paying attention. He called it a strike right away

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by JohnnyG on Jun 11, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah i thought so

it looked like it to me, too

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