We're Gonna Make It Yet To The End of the Road: 9/1 Game Thread, Jays at Baltimore
by hugo on Sep 1, 2011 12:01 PM EDT
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Good afternoon, everyone. Well, that was a heck of a fun game yesterday. Great to see the bats come alive, and Henderson Alvarez looked extremely sharp. Yeah, it's Baltimore, and he hasn't faced great offenses, but he's 21 and any success against major league hitting is a very encouraging sign. I certainly wouldn't mind penciling him into the 2012 rotation. I'm still trying to figure out why we stuck with Jo-Jo for so long (not necessarily at Alvarez's expense, just saying), but that's water under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge now.
The Jays go for a road series win this afternoon with the getaway game. Luis Perez pitches for the Jays. Perez has been quite adequate as a starter in his two tries, with one excellent start and one so-so one. I don't think he has a long-term future as a major-league starter, but if he can prove himself adequate in a starting role it'd make him a perfectly good and cost-effective swingman. Lefty swingmen are nice to have because they give you an extra lefty in the pen.
Tommy Hunter pitches for the City that Reads and his game is pretty simple: low Ks, low walks, leaves the ball up a bit too much (though he's improved his groundball numbers in limited major-league innings this season). He doesn't throw particularly hard and doesn't have a good fastball so if the Jays can get ahead in the count at all, they could be looking at a good offensive day.
Let's go Jays!
Today's title comes from the amazing song "Hard Times" from the equally amazing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings record "The Harrow and the Harvest" that just came out this summer. I can't remember having heard a new record executed so perfectly, with such incredible songwriting and musicianship. If you even somewhat like music, grab this record, pour yourself a drink (I've been loving the Yamazaki single-malt "whiskey" recently, myself), put on some high-quality headphones (I promise not to get too snobby here, but if your headphones came with your mp3 player, you really need to upgrade) and lie back - you are in for a treat.
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Go Jays Go
I was catching up on the stuff I missed so far today and then I see a game thread and was like uhhh must be 12:30 start?
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GO JAYS GO!
I want to do some work today so make it another quick and early blowout (in the Jays favour) please.
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
GO JAYS GO!
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GO JAYS GO!!!
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12:30 start?
Awesome!
Sad, Drunk, And Poorly
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haha
zaun wants perez and villanueva in the 2012 rotation.
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can you seriously compete with 2 5th starters in the rotation?
even the romero-morrow-alvarez top 3 isn’t great.
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Drabek?
Really?
He has been passed by how many other pitchers on the depth chart this season? Or at least he should have been. I personally rate him lower than Alvarez or Perez at this point. If he could throw strikes up at the MLB level i wouldn’t be so harsh but thus far he has been only unimpressive.
by TrueBlue4Ever! on Sep 1, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
but look at his sparkling ERA!
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HAHAHAHAHA!
Perez is a borderline BP guy at best. Not a starter even. Drabek still has “ace” level stuff if he can figure out how to throw strikes again
i think he could be a good bullpen arm/spot starter
i don’t want him in my rotation though
Sad, Drunk, And Poorly
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oh, of course
silly me.
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It has the potential to be great
Hic sunt fortuna dracones
but i doubt it is next year
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i can see romero and morrow being good
but not alvarez.
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O ye of little faith
I think Alvarez is for real.
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He's also 21
With a mostly non-existent 3rd pitch.
It's there, it just needs tightening up
Morrow this year has been primarily FB/slider ignoring his curveball and changeup. You’re right that Alvarez needs his breaking pitch but Morrow also needs to start throwing his changeup/curveball more as well.
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i do think he's for real
but at 22? being a good 3rd starter in the AL East?
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Good thing Zaun isn't the GM or manager
Although I’d give Perez a shot in spring training at the rotation. However, if he makes it that means something happened to Romero, Morrow, Cecil, Drabek or Alvarez and the Jays didn’t get Darvish.
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Alvarez definitely has talent... but
isnt he a bit limited with his pitch array? He is 21 after all. It is mighty difficult trying to develop & use new pitches at the big league level. I’d rather he spend some more time developing his curve & changeup in the minors where the batters are “more forgiving” on the mistakes. Just dont want his psyche (which is marvellous now) to get damaged.
he doesn't throw a curve
and his changeup is excellent.
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did you mean his slider?
thats the one that needs work
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Thought he just had a
slider in addition to the great movement on his fb…with the slider requiring improvement.
yeah
his slider needs work.
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Like fine wine
…to be aged carefully!!! is all I am really saying.
With a "turbo sinker"
He can get away with a somewhat limited array. He’s not trying to develope a new pitch, just refining it. As Pickachu says, he has a very good change.
Re: headphones
Went to Best Buy with my wife the other day and we tried some $300 headphones from Bose for fun. Now she sooo wants to have them. There goes my GFX-card upgrade sigh
"They had players who had more hair on their backs than on their heads. Obviously they have more experience," Thomas Müller of Bayern Munich after losing against Inter Milan.
Jays' lineup
1. Escobar SS
2. Thames LF
3. Bautista RF
4. Lind 1B
5. Encarnacion DH
6. Johnson 2B
7. Lawrie 3B
8. Arencibia C
9. McCoy CF
SP: Perez LHP
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because you need the RBI guyz at cleanup
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i'd flip johnson and lind.
if you really want to keep the R/L thing going.
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Blasphemy, Johnson isn't an RBI guy
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I hope that was sarcastic
an RBI guy is just a good hitter you put in lots of RBI situations
O's lineup
1. Andino 3B
2. Hardy SS
3. Markakis RF
4. Jones CF
5. Guerrero DH
6. Wieters C
7. Reynolds 1B
8. Reimold LF
9. Adams 2B
SP: Hunter RHP
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hahahahah
andino leading off.
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now that i look at it, the O's lineup has pretty good potential
Hardy, markakis, jones, wieters, and reynolds are all good hitters.
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Good hitters might be overstating it a bit
Jones doesn’t walk, Reynolds strikes out too much, Markakis has regressed and Wieters has never really progressed the way the O’s thought he would. The potential is there but they all have flaws.
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jones is a good hitter for a CF
wieters has progressed, hardy is good, reynolds is good, markakis is still young/not old.
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Hardy is good and Jones is acceptable for a CF
Wieters has progressed slowly, but has a decent bat for a catcher. Reynolds has a strikeout rate that reduces his offensive output somewhat, if it gets any higher, he’s in trouble, plus he’s a butcher at 3B and not a good enough hitter for 1B. Markakis is 28 in November, he’s not as young as you think.
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i dunno
i’d take Wieters over JP, Reynolds over Lind, Markakis over Snider/Thames/whatever.
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holy
okay, not reynolds. I thought he was hitting better/playing better defence.
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I'd take Wieters too over JP but I'd rather have Snider than Markakis
Markakis is in his age 27 season this year, he is what he is at this point. Snider still has the potential to be better.
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sure
i just have a love for markakis. he usd to be very very good
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Own him in a fantasy dynasty league for 3 years after you gave up CC Sabathia to get him and you won’t love him very much.
Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.
haha :)
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Not funny...haha
I actually won the league the year I made the trade (or maybe the year after).
The trade was CC/Jonathan Sanchez/Snider for Markakis/Kerry Wood. Probably my worst fantasy trade of all time (but at the time, it actually didn’t look that bad). I then was finally able to deal Markakis this year in a Markakis/Capuano/Alex White for Rios/Bedard/McCarthy deal. Yeah, not nearly what I gave up to get him in the first place.
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yeah, Markakis used to be really good
Baltimore seems to be snakebit, they have a breakout guy in Markakis who regresses and none of their prospects turn out like they should. Matusz, Tillman and Arrieta have all struggled and Wieters is good but not great like everyone thought he would be.
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Yea i would take Wieters over JP too
but im surprised he hasn’t hit that many bombs in his career(still very short), his power potential is crazy. Its not like he can’t make contact with the ball and huge strikeout numbers.
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he plays good defence and hits like a league average player or better
pretty good.
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No doubt, but maybe i really bought into the prospect hype
i really thought he would hit alot of hr
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O's problem is that they keep trying band-aid solutions...
…like Lee, Vladdy, etc.
And they have a terrible rotation.
If they were to truly rebuild and focus on developing pitching and stop wasting money and at bats on overpriced veterans, they might actually be able to turn it around.
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Of course...
…they’ve made the playoffs more recently than us. So there’s always that.
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Hey guys... what inning was Joe West's blown call?
I’m watching Jays in 30 on ROD and want to see that play since it’s not on MLB.com replays
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7th?
8th?
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7th
"They had players who had more hair on their backs than on their heads. Obviously they have more experience," Thomas Müller of Bayern Munich after losing against Inter Milan.
Weird... Jays in 30 skipped the 7th inning.
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
But really...
…just don’t watch it. It’s an abysmal call from an abysmal umpire that will just unnecessarily annoy you.
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"and he's Canadian"
stop it, zaun. thats a terrible reason to play him
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woww
damn you markakis.
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... go on please?
I’m at work with no radio or tv and gameday is too slow so I don’t really get a good idea of what happens
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If the Orioles lose today they’ll clinch their fourteenth straight non-winning season.
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They could go 28-0... right?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
honestly?
that was a strike?
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C;mon guys.
Gotta make bad pitchers throw more pitches than that.
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dang that was a boring inning
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OK we're looking at pitch 5....
At first I thought he called pitch 4 a strike
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
whoooooooooo boy
that was close
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Bones!!!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 12:49 PM EDT reply actions
ouch McCoy slammed hard
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Apparently there's a race starting tomorrow?
so a lot of the roads around the place are closed off (it took the team a long time to get there today). That may account for the lack of people
If you can't convince them, confuse them!
Beautiful AB by KJ
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KJKJKJKJKJKJKJ
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What's this? A hit by a 2B? Huzzah
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 12:58 PM EDT reply actions
Good to see Hill hit again.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice oppo field swing, Brett
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Nice hit Brett
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Unfortunately we can’t keep KJ because we have to move Lawrie back to 2nd, its his natural position
/jaystalk’d
I thought Lawrie was going to be the closer?
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Can't he do both?
Play 8 innings at second, then close it in the 9th. They can put a block of wood to cover second – not that it matters, since he’ll strike out the side on 9 pitches anyway.
The man in the white shirt.
He’ll actually pitch AND field 2nd at the same time… He’ll only throw 3 pitches each game inducing a ground ball to himself each time.
nah, he'll throw batting practice meatballs, let the hitter hit HR fly balls
and then run to the fence and bring it back it
Sad, Drunk, And Poorly
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL
Why even bother running, then?
I’m sure he can jump like Darryl Strawberry and snag it right out of the air.
The man in the white shirt.
Wow, that clip is actually on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-PgpbcLsiU
The man in the white shirt.
he's been hitting better lately
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yo yo
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left right left right left right
B A
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL
hahaha joe west
that wasn’t a strike?
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clearly
Sad, Drunk, And Poorly
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Not just that, Nova > Felix
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Nova > RRCJ
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
aaaah
hit a nice line drive
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Stupid BABIP
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damn babip'd that one
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O HAI DERE
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I was getting a sandwich but then I couldn’t eat it because it ALMOST KILLED ME.
They cut it with a knife that had peanut butter on it.
by leaflover4ever on Sep 1, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
you have allergies.
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the girl at the sandwich place.
I told her I was allergic to peanuts and she was like, “Ok” and then cut it with the same knife.
by leaflover4ever on Sep 1, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
she's an assasin
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Sounds like a sketchy place
If they’re using a dirty knife to cut your sandwich.
haha they were just really buys.
But yeah, I just ate around the edges where the knife didn’t touch it. No fun.
by leaflover4ever on Sep 1, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
So much for that 1.000 BA against LP
SSS joke
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mike carp
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Where was that pitch? The first pitch to Vlad looked like a strike
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions
sadly, I think it does
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craaaaap
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oh carp
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nice line drives
that was totally deserved
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noah syndergaard will replace perez
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he's a september call up
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lol he's joking
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yes
he’s too good for AA
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exactly
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ugh tom
you don’t know anything. always thinking you know more than pat
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because you can't drive in a guy from 3rd base with a K!
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2 out RBIs
that’s what managers love, they’re worth more than other kinds of runs
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2 out RBIs count for 3 runs
because they’re so clutch
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Earlier, I’m pretty sure he said that 5.5 and 4.6 runs per game is about the same.
Yeah.
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hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Excellent Slider
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:11 PM EDT reply actions
We’ll get to him. He’s lucky that he got out of the last inning unscathed, JP hit his last pitch hard.
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this place is actually PSA in disguise
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So when do September call ups actually happen?
Given that it’s September now. Will we find out after the game?
The man in the white shirt.
Wont come up until minor league season end
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don't bunt don't bunt don't bunt don't bunt don't bunt don't bunt don't bunt
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Having mike mccoy bat nine is like having 2 leadoff men back to back....
except, of course, one of them is barely a major leaguer.
I love buck
I blog, therefore I am.
OPS .638!!! Wooo!!!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
but speed makes everything better
i would know, i tried some.
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He did qualify it by saying "like"
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Having Buck Martinez and Pat Tabler is like having two great TV commentators
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
His OBP is surprisingly high.
But not that high.
by Shift on Sep 1, 2011 1:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
cool beans
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Yunel!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:18 PM EDT reply actions
Nice hit
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i prefer something straight back
and at a higher angle.
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really?
i love those. so easy to see the pitch movement
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what does that mean
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Gameday
No one helped me with the proxy stuff :( so I can’t use mlb.tv
what is proxy
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Well I'm blacked out
I’m trying to get around that.
I don't have the password for the account.
And I guessed too many times so now my dad needs to re-verify or whatever, i dunno.
I don't use one so couldn't sorry :-(
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
You can't get a badge for a single.
Perez needs a win and Frankie needs a save.
Yay a run
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lol did Pat talk about that in this series
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I didn’t see the middle game, but he didn’t mention it on Tuesday IIRC
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Clutch!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:20 PM EDT reply actions
man I'd love to ban that word...
I love when george steinbrenner is used to show it must be meaningful
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cooler beans
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Woo Jose
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lol
almost kileed 2nd base ump
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did you BAN all the gifster
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lol i was just joking but BBB 2 biggest gif guy are not here
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Dang Adam is so close all series
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Someone must have talked to Buck
At least he didn’t fake me out by calling like it was a HR
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:21 PM EDT reply actions
dang another line drive to Jones
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Hunter isn’t fooling anybody, it seems.
by Shift on Sep 1, 2011 1:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
BABIP giveth and taketh away
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:24 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
woooow
jeez
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Just checked in at CC
There’s barely anyone there. Yikes
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:26 PM EDT reply actions
Tough times, there were so much promise after the first 6 games
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Yeah. It's not like we haven't been there before.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
huh
funnilly enough, ricky hasn’t made progress at all peripheral wise. He’s actually worse this year than last.
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His past few starts have really hurt his peripherals.
2 starts ago I believe the difference was +0.1 K/9 and -0.25BB/9. Past 2 outings have been 6IP, 4BB, 2 and 3K.
by Playoffs!!!!1 on Sep 1, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
wow another hard hit line drive
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what.
catcher’s interfereance. are you fricking kidding me.
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Pat Tabler says
If you want to win in the Americal League East, you have to play well. You have to win in this league if you want to win in this division.
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basically says
i’m stupid
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damn you Joe West
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Fatman logo?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
what.......
WTF
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HONESTLY
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WEST
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Joe West is a moron
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:29 PM EDT reply actions
wow are you serious Joe
why dont you just the O’s the win
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There is blindness, and there is Joe West
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- Niels Bohr
Ther is blindness
then theres 50 feet of crap, then theres Joe West
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there's*
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wait
is it the stupid quick pitch ruling again?
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So KC can use it against us, but we can't use it against other teams?
Does not compute!
If Joe West said you quick pitched, you quick pitched.
What? You want to fight about it? You’re outta here!
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
The only thing quick about Joe West is when he goes to the Buffet
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
The only thing quick about Joe West is when he's in bed
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Ew
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Joe west is a moron
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If Luis throws sliders like that he's going to be a great LOOGY
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:31 PM EDT reply actions
Success! A Ground ball!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:31 PM EDT reply actions
Yes. Ugh
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
FFFUUUUUUUUU
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ruh roh..
doesn’t look good…
why haven’t we called up any extras for the bullpen?
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Carlos V should be up here
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh,
misread that. Thought you meant get someone pitching for Perez. But, you know, same diff.
by PaulverizeAll! on Sep 1, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
which ones are those?
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Hill highlight...
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18675737&partnerId=aw-8792127917471095892-996
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still a gold glover
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I'm so happy that the fans are happy with him and Mac
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Should have gone all Rauch
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm still thinking it is more likely time out was called, but I hvae no idea
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niiiice
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BEAST
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Natural Cycle for Brett?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:36 PM EDT reply actions
No problem.
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FIgure that's a triple for Lawrie if it stays in?
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nah
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atta boy JPA!
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phew
that was a screaming line drive
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BABIP Smiled on JP this AB
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:38 PM EDT reply actions
JP doesn't always drink beer
But when he does, he prefers Dos Equis
coolest beans
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Was Molina's "Thank You": Tweet ever get explaine?
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great throw, Reimold
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:39 PM EDT reply actions
I love hits!
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Yay
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no batting practice?
maybe thats the answer
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facing Jo Jo and Hunter is batting practice
by Sniderlover on Sep 1, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Only 10 qualified batters have a BB/K > 1 in 2011: Rollins, Pujols, Pierre, Pedroia, Kinsler, Fielder, Callaspo, Cabrera, Berkman, Bautista
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
2:3? 1:1?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
anywhere from 7% to 15% is good for BB%
anywhere from 10% to 20% is okay for K%
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Jose Bautista
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The worst thing about elections is commercials.
But then I hate every commercial on TV right now except the dancing flower one.
yup
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What else could it be?
He didn’t hit JP’s glove, and the only other thing that was unusual about the situation was the quick pitch. I’m not an expert on MLB rules so is there anything else that it could be?
Great play
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Call that grab by Lawrie back, Joe West
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:44 PM EDT reply actions
Layin' down the Lawrie
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he's so good
he should be playing second!!
/ducks
destined for the outfield
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but yeah I have a crush on JP, not Lawrie
by leaflover4ever on Sep 1, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Yay Jays Talk. The smartest callers/fans on the planet.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
you don't think he'll move to the outfield when he's older?
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early 30s?
i just don’t see it. Not a scout, but just a feeling
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gah
just over the wall
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I think I saw strike 3 there
What does Gameday say?
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Guerrero is still a beast
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Crushed by Vlad. Rarer than they used to be
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:47 PM EDT reply actions
well, jeez guys
if he threw the changeup, and guerrero missed on it, you wouldn’t say nothing.
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and that was plenty down
it was inches off the ground
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Vladdy’s home-run trot looked about the same as when he was running into second on a double.
by Shift on Sep 1, 2011 1:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Good afternoon
looks like I missed some fun
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Jeez exact same spot
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:49 PM EDT reply actions
this is all zaun's fault
he wanted perez in the 2012 rotation
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Really?
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- Niels Bohr
jays connected
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why is Romero's xFIP so much worse than last year
despite nearly identical peripherals?
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less grounders
more walks, less Ks
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grounders doesn't affect xFIP
besides that’s he’s walking fewer while King fewer
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right
doesn’t FB% affect xFIP? it assumes 10 or 11 HR/FB%, right?
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9.5
it’s been low the past few years. but 0.5% GBs and nearly identical peripherals shouldn’t result in 0.2 higher xFIP, should it?
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i think it uses FB%
his FB% is 5.5% higher this season
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how does what work at all?
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less LD
a lot less
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that's funny
his xFIP is punishing him for low LDs because they’ve turned into FBs
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the formula works though
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didn't say it doesn't
just funny that his ERA goes down but xFIP goes up
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That should be a good thing....
He’s getting hit alot less hard
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yes, but FB go for HR more than LD
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I'll take the less hits
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His GB rate is around his career average
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sure
but LD rate is entirely out of control of the pitcher in any reasonably large sample
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his LD rate
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Too many flyballs
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Another wicked slider
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:51 PM EDT reply actions
Where was that?
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Same location, called a strike
Oh Joe
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I think it would cause a singularity
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Every pitch would be both a ball and a strike at the same time
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 1, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
every pitch is… until you look… and change it
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With Joe, it is
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Joe West really sucks. That was a damn strike
Have another doughnut you dumbass
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:53 PM EDT reply actions
Watching Joe West Angries up the blood
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
that was the exact same location
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Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
but I don’t, and they should know that.
by leaflover4ever on Sep 1, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
lots of people would ask
why does sportsnet think I want to watch the Blue Jays?
Joe West's umpiring
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by Frag on Sep 1, 2011 1:56 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
make it green
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Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
on slomo replay
he may have actually been safe. i think the ball beat him by enough that he should’ve been called out, but I’m not actually sure he got the tag down
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8th Series, Pat?
5th Series, actually
If it were 8 series against the Woes, the Jays would be 10 games over .500
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 1:58 PM EDT reply actions
good thing, then
that we have 1-6-7-8-9 hitters to pick up the slack when the other guys aren’t doing it today.
Wow 19 games vs the East
can we do it, can we get a protected pick
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Maybe
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
lol that applies to all TO sports team
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Strangely the teams that should (Leafs)... don't
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I just hope the Raptors do it properly lol
TFC is a mess, so forget about them
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Where was that?
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The Joe West Zone. Sort of like the Twilight Zone
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
The O’s lineup is weird. Andino and Markakis are both too high in the order, no?
by Shift on Sep 1, 2011 2:05 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
No. They don't justify being in the middle of the lineup
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Good inning
Do you have a young, talented cost controlled player having a down year who's "attitude" has cased problems with an aging player or manager?
Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
BABIPed.
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 1, 2011 2:05 PM EDT reply actions
god, i'm sleepy
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