No Heart Could Be As Sad As Mine, Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine: GameThread for Toronto Blue Jays at Washington Nationals, 21 June 2009, 1:35 PM EDT
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So the Jays look to avoid the sweep tonight, I don't really want to talk about the first two games. As Carlos Delgado said upon being traded to the New York Mets, "It's not about the past. It's about the present and the future."
Let's get back to our winning ways this afternoon. Lyle's still in the 7 slot and Rolen is still batting cleanup. After scoring a total of four runs in our last 21 innings, a strong performance from Ricky Romero won't guarantee anything, but it sure wouldn't hurt either.
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My internet connection crapped out while Cecil was still in
and didn’t come back until around midnight, so I ended up watching the game through the DirecTV Scoreguide. Baseball Tonight did let me see the terrible hanging slider Richmond threw to Harris.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Oh, and Russ Adams is back
in place of Inglett.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
someone warn the fans in the stands behind first
can’t imagine he would play the infield though
Why?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Inglett hasn't been great
He basically went straight from the minor league DL to the majors when we originally called him up
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Is Russ going to play OF?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I assume so
Did Inglett play infield at any point?
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Not that I remember.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Vespa singles to right
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Lineout double play on a hit and run
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VW draws a walk
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Rolen singles up the middle
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Lind walks
Loaded for Rios
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That liner DP was a killer.
COMEON RIOS, DON"T F IT UP!!!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions
Finally. RIOS!!!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions
Nice slide by Rolen too
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Overbay lines one up the middle
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Umpire saves his own life by dodging it
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Keep it coming! 2 out rally!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
yea no $hit
where the hell were these bats the last 2 nights?!?! gee whiz, FFS we should be on top of the wild card standings
Notice who isn't behind the plate
I saw the last two games while at a pub. To my dismay I spotted the Two “Umps”
As far as I know Toronto’s record with the umps is 0-5. I did a quickie fanpost about them.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 1:54 PM EDT reply actions
they are complete d-bags
attention seekers – i dont care if they are season ticket holders, they make the games on TV completely unwatchable
the bats woke up in the top of the 1st
but it looks like we may give some runs back… runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs
Single, LD DP, BB, single, BB, Single, Single
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Nasty change for the K.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions
Dunn's walk-up music isn't really imposing
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Neither is Kearns'
CW?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Ricky didn't lose that strike zone
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
Is it wrong to miss Mark Hendricksen as a batter? (hit only Jays Pitcher homer)
I’m not liking this automatic out taking pitches crap.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions
Radio commentator just pointed out
It’s a shame that the Jays pretty well have to concede an out when their pitchers step to the plate. There was no way Romero was going to swing at anything there, and it’s been that way since that rash of injuries last week.
Kinda silly.
Still don't like to give up an out if you don't have to.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Let him try to bunt for a single
Give him practice for when you need him to bunt for a sacrifice.
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VW coming out of the shell
tater last night and RBI double today
That's a RBI baseball play!!!
RBI baseball was a fun arcade/nintendo 8bit game. One of the bloopers was that the outfielder didn’t field the ball well in the corners and often led to an inside the park homer.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:12 PM EDT reply actions
Hated that.
Very satisfying to HR off him though.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
it would even tell you how far you hit it, as I remember
The Jays were quite a good team. Dang, what a memory flashback.
dang that Harris
he is a real thorn in the side of the Jays
both batting and fielding
.228 Hitter my butt
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Who's left in the pen?
Is Arnsberg going to pitch today?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Not helped this inning by two defensive flubs
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What the HELL?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:21 PM EDT reply actions
Romero still had the poise to look at second and than get the out at 1st
like that trait in a player
Helps himself with the K, too.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Well he didn't have a grip on the ball
so he wasn’t going to get the out at second anyways
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Nasty Curve
I’d look ten times more stupid than Guz if I had to face Ricky.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Monster Mash by Lyle.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
Wow
That was crushed
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Let's hope it is and not Anger GoGo Juice.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
perfect timing for Romero at bat
3rd out bases empty
And he actually hit the ball!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
on a side note
there’s another 10th winner in the league.
Slowey From Minnesota
with a 4.04 era, i’m sure he got there by a high run support
Okay, makes sense now.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugh. Mental mistakes almost as bad as the physical ones.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions
Hill made up for the mental flop with some nice D.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions
Scoot being 3 for 3 helps.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Post-game fireworks on a day game?
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The daylight equivalent of black bears attacking a Black Forrest Campsite at midnight?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
nice grab by Lind there
he is looking more and more comfortable in the outfield
What I don't understand is
How are the Jays so awful against the NL?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Poor advance scouting?
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I thought the Jays had decent scouting.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought we paid a service instead of doing our own
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Johnson and Harris
Jays’ nemesis on the Nats
not to mention Dunn
Dunn not so much
But definitely Johnson and Harris.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
So I take it that going after him as a DH is a dumb idea.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
some do not think so, but I am not in that camp unless you like low avg,, high strikeout, low RISP hitters who get all their taters off only a handful of teams
I like .400+ OBP, 40HR players
though Johnson would also be a good pickup
over his career
Adam Dunn OPSes 892 with runners in scoring position and 913 with runners on.
Dunn has played almost all of his career with the Reds in the NL Central. Because of unbalanced scheduling, of course he is going to have more HR against those teams:
Cubs: 38 HR
Astros: 21
Pirates: 26
Brewers: 31
Cardinals: 28
The Cubs play in a pretty high-HR park in Wrigley. I really don’t see the argument that he hits all his HR off only a handful of teams. In fact, as expected, his homeruns are actually spread out pretty evenly amongst the teams he has played.
There are plenty of arguments against getting Adam Dunn, but that is not one of them.
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" -- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
On the other hand, a Sinking Fastball for a DP is.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Romero is throwing 64% strikes, has 3BB and 3K, and 6 hits … still it seems like there have been much more danger situations for the jays in the bottom half of innings this game than those stats might suggest
Wow at that DP
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+1 +1 +1
Wow
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 3:28 PM EDT reply actions
great DP ends the 6th
didn’t think there was any way they get Belliard at first there
yikes
113 pitches … do i sense a groin pull coming?
Dunn is done.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
The words base hit and Adams don't usually go together
But it was a nice one.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey all
Can’t wait to get off work and go home to watch the first… 3 innings. I miss offense.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
What are the odds Russ Adams' helicopter will be the only play from this game they show on ESPN?
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Accardo? Seriously?
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
No wonder we can't get free agent pitchers here...
They know they’re bound to get hurt. FFS
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
yea
but sports surgeons are lining up to get a gig with the Jays – sadly
Oblique or groin?
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Leg looks like
To the injury god or whatever it is. PISS OFF!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
league coming in
he is not rested enuf .. i m worried
DId you see Burnett had a 9 pitch 3 strikeout inning yesterday?
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lol
i did see that … looking good for him
Still lost.
AJ can strike out all the guys he likes, but if he loses then I’m happy.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
naturally it is his fault that the yankees offence put up 1 run
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Attaboy League - 4 pitches, 2 outs.
Now who is out in the 9th? League still?
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
walked three times today, though
you’ll do your part if you get on base like that
"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
yep
i just miss getting to write Ka-Boom Adam Bomb
by aagoodfella on Jun 21, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, just looking at Fangraphs
Hill is not having a good run lately is he? In the last 10 games he’s had a few ough games: -.094 today so far, -.220, -.177, -.219, -.100, -.069. Any ideas what’s going on? I haven’t been able to watch as closely as I want to , but he just seems to be struggling at the plate majorly.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
Not getting good first pitches
Throwing Fastballs up. Breaking stuff away on the first pitch.
Swings away and pops up or Ks.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Attaboy Rios!
Tag on some extra runs, we always need them!
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
RIOS!!
Who is this guy and what has he done with the guy who usually pops up, grounds out into DPs or strikes out with men on base?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
Offence what is offence?
5 RBIs for Lyle! Wow.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions
Hells yes.
Come on Barajas, let’s get on base once today.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
Or not.
I miss when Barajas was top 3 statistically for catchers.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
he is streaky
he may be there again - tends to hit in the 260 to 340 range
You've made a range from the lower cusp of an average player
to a Batting Average 12 points higher than anyone in the American League hit last season.
I’d say most players tend to hit in the .260 – .340 range, with the exception of only really, really crappy players and 17 players in baseball history, 13 of whom are Hall of Famers and 16 of whom played before World War II
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i m just saying .. for a while he was hitting in the 260 range .. than he roared up to 300 … mathmatically, there is only one way to get there(in such a short period) and that is 340
by aagoodfella on Jun 21, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh I see what you're saying
He tends to hit around .250 or .350 . . . you are right about that, he is one streaky dude
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yep
like, I think one of the commentators during a Jays game was noting that although Barajas was hitting .300 at the time, that baseball GMs did not consider him a 300 hitter because his numbers at that time were goosed up cuz of a hitting streak … so yea, what you said, he goes through periods in mid-200s and than hits mid-300s etc … — streaky
i think the context of that discussion related to Barajas’ marketability when his contract runs out
Rays took the lead in their game in the top of the 7th
and then with 2 outs they went into a rain delay, so if it doesn’t stop they’ll have to suspend it. Brutal.
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we have to win the next to series against the Reds and the phillies
July is a big month for us
Goodbye Carlson.
I’d love to know what the heck happened to his un-hittable-ness.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
The hitters also know him.
Now his tendencies.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that's more likely than the overworking, actually
Carlson actually performed better last season with an increased workload. I feel like the deception in his delivery really depends in large part on hitters not knowing what/when it’s coming.
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An out! There's an out!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:35 PM EDT reply actions
SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
That worked well in game 1....
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
Two Outs!!!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
Nope. He's in.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Finally, good lord.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
Not so good news for the Yanks
CC out with an unknown injury.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions
Yay Marlins, those Jays sweeping bastards.
Yanks now 1 ahead of the Jays.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jun 21, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions
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