Tuesday Linklove: Russ Adams, All-Star Electioneering, Jeremy Accardo, Adam Lind, and Scott Rolen Edition

by hugo on Jun 23, 2009 10:02 AM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays News

We'll be back with a more substantive post later on in the day, but here's some quick links if you're thinking Jays. This city has been a mess since the horrific train collision yesterday (it took me 2 1/2 hours to get to work today, about 2 hours longer than normal) so if you have any kind thoughts to spare, send them to the poor folks who were involved and their families.

mlb.com Jays beat writer Jordan Bastian does good work, and I'm not just saying that because he's a fellow runner. Here, he talks with former 1st round pick Russ Adams. Welcome back to the big leagues, Russ. We'll talk a bit later about what you might be able to do for us.

Bastian also talks to some Jays about who they think the starting middle infielders should be on the 2009 AL all-star team. Yep, you guessed it.

And what to say about those fake umpires? By far my favourite song by the National. Oh, wait, those guys. I have to say, Stoeten from Drunk Jays Fans pretty much covered everything I could ever say about those guys. I don't get it, and I don't like it.

Fangraphs takes a look at Adam Lind's performance so far and they like what they see:

Lind’s scorching start to the 2009 season does not look like a mirage. He’s doing exactly what you’d like a hitter to do: he’s showing more restraint by laying off pitcher’s pitches off the plate, working the count, improving his performance against breaking stuff and hitting fewer grounders. It may have taken him a while to figure things out, but Lind looks like legitimate breakout hitter.

Nice. Adam may have demolished the traditional projection systems, but here at Bluebird Banter we were expecting big things from Lind this season all along.

Tao of Stieb gets to speculating about Jeremy Accardo's recent injury. You guys are the best, hope the computer issues resolve soon!

Speaking of the once and future Jay, Mockingbird takes a look at a new pitch that Accardo has been throwing with success - a cut fastball.

We and Ghostrunner on First share something besides our mutual love for Chuck Ragan's howling take on the Alkaline Trio song 'Radio' --- much manlove for Scott Rolen. Great post.

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I just found that the Red Sox hold an incredible record but.........

………the opponents, by which I mean us first and foremost, should wake up and do their best to stop this incredible streak.

Listen up: so far in June the Red Sox have received 88 walks and four of Boston batters were hit.

For Boston, May was the 23rd month in a row in which the walks received and the Boston batters hit (walks plus HBP) totaled over 100! That’s a 2009 record, of course (the 2nd-longest streaks are Cleveland’s and Milwaukee’s with 4 straight months)!

It’s also the longest such streak since 2004 since the 2nd longest belongs to the damn NYY (from 2004 to 2006) and the 3rd longest belongs to Philly (2006 through 2008).

The sooner Boston’s opponents can stop this streak, the better the chances of the Jays to win the division will be! Plus, they have plenty of power: the Red Sox have had at least one homer in 13 of their last 14 games this year.

by Marco1978 on Jun 23, 2009 10:37 AM EDT reply actions

okay

this has been bothering me for a while now. sorry but i am a grammar police officer. an ellipsis is three dots consecutively – “…” it’s used to signal removed words (like in a quote) or to signify “trailing off.” it’s not as many periods as you want in a row, as in “but………”

sorry. but it’s kind of annoying.

Prehistoric Hoops - a neat little Raps blog

by boo15749 on Jun 23, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

good to know…………

by masterkembo on Jun 23, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions

but wait………….he just got finished telling you how he doesn’t like when people do 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

by hugo on Jun 23, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions

/head explodes

Prehistoric Hoops - a neat little Raps blog

by boo15749 on Jun 23, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I had meant

to link to this post, at the Good Point, about Scott Downs written by Eric Rosenhek. Partly because he asked me a couple of questions, but mostly because it was a nice piece. But then things got busy when it came out and then Downs got injured.

by Tom Dakers on Jun 23, 2009 10:45 AM EDT reply actions

Lind link

Is not working.

by canadiancolts on Jun 23, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions

fixed it

thanks!

"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

by hugo on Jun 23, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Here is another link from Fangraphs

5% of pitches Millar has faced this year have been knuckleballs? They figure that he can hit them is as good a reason as any to keep him. It guess there has to be some reason.

by Tom Dakers on Jun 23, 2009 11:24 AM EDT reply actions