Nothing Incoming But the Reggae Drumming: 3/28 Game Preview and Thread, Orioles at Blue Jays
by hugo on Mar 28, 2010 10:33 AM EDT
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PrintIn the battle for baseball passerine dominance (at least, until the Cardinals get involved), the Blue Jays take on the Orioles today at 1 in a game that should be available on audio.
At the Cherry Blossom Festival yesterday we saw a really good Taiko performance, which for some reason made me think of the above line in Rancid's great song Roots Radicals, which then got me to listen to that when I got home and make the perhaps overly inflated claim I made in yesterday's "15 Things I Believe" post. In my defense, my musical judgment was impaired as I was listening to the song at the time. I listened to most of Energy while on my run this morning and I recant. Roots Radicals is a great song in its own right, though. And of course it would be sad if Roots Radicals never happened and the preeminent song to name-check the unbelievable Desmond Dekker remained the tepid Ob-la-di Ob-la-da.
Now that that's out of the way, today's lineup:
Jose Bautista, rf
Aaron Hill, 2b
Adam Lind, dh
Vernon Wells, cf
Randy Ruiz, dh
John Buck, c
Travis Snider, lf
John McDonald, ss
Ricky Romero makes the start.
In some Jays news, Brad Emaus and Chris Lubanski were reassigned to minor league camp today. Emaus made it to close to the end of the spring for the second-straight year, looked good at the plate, and drew solid marks for his defense at third base. Lubanski showed flashes of extra-base power but didn't make consistent contact and will get his 4th shot at AAA and hopefully hit himself back onto the big club.
The Jays also released Joey Gathright today. Gathright did not show well at the plate this spring, has perhaps lost a step on the bases, and was also hurt by the fact that Jeremy Reed, a similar player, has been a base hit machine for the Jays this spring. That said, while he's got no power, he's been a decent on-base man at times in his career and is solid on the defensive side of the ball. I hope he catches on somewhere as he said today he feels "lost" right now.
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are we facing a lefty today?
nice lineup if we are.
gathright
does the outright release of Gathright point to a spot in Vegas for Reed? Who are the outfielders down there? Lubanski & ???
Last Year
Adam Calderone was one…not sure where he is now…
by NHfishercatsfan on Mar 28, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Mastroianni starts in centrefield for the 51's
i seem to remember mention of Calderon this spring, not sure if it was because he was released or made an appearance in a game
Darin only got
3 months of AA ball last year and he didn’t exactly hit up a storm or even close to it. He just was able to run wild when he got on. Plus he has great defense. I think he’d start in AA and maybe move up around the all-star break like he did last year.
by NHfishercatsfan on Mar 28, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
is Aaron Matthews still kicking around there?
"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
51's roster currently has...
Aguila, Calderone, Lubanski and Matthews as its outfielders
I think
that was their roster at the end of last season
by NHfishercatsfan on Mar 28, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
no they've updated since then
lubanski certainly wasn’t there
true
but the Fisher Cats roster (which they removed from the site a few days ago) had guys that had been released in the offseason like Nick Gorneault but also had Kyle Drabek on it so I dont really trust them.
by NHfishercatsfan on Mar 28, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, certainly wouldn't trust them
but they are doing some level of maintenance to the rosters
interesting that they wouldn't even give Gathright a spot in Vegas
Who in fact is actually blocking him from playing time there like AA said:
“Aguila, Calderone, Lubanski and Matthews”
Well he is not young...
if he has lost speed, he never hit well, what would be the point of keeping him
true
maybe they figure they did that with Lane last year and it really didn’t help much of anything.
"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
Also possible he asked for his release, no? Often times with guys who have been around a while the team will release them if they want to try to catch on somewhere else.
he apparently wanted to be assigned to AAA, actually
but apparently the team made the decision that it wouldn’t be fair to him because he wasn’t very high on the list of AAA callups and would likely spend the whole season in the minors. At least, according to AA via Bastian.
"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
no doubt.
but that’s sort of in the eye of the beholder. We have had people on this site who think McCoy and Ruiz are part of a “youth movement.” Gathright is actually younger than either (albeit just a month younger than McCoy).
"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
It is hard to believe the season is almost here
A couple of weeks ago everyone was saying there is still lots of time. But now you can argue the clock is ticking for the final spots. Not that it matters much.
Will Encarnacion get enough bats?
Who are the back end starters?
Is Morrow healthy?
Who are the bench positional players?
Is the bullpen figured out? Will it ever be?
And for the 1000th time, when will Hechavarria be signed? lol
Wow released Gathright...
I didn’t want him to make the team, but it is too bad that he didn’t show better.
Can you please
Make the next pick in the draft? Jesse has been on the clock for 15 hours now…
by NHfishercatsfan on Mar 28, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
i'll take CJ Spiller
Is he still available?
you mean
since 8 pm on a Saturday night?
"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
Well
if you autopicked people who were on the clock for 2 or 3 hours on a Saturday, I don’t see the difference. Some consistency would be nice. I mean it doesn’t really seem fair to those who were away for a few hours yesterday and got autopicked.
by NHfishercatsfan on Mar 28, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
In the list of mistakes I've made in the last year or two...
having anything to do with fantasy baseball is right up there.
Since it's early morning for me, I haven't looked at it...
and I’m likely running off to play racquet ball in a bit so I’m not going to be autopicking for anypone laster
I hear that's mylegacy's real name
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I'm not in the league
as I don’t like fantasy sports. But definitely I agree there should be rules that apply equally to everyone. I’m surprised though that the platform itself doesn’t have that written into it.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
It's tough in a draft type like this
I’d never actually heard of it before. Usually it’s all autopicked by rankings or theres a set time for a live draft where everyoen shows up for 2 hours.
by NHfishercatsfan on Mar 28, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
well there are likely dozens of problems..
one is I took it for granted I could change draft settings on the go….I can’t
we have guys across 4 time zones and europe
and you can set your team to autopick and then go away for what ever reason
so if someone takes a long time to pick and I'm not there it sits...
and I’ve been on the computer way way too much since we started…
This is why I prefer drafts with people at work or other people I know. Online drafts never seem to work well because the commish is bombarded with requests to move the start time to this or change it back to that.
Ultimately what I have found is basically uo have to say its at this time, if you can’t make it, either set an autodraft or don’t play.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
All I know is it isnèt happening again...
next time SB says you have to run X, I will just walk away
but then you'll be like me
we need to have someone who plays nice with the corporate overlords
"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
Fight the Man Tom!
You go tell those SB nation guys what they can do with their orders.
PS . Make sure to put in a good word for me when you get fired :)
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
personally
the respect and admiration we get from our commenters is all the payment I need.
"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
Including the ones that tell you you donèt know anything about music
because you donèt like Ob-la-da
Course there is a kind of poetic quality to being able to say
I got fired for not playing fantasy baseball….
dude
I don’t see how one could possibly be familiar with Desmond Dekker’s groundbreaking music and think that that boring cheeseball faux-reggae song ob-la-di is a fitting reference.
And of course if one isn’t familiar with Dekker, and therefore hasn’t even seen The Harder They Come, one really has no basis to complain about anyone else’s taste at all.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
What in the name of Steib are you guys talking about?
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
there is a reference in ob la di ob la da..
about desmond…Paul was talking about Desmond Dekker…or at least Paul said so later, is just as likely Desmond fit the meter well.
……………… right…..
I like Pie. Pie is good.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
Dekker is a reggae musician
I am trying to compare to Bob Marley, but not really that much like him.
Hey man....
if you are going to do the game threads you have to come up with song references that no sane person could ever figure out….
but but but but… you said I didn’t! I wasn’t joking about not knowing a lot about music.
I can do Movie and TV references…. although at the moment most of the TV references will most likely be from Treehouse and PBS…..
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
it's true
just like with baseball, for me music is entirely contained within a computer.
What I like to do is convert it to digital and just look at the 1s and 0s displayed on the screen.
"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
the binary solo
in Flight of the Conchords song “Robots” is, to me, musical perfection
"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
Pie is good
I like Key Lime in the summer, Pumpkin in the fall, and Blackberry in the spring.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
The Harder they Come is referenced in
The Clash’s “Safe European Home” which, after “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais” (which itself namechecks quite a few icons) might be my favorite song of theirs.
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
Safe European Home
is one of my favourite two or three Clash songs, too. I made an argument at a bar not too long ago that after Baba O’Riley (which I’ve always thought would make a good nickname for Bill O’Reilly) it was the greatest rock and roll song of all time.
"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
both songs are pretty awesome
what do you think the best american rock and roll song is?
unless you can think of a better one, i’m going to jungleland for now
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
Godawful is the term that springs to my mind....
and I am a beatles fan but there is the odd song…..
ha!
the Beatles are the greatest. I’ve got almost every song they ever recorded. That particular song, not so much. And certainly not a good homage to the brilliant Dekker.
"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
have you guys ever heard of Johnny Thunder, not the New York Dolls Johnny Thunders but
the 60’s blues/pop/rock singer Johnny Thunder? I heard a song of his on the Underground Garage the other day tha blew my mind. The songs title is “I’m Alive”. I can’t find it for download anywhere but if search Johnny Thunder, I’m Alive you can stream it online.
isn't the New York Dolls guy Johnny Thunders?
I love I’m alive, it is an incredible song. I saw an interview once where Bob Dylan said Thunder was the best live show he had ever seen and I believe it.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
oh sorry
somehow I misread your original post as calling the New York Dolls guy Johnny Thunder as well. Yeah, obviously they are not the same person.
"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
this does not help you at all
and in fact just makes me sound like David Cross in that “Mr. Show” sketch, but I have the 45 on vinyl.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I don't think it's too rare
I’ve seen it at record stores
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
That sketch is so good
probably my second favorite one, right behind the Van Hammersly “Teaching By Billiards” one
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
not raining here yet, but I think it's well on its way
"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
might not be a game today, from Bastian's twitter:
“Starting to drizzle some here at Dunedin Stadium. Forecast is ugly. God might want everyone to go home and watch the Spartans.”
interesting from MLBTradeRumors:
“The Mariners have intensified their search for starting pitching, according to Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The duo names Nate Robertson, Brian Tallet, and Manny Parra as a few left-handers who may be available while the M’s wait for their own lefties (Lee and Erik Bedard) to return from injuries.”
Who could the Jays grab from the M’s for Tallet; Saunders maybe? Too much, too little?
I don't see the Jays getting Saunders for Tallet
"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
actually, I would say it is ...
I say that b/c if you do it now you can avoid losing Eveland. Realistically speaking, lets take McGowan and Litsch out of the picture for now. You’d still have Romero, Zep & Marcum as your likely 1,2-3 (in no order). Then you have Morrow who may not be 100%, Eveland and Cecil for 2 spots. If they fail miserably you could always put Purcey back in there. Or barring that you have other options on the 40-man like Mills, Gonzalez or Ray.
Basically, I’d view it as Tallet for Eveland + whatever you get (say PTBNL) + cash you save and that’s probably a good deal no matter who the prospect is. I’m not saying Tallet isn’t valuable, but he’s more valuable to a team like Seattle than he is a team like Toronto. What limits the prospect you get back is he’s not exactly a super rare commodity. Heck, you could just sign Jarrod Washburn if you really need a P. But at this point given the fact that Eveland has pitched well and we could lose him if we keep Tallet I wouldn’t be against moving Tallet at all.
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