Oh Scutaro…
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
Welcome Fellow Baseball Bloggers…
I started this blog a couple of weeks ago on a different site. But obviously I wanted a bit more exposure so I have moved all of my older entries into here.
From now on I will be updating regularly on MLBlogs.com so thanks for checking it out. Feedback whether it be positive or negative is always welcomed.
-Stanton X
First Of Many Forgettable Days…
So off to work I went. Only to discover that there was very few people I actually enjoyed working with…working. What a crappy day thus far. After an hour my manager came up to me to tell the Jays were already down 3-0.
Crap.
As you may or may not know…the Jays lost. It seemed to be a constant struggle all game. They would give up the lead then tie it …only to give it up again. Until finally the A’s kept the lead by scoring a run in the top of the ninth. Plus side? Frank Thomas, Aaron Hill, and Vernon Wells all getting home runs. This really shows that our bats are swinging.
Down side? The bullpen continually giving up runs. Yes it’s one game so hopefully this doesn’t continue for the whole season. These types of games are to be expected.
The thing that bothers me the most…is how we sweep the defending World Series Champions…then lose to Oakland. Our next five games are against the A’s and the Rangers so we better take advantage of these “weaker” teams and go at least 4-1.
Other note….the NHL playoffs are about to start and I could care less. The playoffs go on for way to long for me. My buddy Mike wants to watch the first game between the Penguins and the Sens. But obviously I want to watch McGowan and the Jays.
We’ll see what happens.
-Stanton X
Accardo and The Brooms…
Just a shame…
Gasp!!! Get rid of Ryan? How dare you say that!! Ryan is one of the key parts to this organization….Blah Blah Blah.
Accardo has shown us that he can be very reliable in the position and I have no reason to doubt that he will only get better. Especially if he is shutting down teams such as the Yankees and the Red Sox. We could get a lot of good players if we traded Ryan.
But I am sounding too negative so here’s hoping that when he comes back we see the Ryan of old.
-Stanton X
This Is What We Have Been Waiting For…
Thank the baseball gods…
This is what I have been expecting since the season started. Let’s keep this train rolling for today and the rest of the year. Everything seems to be clicking right now….we are getting quality pitching….offence will hopefully continue to explode….what the? we are stealing more?….crazy….and fielding is doing awesome as well.
Especially Marco Scuturo. He has made two great plays in the last two games. Rolen better keep up that pace when he returns.
Another amazing is coming our way in about seven minutes as it is Roy Halladay versus Josh Beckett. The Jays better score some runs this time.
Speaking of run scoring the Jays have only allowed 13 runs in five games. And they have the best era in the American League at 2.72.
Here’s hoping to continuing that domination.
-Stanton X
Didn’t We Arleady Lose Like This….
And before we all go and point fingers…we shouldn’t. Yes the Jays did lose due to the Downs play. But it’s not like he blew a 10-10 tie in the bottom of the ninth. The highlight of the game? Seeing another Jays starter have a decent start. But of course it was spoiled by one small error…ugh this better not start a trend…
Not His Fault Either….All I wanted was the Jays to win this opening series. Whether it be a sweep or two out of three. But I guess you can’t get’em all. I really hope we don’t see this same inconsistency all season. I want our offence to show up everyday.
Much like the season opener I will be missing the home opener against the
Red Sox tonight. I will try and watch it whenever I can at work but it won’t be the same just watching it at home on my couch.O well I will get to see the weekend games.
-Stanton X
So It Begins…
This is really all leading up to my thoughts for last night’s opening game.
But lets start with how it all began….
Some of you may know that I had to work and would miss the first half of the game. I was quite down that I was missing this historic event but what can ya do? Anyways during short breaks at work I would check the game to see the score. At first I was quite displeased as all they were showing were some not so amazing highlights from the Yankees centre fielder Milky Cabrera. But the box score popped up to show that the game was tied at 1-1. “Dang I’m missing a pitching duel”, is really the only thing I could think of.
Luckily work was dead so I was able to sneak out early. Called my buddy Mike (who I’m sure I will mention numerous times in the coming months) and headed on over to his place to watch the rest. He told me that the Jays were up by a run. Oh the excitement.
Once there we sat down to enjoy the rest of the game. Or tried to…..
Not much happened except aforementioned Cabrera tied the game with a solo blast. It’s ok the game is just tied. The Jays can take the lead again. Fast forward to the bottom of the seventh. Halladay is still pitching great but runs into a little bit of a snag. Then black. Literally. The screen went black. There was still audio but no video. Whatever they will have this fixed in no time.
They didn’t. Not right away at least.
The game went to commercials so they could fix the problem. And of course the ads seemed to take forever. Once the feed came back on though we saw what was not a very pleasant sight.
Bases loaded….one out. The game was on TSN with Rod Black announcing. He informed they were going to show us what we had just missed. This should be good. For anyone who knows Halladay as a pitcher you show know that he induces lots of ground balls. Which is good for this situation because they could easily get a double play. Well there was that chance but somehow the Jays managed to screw it up. Now they only showed us the highlight once but from what we saw was a ground ball which was fielded by David Eckstein. He was in perfect position to tag the runner and throw to first for a DP. But for some reason he doesn’t tag the runner. Which lead to just the first out. Like I said they only showed us the replay once so it was hard to judge what had happened. I don’t remember how it happened but the Jays then loaded up the bases. But wait whats this? Another ground ball! Yes the Jays will get out of this jam and move on into the eighth. But wait what??? Aaron Hill fumbles the ball and only gets the runner at second which lets in the go ahead run.
Yankees go on to win 3-2.
And you probably know the rest we were irate with Hill for screwing up. But when I look back now it was not his fault for them losing the game. How about only six hits when this team should have an explosive offence. The Jays could have lost 8-7 or even 12-11 and you can’t really blame Hill for messing up. Looking back on the play now, he had to kind of back hand awkwardly so maybe it was difficult to field. Not to mention, but Vernon Wells went 0-4 with a strikeout and left four men stranded. How do these things happen?
Not His Fault
I just feel bad how the Jays always blow a great start for Halladay. When he gets a loss it’s rarely his fault.
Yes I know it’s just game one. But this could be a very good example of how the rest of the season is going to turn out.
And one last thought…I hate Joba Chamberlain.
-Stanton X
Who Really Tapes Anymore?
But Stanton X what if they are losing…badly?
Who cares? I miss watching games and who knows maybe there will be some crazy comeback. But of course hopefully they won’t be losing and we won’t have to worry about comebacks and such.
I mentioned yesterday how I watched the Royals versus the Tigers. And I said that this was odd because really it’s two random teams that are not even in our division. But I said that the game was more entertaining then I thought. The game went into extras with the Royals winning. I like cheering for the underdog because I’m pretty sure everyone had pegged the Tigers to win.
You have to know something about me though. I really don’t watch much sports besides Jays and Raptors games. I seem to get bored easily (Thanks A.D.D.) and find myself watching something else and occasionally tuning back to the game. But for some odd reason I found myself watching this one. I have always enjoyed baseball but have never really got into watching just some game where the Jays aren’t playing. What was weirder is that I also watched the last inning of the Pirates and Braves game. These teams are not even in the same league!
Something I think sparked this winter and I seem to have this new fascination with the rest of baseball. I just don’t care how the Jays do I care how other teams are doing.
Of course I will never love another team as much as I do the Jays. Those our my boys for life. I think it’s great that I have this new appreciation for other clubs. Don’t you?
This is going to be a great season, hopefully for the Jays and all of baseball.
I hope you all enjoy the game tonight. O yeah…I thought about taping it but really come on…when would I watch it?
-Stanton X
Rain Rain Go Away Come Again Some Other Opening Day…
Now up until this point, I had been wondering if Sportsnet was going to bring back another edition of “The Season”. Anyone who watches the Jays regularly knows of this show. For those who don’t let me quickly explain. It’s basically a weekly documentary on the Jays as they progress through the season. I enjoyed last year’s shows but was mildly concerned thinking that they were not going to be bringing it back.
This was put to rest as Campbell announced that as filler for the “short rain delay”, they would be showing the new season of “The Season”. (I think the official title is something like “The Season: ’08 Jays”…or something like that.)
So being disappointed that we may have to wait a couple of minutes for things to get rolling we didn’t mind watching this. This episode showcased B.J. Ryan’s recovery and a short profile on Alex Rios. Which in this episode he was named Prince Rios. I’ll announce right here…that is now his official title. The episode was decent…pretty much what you would expect from the show.
So 12:30 rolls around and Campbell and Pat Tabler come back on….And nothing has changed. Ugh…Campbell informs us again that they haven’t decided on starting it yet. So we get another little show called “Jays Connected”…which I find is essentially the same thing as “The Season”.
At this point we have gotten kind of frustrated. It has been almost an hour and still no Halladay…no Wells…no start to the season. To make things slightly more frustrating for my friend and I he had to leave to go back to school. I assured him that the game would start at one…it didn’t. Campbell told us once again that we would have to wait a bit longer. But seeing as how they had presented us all they could for Blue Jay programs, what else could they possibly show?
How bout Royals versus Tigers….hmmm at first this seemed lame but once I saw how stacked the Tigers had become over the off-season it became a lot more entertaining.
And just a quick note…I said the other day that Chicago had picked up Dontrelle Willis…why I said this I have know idea…must have been a brain fart….gross…
Not on Chicago…
After an inning or two my good ol’pal had to take off. We joked that the moment he left the game would start. Isn’t that always the way? Unfortunately the game didn’t start but the complete opposite happened….
It was cancelled….
Ugh. O well. What can you do eh? And to much of my dismay the game was rescheduled for Tuesday at 6:00. Right when I’m working.
Even though I won’t get to see the final opening day game at Yankee Stadium, I can at least say I tried.
Guess my first game will come on Wednesday.
-Stanton X
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