So Morrow won't throw a one hitter every time out. Jays lose to A's
by Tom Dakers on Aug 18, 2010 1:31 AM EDT
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Not sure if it was the extra time off or that he threw so many pitches last time out or just one of those nights, but Brandon Morrow wasn't sharp tonight. It wasn't that he was terrible, just not sharp. Cito pulled him after 4 innings and 80 pitches, I'd imagine just to be gentle on that arm, but I guess we'll find out.
Brian Tallet came in for the 5th and pitched a good 5th and good 6th. Now if you are me in a tie game, I'd likely pull him at this point. In the 7th he gave up two singles to start the inning, but both were soft ground balls. That's all you can ask of a pitcher, give up soft ground balls, 80% or the time or so they will be turned into outs. Shawn Camp comes in, in a really tough spot and first pitch he ignores Coco Crisp on second so he steals third. Now a much tougher spot. He got a strike out to make things better, then gets a ground ball to Aaron Hill. Hill tags the runner moving to second, gets spun around and throws to first to try to get the last out of the inning. It's wide and The A's get the lead. A single, then a single plus a Travis Snider error and three runs are in and we are down by three. Jesse Carlson pitched the 9th and gave up another run.
On offense, we only got 4 hits. One each for Hill, Overbay, Encarnacion and Escobar, who also took our two walks on the night. That was it. for us. Dallas Braden is a pretty good pitcher.
Jay of the Day is Lyle Overbay (.152 WPA) who drove in our first run. Honorable mention to Escobar. Jays with Suckage numbers are Camp (-.201) and Snider (-.107 plus the error).
On the 'things Cito does I don't understand' list, in the top of the 8th we were down by three and Jose Molina leading off the inning, why not pinch hit? Molina isn't a great hitter, Morrow is out of the game and we are losing so giving JP a couple of innings couldn't hurt. Yeah, I know, we don't pinch hit but this one time would have been an ok moment to try it.
Anyway the rubber match of the series is tomorrow afternoon, 3:00 Eastern. Marc Rzepczynski, coming off a good start against the Angels goes for us. Gio Gonzalez (10-8, 3.49) starts for the A's. Please Cito, let Arencibia play. Those of you who get Sportsnet One can watch.
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This Sportnet one thing is really starting to piss me off
by Jeremywilhelm on Aug 18, 2010 3:15 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Do anybody knows what’s happening after the ‘free’ period? as i understand, rogers customer will get free hd sportsnet one for the time being, but what will happen after the free period is over? It would suck to pay extra for just one channel they just pull it out of their butt.
I hate to admit it,
But this week has been torture for me with no Jays games to watch. If Rogers is holding the games ransom to make people pay for the extra channel then I would gladly pay it… IF it was available in my area…
I’ve seen more Braves and Cubs games this week than I care to admit
by shuswapslugger on Aug 18, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
My dad always told me to never negotiate with terrorists.
But I’m with you. I ponied up the $5 per month for the extra 2 chanels, I’d probably do the same with this one.
by craig in calgary on Aug 18, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
The more i read about it, the worst it seems, Rogers ‘offered’ a 6 weeks preview starting last week and Rogers with other cable companies has yet to have any agreement on how are they going to handle this ‘Sportsnet One’ channel. This is quite stupid…
Well whatever Rogers does with the other cable companies it is up to the individual cable companies what they charge their customers, They are all a bunch of crooks, They pass on charges and fees to the end consumer whenever they can.
The CRTC fee is a perfect example. Its actually right on the Rogers bill in fine print that says the Government is charging us this fee for Canadian content and we are electing to pass it on to you, If you want to complain call the government.
Talk about passing the buck.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
I got a chuckle out of Dallas Braden's comment
“Those guys can do some damage. It’s almost like you’re staring down a beer league softball lineup, the way they can just hit homers at will, the power that they can provide. So you don’t want to make any mistakes.”
Too bad he respects the Jays so much
I prefer arrogant pitchers who try to throw lots of Fastballs past our boys….the kind of fastballs that end up in the seats
Braden is the worst kind of pitcher we face
Lefty who throws mid 70’s junk.
by craig in calgary on Aug 18, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Too bad he respects the Jays so much
I prefer arrogant pitchers who try to throw lots of Fastballs past our boys….the kind of fastballs that end up in the seats
Since I couldn't see the game due to Rogers' amazing ability to misinterpret what customers want...
I had to read about it in the morning, and Bautista was rocking a beauty stash
Out West do the Jays even exist anymore???
You see the odd highlight, some small print in the paper & the search is on for info from the web… Well done Rogers!
Despite his recent hot bat, there’s no way Molina should have lead off the inning. Oakland’s bullpen isn’t great, and JPA brings a bigger bat.
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