Baseball

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

As long as they are still playing meaningful baseball in the latter days of the summer, I will be happy.

There is the big unknown. The Jays have too often had a tendency to quit playing baseball in late summer.

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Originally Posted by ila

There is the big unknown. The Jays have too often had a tendency to quit playing baseball in late summer.

True, but you must understand that as the opening of hockey season looms they are called upon to teach their city-mates, the Maple Leafs, their work ethic.

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Apropos of the Toronto Blue Jays, and on a more serious note than my post above, it is worth noting that soon the team's management will find itself at the proverbial fork in the road. Specifically, in what shadows correctly identified as a "rebuilding" year, the trading deadline of July 31 looms. Does the team decide that it is hopelessly out of contention and choose to keep building its arsenal of young players by trading a few veterans (Overbay, Bautista, Gonzalez, and McDonald come to mind), or does it go for broke and try to bring in some "rented" players to help make a run at the Wild Card in the American League. It is an unenviable position in which to be.

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^ I would like to see Toronto make the playoffs legitimately rather than make it in because of the wild card spot.

[transjen]

Went to the Phillies Reds game tonight and i'm glad i stayed for the whole game, yes i was templed to leave early as it was an ugly game from the start and going in to the bottom of the *9th it was 7 to 1 in favor of the Reds but My Phillies came back to tie it and took it to extra innings and Howard hit a walkoff HR in the 10th to win it 9 to 7, So this Jerseygirl had a good time at the park tonight even after suffering thru 8 innings but the end was worth it
Jerseygirl Jen

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Originally Posted by transjen

Went to the Phillies Reds game tonight and i'm glad i stayed for the whole game, yes i was templed to leave early as it was an ugly game from the start and going in to the bottom of the *9th it was 7 to 1 in favor of the Reds but My Phillies came back to tie it and took it to extra innings and Howard hit a walkoff HR in the 10th to win it 9 to 7, So this Jerseygirl had a good time at the park tonight even after suffering thru 8 innings but the end was worth it
Jerseygirl Jen

I'm glad you had a good time, Jen, and nice to see you posting.

My rule is: never leave early, even if the people you're with are ready to drag you out of the park!

[ila]

Just for you, smc. With thanks to the comic strip Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller.