When We Were Living Up on Hennepin: Toronto 8, Minnesota 1

by hugo on Jul 8, 2010 9:53 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays Game Recaps

The Jays took the series tonight with a nice win off the Twins.

On the Mound:

Brett Cecil was excellent, giving up just 4 hits and a walk through seven innings. The one run against him came on a solo home run by Michael Cuddyer. Cecil struck out two and induced 11 ground balls compared to 9 of the aerial variety. Great way to head into the all-star break.

At the Plate:

The Jays were back to their homer-hitting ways tonight, smacking 5 solo long-balls. Adam Lind (yay!) Fred Lewis, Lyle Overbay, Jose Molina, and Jose Bautista all went deep. Ironically, the big hit of the day wasn't a home run, it was Alex Gonzalez's three run double. The Jays didn't walk today, but that's not unusual against Scott Baker. It was a good matchup for a free-swinging team, facing a guy who throws strikes and induces a lot of fly balls, and they took advantage.

From the Pen:

Cecil and the offense turned a big lead over to the Jays in the 8th, and Casey Janssen and David Purcey did a nice job closing it out. I don't know, maybe Janssen and Purcey have been good enough to at least take some of the higher-leverage innings that have been going to Frasor and Tallet. It's not like either of those two have impressed.

More good news - Shaun Marcum played some long toss today and is evidently still on track to return after the all-star break - I wonder whether it'll be Litsch or Zep that goes down - I'm betting Zep stays.

Cecil and Seabass are Jays of the day, with Lind earning honourable mention. Keep it up, Adam.

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Very fun game to watch....

I think Molina deserves honorable mention too….

by Tom Dakers on Jul 8, 2010 10:01 PM EDT reply actions

I second that...

Ya missed an entertaining thread, hugo.

"A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves."

by Corvus on Jul 8, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions

tell me about it

working late, not so much fun

"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 Jul 8, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I only did 1/2thread

I was swept up in Lebronageddon

I'm on a horse.

by craig in calgary on Jul 8, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions

For shame

by IanJ on Jul 8, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Good god

I was watching TSN after the game and couldn’t believe the idiocy of the CLE fans they were talking with. They must have picked the dumbest quotes they received and ONLY aired those. All the fans are ripping the guy, ripping the team, swearing off the team, never cheering for Cleveland again, etc.. etc…

"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."

by wroth91 on Jul 9, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions

you think that's bad...

did you see the open letter from the Cavalier’s owner? The term grow up springs to mind.

by Tom Dakers on Jul 9, 2010 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions

I...

I really don’t know how to react to that. The stupidity, immaturity and lunacy of this fiasco is ridiculous.

"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."

by wroth91 on Jul 9, 2010 2:14 AM EDT up reply actions

I agree with the comment that the ESPN special was narcissistic

but selfish? isn’t this why players are guaranteed free agency, so that they can choose the best place for themselves either for money, career or family?

The letter is just sour grapes from the guy who lost the prize.

by IanJ on Jul 9, 2010 2:30 AM EDT up reply actions

I don't follow the NBA

and I only saw LeBron play one time, when I was in Cleveland for work during the playoffs against Boston, when Cleveland got knocked out. I don’t disagree with anything you all have said.

But I’ve been to Cleveland a few times for work now, spent a fair bit of time with its wonderful residents, and three things were very obvious to me: 1) the city has a massive inferiority complex; 2) they live and die with LeBron, who they consider one of their own because he grew up near there; and 3) there’s not necessarily a whole lot to do there other than follow local sports. So nothing about their reaction has really surprised me.

"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 Jul 9, 2010 3:44 AM EDT up reply actions

They used to have Geauga Lake, even that left, ouch

by Joey P on Jul 9, 2010 7:12 AM EDT up reply actions

OMG, that's hilarious.

He’s trying to curse LeBron via his letter to fans? Hahaha.

On a different note, so I guess superstars stacking teams is how the NBA operates now? First the Celtics did it, and now Miami.

by REMO on Jul 9, 2010 6:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Well true, Lind did homer, but he also struck out three times. Lind still is on the bottom of all MLB players in terms of WAR. In fact his negative -1.5 WAR is not even close to number 2nd Carlos Lee’s -0.8.

I really do hope he does turn it around…

by Woodman663 on Jul 9, 2010 4:07 AM EDT reply actions