This Image Would Make a Lot More Sense if Thomas Was Still Here (But Still Really Not All That Much)
Got home last night and had to frantically MacGyver the lock on my bathroom door just to take a piss, because it was locked shut, even though nobody was home or in there. Not really sure how that happened, or how I managed not to piss myself, but it turns out I'm pretty nails when it comes to lock picking. Who knew?
I mention this because it didn't even phase me to have to go through all that, having just witnessed the Jays finally fucking hit the way they're capable... at least for an inning. PLAYOFFS!
So that's what they look like when they're not strolling to the plate with the weight of the game, the season, the fans' ire and their manager's job on their shoulders. Not bad.
I was going to mention how this little outburst snapped the Jays' streak of twenty fucking games where they hadn't scored more than five runs, but then our friends the Tao of Stieb not only beat me to the punch, but also pointed out that the last team to have that kind of streak was the 43-win Tigers of 2003 (though I can only count a fourteen game streak in their game logs). Holy shit!
I guess it's all the more reason to marvel at what this pitching staff has been doing. And it really is the whole staff you need to have in mind when saying stuff like that (yes, even AJ). I mean, as spectacular as Marcum was Wednesday night, these guys have all somehow been turning in performances like that all season. Marcum may have taken it up a notch, but everybody's been gold. And frankly, I always feel a little guilty praising a back of the rotation guy (even one who has so far practically looked like Bob Gibson) when I think about how Halladay goes out there every five days, almost always throws a gem, and relative to the girth of his outstandingness, gets sort of taken for granted. I don't know... You know what I mean, eh? Whenever he dominates it's like, "Well, of course he did. He's Roy!" Regardless, these guys are fucking awesome. PLAYOFFS!
But... I Thought They Loved Injuries
Even though Johnny Mac showed up Wednesday bouncing around the clubhouse like his rolled ankle from Tuesday night was fine, the Jays are going to err on the side of caution and have placed him (as well as David Eckstein, tomorrow) on the Disabled List. Bullshit!
This news, of course, will come as a surprise to all the fucking Moonlight Grahams out there who love to piss and moan about the Jays rushing their players back from injury or wearing down their pitchers.
Oh yeah, Joe Inglett is back. And if he ever plays the outfield in a major league game again I'll probably have to shoot myself in the face.
Huh?
Couldn't tell you what it means, but I couldn't help but notice that in the Globe's blog on Wednesday night, Blairsy wrote out the Rays lineup so that it included "Eric (the man) Hinske".
Whatever. As long as he keeps bringing some sensible baseball opinion to the Prime Time round table, Snappy can praise (or pseudo-praise?) all the fat douches he wants, as far as I'm concerned. (Shulman was OK on there today, too.)
But... I Thought April Meant Everything
No schadenfreude here (or I may suffer the wrath of Wilner), but uh... in his last nine games Reed Johnson has thrown down a cool .100/.152/.133.
I know, I know, it's a horribly small sample size, but just sayin'...
And shit. Apparently it's more than enough of a sample size to throw Adam Lind under the bus.
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Don't forget to email us at drunkjaysfans@thescore.com if you want us to answer your question or address any specific topics on our next podcast, which we'll be recording on Sunday night. Definitely feel free to throw some segment suggestions our way, and stuff like that. I'll be hosting this week, and we'll be leading off by actually talking about the Jays and what's been going on with the team-- weird, I know-- so if that was your suggestion, you can stuff it in a sack. We get it.
Also, unless anything unexpected happens (like,... I dunno... an irate coworker seeing me mention this and taking him to task for it), we'll be chatting with Cathal Kelly of the Toronto Star. If you've got a (baseball) question for him, go nuts and send us that too. Baseball questions. And this time we'll do our best not to sound too stupid, inarticulate and nauseatingly self-absorbed. OK Mijopo???
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51 comments:
Holy Fuck!
sounds like they're gonna sign barroid tomorrow
Wells was quoted recently about Halladay along the lines of "We know when he's pitching that a few runs are going to be good enough"
They do take him for granted and think that the offense doesn't have to win the game.
JP is a history buff- discuss.
Ha Ha. Did you guys see the picture of Hinske on Bugs and Cranks today?
If not, he's shitting out your DJF's logo. Funny shit.
did you notice hinske's "wtf??" face to the ump when Rolen slid under his tag? Classic Hinske!
Hey, you guys! Guess what I just learned from Jamie Campbell! Did you know Jesse Litsch was a bat boy for the Devil Rays?! And Aubrey Huff did not even remember him!
Is it too much to ask for a fly ball out of the infield with a runner on third base?
Seriously...this is getting tiresome.
Is it too much to ask for a fly ball out of the infield with a runner on third base?
Seriously...this is getting tiresome.
I just learned that Jamie Campbell thinks the Jays might pick up Jason Michaels from the Indians.... Oh, wait... Michaels was traded to the Pirates earlier today.
Nice, Jamie. Nice.
this is getting old. two out hits are such a fucking waste with this team
Ask Cathal Kelly what it's like working with Richard Griffin.
Ask Cathal Kelly if Richard Griffin secretly reads DJF. Then ask if he can get Griffin to join you guys on the podcast.
In the EIGHTH:
"and the Tampa Bay closer begins to warm up... or do my eyes deceive me... it appears to be DAN WHEELER warming up!"
Dear god! The SETUP man coming in for the eighth instead of the closer? What black magic is this?
Fuck. The offense is beyond ridiculous. Since when have the Jays played in the NL? Oh I forgot, they can't even play fundamental baseball and cash a runner in from 3rd w/ one out. Not only that but could Rios and Hill hit even hit less during this homestand? Jesus.
JP: Here's a hint. Make a play for Barry Lamar Bonds. I dunno if I can handle another 120+ games of this shit.
Help a TV-less fan out: how close was that Overbay double to going out?
turn it fucking loose!
This is the first time I have smiled at work in weeks.
That Overbay double was very very far from going out.
thx anon.
Fantastic pep talk on my part (look 5 posts up). Scrappy team. Come on fellas, finish off this fat fucker. Percival has nothing tonight.
Re: Tyler's post at 9:09 -
Yeah, what's up with Campbell's news flash about Dan Wheeler? He announced that as if it was the most interesting tidbit of the game. Well .... up until the 9th, I guess it was!
fucking stew
Dear Mr. Stairs -
Please make Tampa pay for pitching around Mr. Rolen.
Sincerely,
Joe
Are you fucking kidding me?
I can't believe I'm paying part of the cost of MLB Extra Innings to watch the Jays. Seriously, that half inning was an awful display of hitting.
(I guess it could be worse, my roommate's paying his portion to watch the Padres' games.)
fucking shit ass Shannon Stewart. so glad we brought this offensive force back to the club.
and fuck you DJF, you had to go and gloat about Reed's recent slump, didn't you, Jinxey Jinxertons.
here comes Snakeface, the ack has a bad feeling. let's hope the ack is wrong like he is 95% of the time in his life.
Hear, hear for our opening day LF platoon. Fuck, guys. Wheeler is a shitballer. Don't make me wish for Reed back. Lol.
someone get deep and end this thing.
as an aside, how bad are those fan590 skanks......Jesus Fucking Christ.
At this rate, we won't have any pitchers left for the 17th inning. Bad manager!
Gibbers, you've only got Tallet left in the pen. This isn't the All-Star game, dood.
Is it just me or is Rios not throwing in from the outfield like he used to?
What a fucking terribly executed rundown
got to love Rance.....
"this was a complete mess-up by everyone involved"
well put Rancey boy, well put.
Rios had an outfield assist last night. Nothing wrong with his arm.
Good. Fucking. Night.
Since I shat all over him earlier in the season (not like that Parkes, you sick fuck), I have to say Vern has looked a lot better in the field the last few weeks.
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And with that, Shawn Camp punches his ticket back to the 'Cuse.
And with that, I'd better get back to work...
A "FAN Girl" from Washington State? Rogers again with the whole "anything for an advertising dollar" schemes.
It would take a whole lot of $2 Tuesday beer to drink them pretty. That's the best I've got...
I've got a question:
I pulled the ultimate douchebag move tonight. I was 1) starving (too broke to buy RC food) 2) I was in a bad mood all night because the goddamn ushers kept kicking me out of my stolen seats (I finally got down there, but I'm fucking cursed) and 3) I had a fairly good idea in my head about the number of times the Jays had come back in the ninth (ZERO??). And so I took off at the end of the eighth. Got home and turned on the radio, "Waiting for Wilner," and just then Hill tied it up.
So, my question is:
Did the punch in the balls that just occurred:
1) effectively justify my actions, as I was able to, by the work of fate, avoid the experience of trying to maintain the high from the ninth for over an hour, only to be let down?
or 2) did my actions - which could only be justified, I think, if they involved sex - and even then, only with a chick who you've slept with less than two times - effectively jinx the comeback, similar to the dude at the beginning of the fifth who was telling his friend how "no-hitters only happen once or twice a year! FUCK! maybe not at all!"?
RW
They deserve to lose for not getting Rios home after his leadoff triple. Is Lofton still sitting at home... brrrring, brrring get on it JP.
-brent
Re: Tigers' 20-game streak...we concur that we may be full of shit. That was second hand knowledge that we were passing along, but now we can't confirm it.
Feel free to flog us for our lack of veracity.
Also, can you boys please ask Cathal Kelly about how strident he is about matching his pocket square to his tie? We're never sure if we can let each accoutrement be it's own thing.
Fuckitty fucking fuck.
So pissed about this game i could kill a bitch.
Stew 0fer6 in the 2-hole. So just how many Jays will be DFA'd/traded/sent down before he and his limp-dick bat are let go?
I heard a Jays fan on wilner wanting to jump on the Red Sux bandwagon...NEVER!The problem is that the Jays can't hit and in the AL you can pitch lights out BUT you need to hit ,too.I thought that this was the Jays year,but the same shit is happening again. And what,Brad Wilkerson is the answer?This game is symptomatic of this team's major problem:RISP.If a guy is at third and there is less than two outs,the manager can use strategy to win the game at all costs...like a suicide squeeze.At home,the Jays don't win in extra innings,so this game was another tease.One suicide squeeze from someone and the game is over BUT NO!IT's getting late real early this year.Yes,Red Sux will still be a bunch of Massholes but the Jays are not ready for primetime time yet...especially when they are 1-5 against the Rays this year.Quite simply put,they can't go on like this...you'd expect the Rays to hit 8 runs in a game but the Jays?No way.That is why the Jays are finishing 4th this year with the best pitching in the AL,not the AL east but the AL.JP nice job on the pitching,so far a mediocre to shitty job on the hitting.No Barroid,right?4th place finish for sure.Brad wilkerson will not be an improvement,but Barroid would have been.
This was another one of those WTF losses.They were at home tied in extra innings and that is a game that is tailor made for a home team win.Then what happens?Also,can this team score more than 3 runs at a time?Last night that 6 spot was a mirage.We are not seeing that one for a while.I'm not jumping off the bandwagon,but this team is not a playoff team as of yet.You can't suck this badly against the Rays.Then again 4th place is looking like a reality with this lack of hitting crap.
re: Cathal Kelly....if you don't intro him with "Friends of P", the Scoe oughta pull your podcasting rights.
that was the one good thing about the podcast. the intros to the guests. i like how you talked about jill's cleavage and mike's do gooder personality. no punches pulled hilarity.
Unfortunately, I'm not going to script any jokes this week.
Ask Kelly to admit he secretly hates baseball and that he's gay for soccer.
That's the nicest question I can think of asking Cathal Kelly.
I see you picked up my comments about your podcast. Sorry, they were a little over the top, but a bit more scripting for the next one might be a good idea.
No worries, Mijopo. We sucked. We'll get there, though.
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