All Rod. All Night.
Are you as nervous about Sunday's rubber match between the Phillies and Jays as I am? I'm pretty confident that the Jays can pull this one out-- thus saving us from having to make reference to Hall and Oates in every post for a week-- but that doesn't mean I won't be on the edge of my seat.
Fuck. These stakes are too high for my nerves to take!
But thankfully, on Saturday there was the Captain. Captain Barajas, that is-- which I thought was a particularly stupid nickname for the guy when I first heard Wilner use it, yet now I find myself using it all the time-- shoving the boos right back down the throats of the Phillies fans.
Those irritable fucks (but who wouldn't be, having to live in Philadelphia and all?) actually booed him during a spring training game this year, so the grand slam must have tasted a little fucking sweet. It would have been a perfect game for ol' Rod, of course, if he hadn't muffed a Benitez pitch in the seventh by not getting down to block it, but I guess I shouldn't shit on him too much...
Hmmm... maybe we should start booing him here.
Speaking of Wilner...
In case you've missed it, the Fan590 has finally started JaysTalk available on the web. Right now it looks like just a stream, with no link that will let you download it, but a nifty combination of Firefox and Download Helper will fix that.
Wilner nailing it, of course, isn't the only bit of radio magic that Jays fans can enjoy on their computers or portable mp3 thingys. Our latest podcast for The Score is on schedule to be recorded Sunday night, with our guests Bill Baer of Phillies blog Crashburn Alley, and Jon Hale of the Mockingbird.
We'll let you know as soon as the Score posts it-- and don't forget that you can email us at drunkjaysfans@thescore.com if you'd like us to mangle your name on air, or simply point out that we suck and continue to say "um" and "ah" too damn much.
Somewhat Quickly
Stolen straight from the comments section of Wilner's blog, here is an analysis of BJ Ryan's pitching mechanics that suggests shoulder troubles are on the horizon. It's by some dude named Chris O'Leary who is definitely not a doctor, and who claims to be a consultant on this stuff for major league teams (though which ones, he conveniently won't say). Interesting analysis, even if it kinda smells like the guy might be completely talking out his ass.
Awesomeness from the Toronto Star's blog on Friday, when Cathal Kelly informed Gibbers that President Bush had mentioned Roy Halladay as the first pitcher he'd start a team with. . .
The person who seemed really excited was clubhouse Bush booster John Gibbons. When I told him about it, Gibbons' eyes lit up and he burst out, "Good for George!"
Then he started hollering for Halladay, who was loitering in the hall outside his office with the other pitchers waiting to do their pre-series slide show about the Phillies.
"Doc! DOOOOC!" Gibbons hollered, making the pitchers skittish. They're not used to being hollered at by Gibbons. Halladay actually jogged into the room.
"Tell him," Gibbons said to me excitedly.
But Halladay already knew. His agent emailed him the text from the politico.com.
"Yeah, that's cool," Halladay said.
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1st again, I rule.
anyhoo... Barajas starting a day game after a night game. I bet Zauny is thrilled.
I know I'm not.
If Barajas was as focused on pitches in the dirt is he is on that Overbay high five, maybe he wouldn't suck so much ass as a backcatcher.
what is a "backcatcher?"
while I agree with the previous comment, isn't it time to ban anonymous comments?
I mean, we don't need your fucking name, date of birth, or current address. I think though, if you're going to talk shit, back it up with a persona.
Case and point... you don't know who I am, but you know my name is Josh and that I use and wheelchair.
Also, my profile pic gives a clue that I once fell from my chair. It really sucked by the way.
In conclusion: anonymous has no penis.
Every time BJ winds up, I cringe. At least now I know why. We're approaching the mid point of his contract and I'm struggling to convince myself he's going to pitch as many innings in the next 2.5 years. I just hope this dude is actually talking out of his ass... he either isn't or he's standing up because I don't hear any mumbling.
That's 4 times Rockin' Rod Roddie threw it to the other side of the base.
Dude... nobodies comin from 3rd... runners go the other way.
Howard got into that one... is rainin there too... joy...
why did they even start this game? stupid fucks
yeah eh... at least there's hockey on.
Heatly, Nash, and Getzlaf should be classified as a weapon of mass destruction.
I read someone (forget who) mention that if the Jays are out of it by the deadline, they should look into trading the Beej. Parkes vehemently disagreed, but my take was basically that as much as I fucking love the Beej, you'd probably net a lot more for him than, say, AJ. I think you could totally make it worth your while in terms of prospects, and then free up some budget in the process. I bet they'd never do it, but it's an interesting idea...
Re anonymous comments: We're definitely not going to shut it down to the point where you'd need to register or have some kind of a profile to comment, so... there's really not much point that I see to force someone to name themselves in each post. Plus, to me it's a good indicator of how seriously to take someone or how to respond.
If the Beej is sporting an ERA of less than 1 with lots of saves then why not? I'd rather trade Lind for Dunn and then sign him to an extension. Then when Snider shows up we can move Dunn to DH and have a Wells Rios Snider outfield. Swooooon.
Fucking A. Way to get off the snide with RISP, O-bay.
When will Wilkerson be dumped? he simply sucks beyond belief...
JASON FUCKING FRASOR!!!!?????!!!?!?!
Yeah... kid throws gas and when he's on he's not terrible.
The Greatest Blue Jay Ever. Ever. just missed that one. I'm glad my league counts IBB. Hope this hurts them.
BONERIFFIC!!!!
REED JOHNSON!!!!
This just was not happening three weeks ago. Fuck... it's too nice. I was too used to thinking that a 3 run deficit was too big to overcome.
I was thinking that in the 4th today. Rockin Rod Roddie!
AWESOME ASHBY BURN OF BURNETT!
Jerry: ... and AJ Burnett said of Barajas, I'm on the same page as him all the time.
Alan: I don't know if Rod should take that as a compliment!
Oh joy,.... another delay. At least this game is official now.
Does someone want to tell my why you go with Carlson *AGAIN*, and burn another bullpen arm, just before a rain delay (Note: Anyone with access to weather.com would have known that t-storms were maybe 5 min away)? Besides, I think Frasor deserved a chance to get out of the inning. It's not like he could have done worse than 2B and BB. Get ready for Benitez after the rain. Lolz.
Yeah, but this game can't be called. They would have to suspend it since they didn't complete the inning yet.
Exactly. This game is going to get completed and the good guys are down to Benitez, Downs and Ryan. Since Burrell is due up, guess who is coming in? Yup. Armando fucking Benitez. The thought of a meatball down the pipe with 2 on makes me physically ill.
So i guess Doc won't be starting on tuesday now...
My bad. Doc comes in and slams the door. Simply awesome. Am I allowed to say playoffs?
I'm hoping that this will be treated as throwing on an off day. We need Halliday in Anaheim, or Los Angeles, or wherever the fuck the Angels play.
Jesus. Game is in Toronto. Wow. I am off today. I need to stay off the bottle.
they will play in Toronto - I assume that he will go for a few innings and it will push him back one day. McGowan on Tuesday - Halladay on Wednesday - and I would love to see Marcum come back on Thursday.
DOC ..bush wants you as his pitcher...LOL.....burrell eats bush.
well Bush sure as shit aint going to take Rod Barajas as his catcher...he is Mexicano
I think they said Marcum will now go on Tuesday. Or I just fully misheard that, I don't know.
I wouldn't be suprised to see Doc go another inning then turn it to Downs to close it out if they don't add on.
FYI
Halladay's first, last and only save was in 1999.
He did.. and he did. Scroll down there Jamie, it's on Baseball Reference.
Halladay has a career batting avg of .091
With the 3 hours of rain delays I haven't been paying too close attention to this game.
That said, why is Halladay pitching, and why did Marcum not pitch after the first delay?
Andrew, why Downs in the ninth?
o'bay is a damn good fielder, way underrated
I thought Beej worked 2 days in a row... never mind the man behind the curtain.
Jason Giambi would have never pulled that off.
anonymous @ 7:04.
Re: Why is Halladay pitching?
Would you have preferred to see benetiz come in?
That's why they call him Pat The Bat. Unless I'm not hearing about his off field exploits.
Ok, that was the funniest thing I've see today.
what does every fan left get a cameo now.
PLLLLAAAYYYYYOOFFFSSSSS
suprised Bush didnt choose Wang as his pitcher? Pat the Bat would tap that!
500!
Man, Roy Halladay has fallen on hard times. With a 4 - 5 record, he's been demoted to the bullpen. Good performance for him to get back on track.
- Phillies broadcasters.
Anyways, Burnett should be shamed by Halladay's toughness. If only Burnett has an ounce of Eckstein's grit he would be a great pitcher.
Ok, now I know they don't know the first thing about Litsch, but did they seriously say that about Doc?
And if you took that ounce from Eckstien, he'd have nothing left.
they didn't, but there were sooooo many errors in the series by them
And now Joe Morgan is commenting on this game. My ironic error meter is going to assplode.
"That's why they call him Pat The Bat. Unless I'm not hearing about his off field exploits."
Pat Burrell was once overheard yelling 'your pussy is jealous' while, presumably, fucking a girl in the ass in a hotel room.
what did Morgan have to say?
This and that... It was funny to hear him say the young pitching there failed without sounding negative. Then he looked at the 0-7 combined record and spouted "Well we all know what these win loss records mean and they could just as easily be 5-0". He was also going nuts about consistency and intangibles and why the Mets have sucked since last July.
It wasn't epic Joe Morgan.. I go to www.firejoemorgan.com for that.
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