Late Game Thread, April 3, Jays and Astros
by Tom Dakers on Apr 3, 2010 2:03 PM EDT
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Ricky Romero's Brandon Morrow last warm up before the season.
Line up:
Bautista, RF
Hill, 2B
Lind, DH
Wells, CF
Overbay, 1B
Encarnacion, 3B
Snider, LF,
Gonzalez, SS
Molina, C
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I was going to send you a note, johnny asking if you wanted to put it up....
but ended up on the phone for the last hour and a half…PTB
pfffft I find that only leads to trouble.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
Really? and no more talk of google friendly titles? :)
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
You know when they talk to Hugo he blames you right?
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
yeah but hugo will just laugh it off..
They have a point but then our numbers are like double last years, so they like us. We are finally an example of a site that’s doing well.
The quality of the commentators must have gone up over the past year and brought in new people Huh Huh Wink Wink Nudge Nudge know what I mean?
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
All kidding aside...
I think that’s the key. If the conversation is good, people will just come chat.
Feels strange to be an example of good things for SB,,,,
we’ve been the cautionary tale for so long.
Who has the most traffic? Athletics nation? I know they are a big one.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
Pffft I bet I can increase it more here.
MMA SUCKS! It isn’t a real sport!
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
You know...
They announced this MMA site and I thought…no way, I mean I guess there is an appeal to the sport…even if the idea of two almost naked guys crawling on each other repulses me, but no one would want to read about it…..shows what I know.
Actually I am not sure there are many places where you chat about MMA so that probably helps.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
I hate to play there just because of that stupid hill in center field.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
I just noticed they have a pillar on that hill too
I know baseball stadium designers love their unique quirks, but come on. That’s just stupid.
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
Ah, right
Still doesn’t make much sense.
If you need the flag in that specific spot, why not attach the pole to the wall and just have it jut out to the proper spot instead of putting it where a player can potentially hit it on the run?
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
do you remember the ads with Roger Clemens
when he joined the Jays…had him throwing and the guy with the radar gun saying 145, 150….Roger’s ok…let’s start the season. “do you think we should tell him that’s metric?”
Nice. Base clearing 2 out double. Nice job JoBau
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
And by double I meant triple.
yeah…..
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
What’s weird is that Bautista used to be a walk machine. Now he doesn’t strikeout and hits for power but he also doesn’t seem to walk.
Good effort by EE
Tough play. Rolen woulda had it though :P
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
No matter how many times i hear it…. Tallet as the no 2 starter still feels wrong.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
wow, I cannot believe that center field … first they have that incline which seem s like a great place to break your ankle and then they have that post INSIDE the fence which seems like a great place to get a concussion if not outright killed …. it seems like they might have sent the design back for re-work before breaking ground on that plan
I wonder if they could put a motion detector alarm on that post which goes off if a player gets within ten feet or something … that thing looks like a real nasty nasty accident waiting to happen
and why they have the hill too, I would guess … but still, I mean, who would approve that design? makes one shake their head
If Morrow walks these Astros who are spectacularly bad, the Sox, Yanks and Rays will have a happy time.
That was an odd situation
Was a solid foot or so off the line… didn’t look like it had any spin to go either.
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
I cannot get a feel for the strike zone here it seems really inconsistent.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
What the heck is the point of an mlb.tv free preview
where they pick the games you get to watch?
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Oh sure as soon as McCoy is on TV where we can watch
he has bad at bats…last night his at bat was terrible
props to Cristina
we Jays fans appreciate the sacrifice you are making
and some errors...
but then big hits from Hill and Barajas….The Astros hits have all been rollers too.
>10% walks over the last 2 years
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
This is definitely a good game to encourage casual fans to watch more games
If I weren’t too plugged in to the Jays and the outlook for this season, watching them tag 11 runs in less than 4 innings would make me watch a bit more.
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
Told Snider not to worry about day to day performance that he is up to play everyday so if he hads a bad day he doesn’t have to worry about being sent down.
And on the Cuban guy signing said he can’t comment as per his and company policy and he understands the net is abuzz with the information and hopes to have something to announce soon.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
first pitch splitter from Morrow
In my ’07 Prospect Handbook they said Brandon would lay off the splitter because of arm troubles it allegedly caused
mlb gameday
changed their minds and called it a fastball….hmmmm
mlb gameday is obviously working out some kinks today
but they have his fastball at 91-93….I thought it was a bit harder than that
Alright Im gonna have to take off. Family dinner to attend. Enjoy the rest of the game folks.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
flyball pitcher vs. flyball hitter = success
flyball pitcher vs groundball hitter = line drives
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
I don’t see how that works? More flyballs = more home runs, unless they’re low power guys, then it’s usually easy flyouts. Line drive rates don’t seem to be controllable by pitchers.
It's the second biggest platoon split after handedness
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
By which I mean it's the second biggest platoon split overall
with handedness being the first, not that it’s two platoon splits behind handedness
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
If you tend to get under the ball and the pitcher tends to make average hitters get under the ball
then you’ll either pop it up or miss entirely. Same with GB pitcher vs. GB hitter. If you ten to get on top of it and the pitcher makes you miss low, then you’re missing the top of the ball low, which means you square it up.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Unrelated
I posted a fanshot as the Fisher Cats announced their roster today. If anyone would like to comment and give opinions it would be appreciated!
I’m still awed by Eveland’s high groundball and low walk ratios. Though this time he did face a pretty bad line-up. If only Cecil were in the rotation instead of Tallet, every one of our starters would be interesting to watch.
I want a Tallet to the bullpen petition started and travis snider for 5th spot in the line campaign!
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