Baseball

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Originally Posted by shadows

Are there any other baseball teams that are followed by anyone here?

Surprisingly I follow the Jays (the only Toronto team that I do cheer for). I do occasionally watch out for Minnesota, but I'm not a dedicated follower.

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Originally Posted by ila

Surprisingly I follow the Jays (the only Toronto team that I do cheer for). I do occasionally watch out for Minnesota, but I'm not a dedicated follower.

Sweet! Another Jays fan. It will be nice to talk about them with a fellow fan.

They won again today, beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-0! Dana Eveland pitched great for the Jays, only allowing 5 hits in 7 1/3 innings. He allowed 2 walks and had 2 strikeouts. Not bad for basically picking him up from Oakland in February for cash.

Toronto is now 4-1 for the season. I will take it while it lasts.

Boston had a good game as well. They beat a very tough pitcher in Zack Greinke(the Cy Young winner for the AL last season)! Josh Beckett pitched well, allowing 3 runs in 7 innings of work. He allowed nine hits, 1 walk, and had 4 strikeouts. David Ortiz did not play in the game. Greinke now has a very lofty ERA of 3.55! Last season he was 16-8, had 242 strikeouts, only gave up 11 homeruns in 229.1 innings pitched, only gave up 51 walks, and had an ERA of 2.16. Now you know why I called 3.55 a lofty ERA. The Red Sox won 8-3.

The Yankees unfortunately creamed the Rays 10-0. At least CC Sabathia lost his no-hit bid. The Rays only ended up getting two hits in total. Ugly game for them. Teixeira finally hit the ball and ended up 3-4. I was hoping for another hitless game from him.

Atlanta beat San Francisco 7-2, handing the Giants their first loss of the season. Jason Heyward was 3-3 with a homerun and 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia beat Houston 9-6. Houston is now the only team without a win, sitting at 0-5 to start the season.

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Here's an interesting baseball "factoid" from yesterday's games:

The Tigers became only the second team since 1986 to win a 9-inning game while stranding at least 18 runners. 18!! For Detroit, it's the most men left on base since 1920.

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Damn it! The Jays had a 7-6 lead in the top of the 9th and Frasor blew it again! I like Frasor as a pitcher, but I don't think he has what it takes to be a closer.

And how many fking chances is Gaston going to give Overbay? Randy Ruiz showed last season that he can hit the ball, so why not stick him at first base for a game or two so Overbay can wake the up!

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Originally Posted by shadows

And how many fking chances is Gaston going to give Overbay? Randy Ruiz showed last season that he can hit the ball, so why not stick him at first base for a game or two so Overbay can wake the up!

Boo hoo! You think your team has problems like this? In a few months, the Jays will be so out of the pennant race that it won't matter if they dig up my grandmother and play her at first base.

My team, though, which will be in the hunt, has the David Ortiz problem and a good substitute DH on the bench. Look at Ortiz so far this season. Frightening.

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Originally Posted by smc

Boo hoo! You think your team has problems like this? In a few months, the Jays will be so out of the pennant race that it won't matter if they dig up my grandmother and play her at first base.

My team, though, which will be in the hunt, has the David Ortiz problem and a good substitute DH on the bench. Look at Ortiz so far this season. Frightening.

Boo hoo indeed! I want my beloved Jays to win as many games as possible before the inevitable collapse and playing Ruiz could help with that.

Ortiz could always go ballistic on the reporters again. That seemed to get him fired up so he could go 1-4 each of the next two games.

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Originally Posted by shadows

Boo hoo indeed! I want my beloved Jays to win as many games as possible before the inevitable collapse and playing Ruiz could help with that.

Ortiz could always go ballistic on the reporters again. That seemed to get him fired up so he could go 1-4 each of the next two games.

Who wants to bet that Ortiz sets a Major League record for leaving men on base in a single game before Francona benches him?

In this picture, Big Papi is saying, "Please, Manny, come back so that your asinine shenanigans and bad clubhouse behavior can mask my weaknesses at the plate. Please. Pretty please."

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Originally Posted by shadows

Damn it! The Jays had a 7-6 lead in the top of the 9th and Frasor blew it again! I like Frasor as a pitcher, but I don't think he has what it takes to be a closer.

And how many fking chances is Gaston going to give Overbay? Randy Ruiz showed last season that he can hit the ball, so why not stick him at first base for a game or two so Overbay can wake the up!

The Jays will have to be banned from playing at home this year. It was a fantastic start to the season until they played their home opener.

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Originally Posted by ila

The Jays will have to be banned from playing at home this year. It was a fantastic start to the season until they played their home opener.

Well, they played well tonight. Ricky Romero was mowing the White Sox players like so much chafe! He had a career high 12 strikeouts and was going for a no-hitter! Alas, Rios(of all people!!!!) hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 8th to ruin it. Romero ended up going 8 innings and giving up only that one hit.

Toronto won the game 4-2 to improve to 6-2. Not too shabby.

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Originally Posted by shadows

Damn it! The Jays had a 7-6 lead in the top of the 9th and Frasor blew it again! I like Frasor as a pitcher, but I don't think he has what it takes to be a closer.

And how many fking chances is Gaston going to give Overbay? Randy Ruiz showed last season that he can hit the ball, so why not stick him at first base for a game or two so Overbay can wake the up!

I know how you feel awhile back when Larry Bowa was managing the Phillies they would be up in the ninth inning with a 3 run lead and Bowa would call for a smuck named Mesa and the Phillies would lose by 2

Philliefan Jen

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Originally Posted by transjen

I know how you feel awhile back when Larry Bowa was managing the Phillies they would be up in the ninth inning with a 3 run lead and Bowa would call for a smuck named Mesa and the Phillies would lose by 2

Philliefan Jen

I remember watching and/or reading about the "highlights" from those games. Not pretty.

I remember the Miguel Batista era....talk about putrid! The guy always had the "deer in the headlights" look on his face whenever he went out there for a save attempt. I thought he was either going to keel over dead from a heart attack or crap his drawers!