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The Jays are in the South Side of Chicago to take on the other MLB team named after socks (and one which we despise less).
If you missed all the Spider Tack controversy in the past couple days, Gerrit Cole was asked if he has ever used it today:
here's gerrit cole's response when asked point blank if he has ever used spider tack, one of the sticky substances baseball is looking to crack down on pic.twitter.com/rKFOksIDoW
— Matthew Roberson (@mroberson22) June 8, 2021
The fallout of all this should be...interesting.
On a more exciting note, Riley Adams will be making his major league debut tonight as Danny Jansen has been placed on the injured list with a hamstring strain. Here are tonight’s lineups. Espinal gets a start at 3rd, Davis in center and Adams as catcher as the Jays throw out an all righty lineup:
Poll
How many games will the Jays win in this series?
This poll is closed
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6%
0
(5 votes) -
30%
1
(22 votes) -
44%
2
(32 votes) -
18%
All 3!
(13 votes)
Poll
How many times will Riley Adams reach first safely in his debut?
This poll is closed
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17%
0
(11 votes) -
50%
1
(31 votes) -
22%
2
(14 votes) -
9%
3!
(6 votes)
Poll
Will Adams get his first MLB hit tonight?
This poll is closed
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40%
Yep!
(27 votes) -
36%
Yep, and it’ll be for extra bases!
(24 votes) -
22%
Nah
(15 votes)
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