Oh Scutaro...

This was tough....I mean really tough. This game seemed like a shoe in from the beginning. Oakland had some newbie pitching his first MLB game and the Jays were looking to keep the runs rolling and bouncing back from the loss the previous night.
As you may know...they lost.
 
And this time I will point fingers. Before I have been nice and have said that it wasn't certain players but the team as a whole. This time it was just one player.
 
Marco Scutaro.
 
He could have gone for the inning ending double play...at least tried for it...but he decided to maybe play hero and throw the pitch home. Even though he completely threw it away. The A's scored two more and the Jays never came back.

 Scuty...Don't Be A Hero...

 

The best part of this loss and the others this season (best part?) is that they have never been any blow outs so far. There was Hill's fumble in the first loss, Down's deja vu fumble in the second, and now Jeremy Accardo pretty much blowing the last two. Both in the ninth. The team somehow needs to work under pressure and just get the job done. Yes I know it is easy for me to say, as I am just a fan from the stands. We are keeping it close, it just seems that one more thing needs to click and who knows what will happen then.

Plus of the day? Our batters walking nine times. I just wish we could have done something when we had loaded the bases a couple of times. Still though good eyes guys...keep it up.

Down side?...I don't have to tell you...

We swept the defending World Series Champions and we can't even beat the A's. I had predicted that we would go 4-2 against the A's and Rangers in these two series. Well so far we have gone 0-2. So here's to a four game streak!

Shawn Marcum is up for us tomorrow and personally I like him better then Dustin McGowan. Don't get me wrong I like ol' Dusty, I just think Marcum is more of a complete pitcher. Dusty pitched well today but obviously it wasn't enough.

One last thought...my grandfather is quite sick in the hospital and it is not looking well. I wish I could be there with him but he lives a fair distance away. He is the main reason I ever started liking the Jays. Without him who knows what I would like. He is in my thoughts and my heart and I wish for a speedy recovery.

-Stanton X

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I wish your grandfather well. The joy of baseball is the memories that it allows us to share with family and friends.

Eckstein's range is horrible. Scutaro's bat doesn't warrant the decision to start him instead of Johnnie Mac.

Don't you think he MUST start at 3rd tonight?

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By 2008jaysplayoffrun on April 10, 2008 10:58 AM
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Thank you for your wishes. As of right now he is still in stable condition.
Yes Eckstein range is bad...Johnnie Mac is of course a much better fielder. Only a couple of day ago he made an outstanding play. But where Eckstein lacks in glove he makes up for it with the bat and speed. So what I am hoping is that Gibbons decides to place Mac at third and give Scutaro the day off. Or a couple of days off.
Really though I would just like to see Scott Rolen start.

By Stanton X on April 10, 2008 11:24 AM
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