Campbell on Halladay, Burnett on Burnett
Jamie Campbell's "wish for Roy Halladay"-- for some fucking pointless reason, which almost certainly involves not understanding the evolution of players' rights-- is to be like the great Walter Johnson, who "joined a horrendous franchise in 1907, and finally led them to a World Series championship seventeen years later."
That is, according to his latest "blog".
This being only Roy's 11th season, we've still got at least six to go to fulfill that magical wish. Way to aim high, Jamie. I can't wait to suffer through five more years that, at least twice a week, make me want to shoot myself in the face before this glorious last-gasp payoff. Sounds fucking storybook.
AJ on AJ
Great story in the Star this morning by Mark Zwolinski, who caught up with the suddenly-endearing (and suddenly media-savvy-- but still grammatically incorrect) AJ Burnett.
"It seems like there's only bad things get written. ... I'm always saying that I'm a Blue Jay and my loyalty is to this team and you still see some people writing stuff like my heart's not in it," Burnett said.
"I think I had a quote in the paper last weekend about I still had a Blue Jay on my chest and on my hat. Then a writer wrote, `Yeah, but not in his heart.' And when you got a guy pitching on three days' rest, you got a guy that came in the day after his bullpen to pitch an extra-inning game, take the ball and throw, I don't want people to question that (heart). You know I'm here.
"Just because my name's out there and all this stuff, and I made one mistake talking to a Chicago writer ... I enjoy being a Blue Jay and that's where I'm at. That's where I plan on being."
To be honest, I assumed that I was as guilty as anyone of calling this guy a douche bag, but then I searched our site for "Burnett + Douche" and it seemed like we've always kind of taken a bit of a shine to him-- of course, that's most likely because we sort of like to shit down the throats of anyone prone to thinking like the most painfully typical Jays fans, and not because of any long-standing personal belief that AJ, deep down, is fucking amazing. Those feelings are only starting to hit the surface now that his departure is imminent, but I did impress myself with the number of times I've defended him. (But what else would you expect Wilner's parrot to do, eh fuckfaces?)
Anyway, good on him for defending himself from the sorts of cackling morons who don't understand the awesomeness of a well-timed sarcastic hat tip.
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A parrot of Wilner's, you are.
A parrot of Wilner's, you are.
A parrot of yourself you are. And also a fuckface. And also a coward-- anonymous shots on the internet? Way to go big man.
If Burnett gets traded, there will be a big hole in the rotation. McCowan isn't ready for the number 2 so it would have to be Marcum. The Jays staff will look at lost less intimidating with AJ.
On the other hand I understand the whole wait until the deadline to get the best offer but the 3 teams you knew who were desperately searching for pitching(and have solid prospects) have already made trades. Now the question is who else might want pitching probably a team like the Dodgers
I'm not too concerned about the hole in the rotation, though, because that hole is coming whether AJ is traded or he opts out.
Plus, Purcey, despite looking awful in his spot starts for the Jays, continues to be really good for Syracuse. I wouldn't mind seeing him get more comfortable in the majors with an extended look.
I agree with you Stoeten but unless Purcey is a .500 pitcher and McCowan starts to pick it up, they will not be able to compete with the Sox next year and Tampa bay. Although I am still not 100% sold on Tampa's pitching
Oh, I definitely think Purcey and Litsch can be very good 4/5 guys, as long as Purcey shows more. McGowan is a concern, I agree, but not too much of one. It's definitely not the pitching they need to be worried about anyway.
I received a great surprise in the mail today: my first Rogers bill since moving back to Canada. Included in it is a handy flyer detailing all the changes they've made to how the bill is laid out and how to read it and blah blah blah.
Under the wireless section (for customer "John Sample"), there is a series of three incoming and outgoing calls to a Cincinnati phone number (513-555-2345).
I find this quite funny.
I'm hungry...
"latest" blog...
Don't you mean "lamest" blog.
(Actually, that's a pretty lame zinger. We feel shame.)
"But who cares what I think?"
That pretty much sums it up for Jamie Campbell...
The way I see it...
The Jays are due for a 10 game winning streak.. Its been too long, and with this pitching staff its possible...
All we need is that 10 game winning streak to happen over a span of playing Boston, New York, and Tampa....
A gal can dream can't she?
No, YOU'RE a towel!
So when will this blog be renamed to Drunk Jays Fan? Seriously, what happened to everyone?
Justin is in Europe, and Parkes's ego has exploded over his appearances on MTV Live and Global News. He won't do print anymore, only TV and the podcast.
AJ is a spoiled whiney loser, but his sister Meadow is smoking hot so I forgive.
Wayne was just brought up in our office here without my having said a word. "Hey, did you guys hear...?"
Love it.
In other news, A.J. is the man.
stoeten=parrot version of AJ
i'm embarassed that someone on this site calls mcgowan mccowan. learn the players name, DARSH.
adams=annoying.
and boom goes the dynamite.
I do believe the drunk jays fans are charter members of the AJ is our dick society.... I'm expecting offensive EXPLOSION tonite for our jays. You heard it hear first.
Anonymous = annoying.
said the annoying one. buuurn.
At the end of this week, I now have a whole twenty five seconds for my reel.
I've been working this week in order to not work today. It's my birthday weekend, bitches.
Feel free to buy me a beer.
Holy crap, maybe Adam Dunn actually does hate baseball:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/18/bp.tradetargets/1.html
umm DT, the issue was never that JP was lying about what he said. I have no doubt there is atleast a partial truth to saying Dunn doesn't care about baseball. The issue was saying it on the fucking radio for fuck's sake.
suddenly-endearing (and suddenly media-savvy-- but still grammatically incorrect) AJ Burnett
If he was more eloquent, he wouldn't have figured out how to throw a baseball through a plywood wall.
Just noticed
AJ is starting two games in a row.
Surprise !
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080717&content_id=3144102&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Day-Um. Burnett sure hates Overbay for some reason !
Heyyy now Lind has 4 homers!
... same as Rios. In 66 less games.
Rios has made 2 outs on 2 pitches and forgot how many outs there were on a fly ball. Someone doesn't have his head in the game.
Happy Birthday Parkes, now back to the DJF and away from the Parkes autobiography of all events small and trivial.
Fucking Ben Zobrist? Are you kidding me?
they're going to get fucking beat by the fucking worst player on the other fucking team fucking AGAIN
The difference between Tampa and the Jays this year?
Their record in one run games.
Oh, and also the fact that Tampa also has a pretty good offense. Hinske could hit cleanup on our team.
They just called him up and they're already depending on the rookie
lol
If you rewind the DVR you can pinpoint the exact moment after Zobrist's dinger where Jamie Campbell creams his bloomers.
AJ shouldn't have taken Rance's advice to walk the great Hinske.
I think the walk is worse than the home run. Obviously he's going to go after Zorbist. What's the reason for pitching around Hinske? He's fat.
AJ looks a lot like Prince Harry in that picture.
Greg Norman is still leading, and the Jays still aren't winning.
I don't know what this means.
When I first looked at it, I thought BJ had his legs wrapped around AJ
It's true, AJ does kind of look like Prince Harry. He's just missing a spliff and a nazi costume. The three faces are great. BJ's blazing the dimples and Doc...I can't even say what it looks like Doc is doing, I respect him too much.
Oh come on Joanna. Even Gods have needs.
offense must be nice.
good umpires too.
a fun exercise
take only salaries of Burnett, Ryan, Rolen, and Overbay and add them together to make them equal to the total team salary of the Rays
http://www.sportscity.com/MLB/Toronto-Blue-Jays-Salaries
http://www.sportscity.com/MLB/Tampa-Bay-Devil-Rays-Salaries
Is it bad that when these pitching duels take place that I now assume the Jays are going to crack first?
I want to get upset at the home plate umpire for squeezing Halladay all day, I want to get upset at bloop plays and lucky dribblers and shitty calls that all happened in the sixth inning. I found myself pacing my living room trying to calm down from what I thought was just shitty luck.
But then I had an epiphany.
We need to stop grasping at "luck" in one-run ballgames, blaming umpires for one shitty call and saying "I guess that's the luck you need to be a first-place team".
We need to realize that this Jays line-up is the most under-achieving group of baseball players in all of Major League Baseball, and they're complaining and sputtering into a last place spot in the AL East that they've deserved.
Because all that shitty luck that took place in the sixth inning doesn't really mean sweet fuck all, if we can't get a run to support Halladay in the first place.
There's no miracle to be had here, just another 3 months of torture until we can say say "wait 'til next year"
Fuck.
Nah, it's just luck.
and bad umpiring.
get your socks and slippers ready !
we're going back to the cellar !
Fuck this umpire. Longoria was out on the 2-2 pitch. Frankly, who gives a shit? This team isn't making the playoffs and the All-Star broke ruined Toronto's momentum and helped Tampa stop their shit streak. God doesn't want Toronto to win this season.
see, 6-4 loss. If it wasn't for bad luck and umpiring, they probably would have won this game
btw, to the anon above me, i give a shit about halladay, so today sucked.
I have to say that Arnsberg getting himself thrown out after what went down with Halladay was a thing of beauty. I still can't believe that BS of a sixth inning.
Sigh. I was at last night's game (liquored up, I might add) and the bottom of the 6th could be the most frustrating half inning I've ever watched. I'm not sure if CBC picked up on it, but Doc was steamed. I wonder when he will finally crack and stop being the A+ teammate that he is...
Oh, and Rays fans suck. Take last night's dialog with an old redneck after Longoria's jack.
Redneck: "Hey Canadian, Holiday is a bum!"
Me: "You're fucking kidding, right? You really can't be serious."
Redneck: "Holiday gave away another game. We wouldn't take that guy."
Me: "You really are a fucking idiot."
Note that my wife broke things up at that point because my head was about to explode. Fuck, I hate baseball sometimes.
I officially hate the Rays and their pathetic bandwagon fans more than the yankees and red sox.
Okay, serious question, guys: I could watch the Jays get swept, -OR- I could go to California Extreme, which is this pinball expo where all the machines are on free play. What do you recommend?
I hope you went to the pinball expo and did some shrooms first.
How is Rios still batting third in this lineup? At least Scutaro did the nice thing and hit into the double play on Rios' behalf.
I think the team should just give up. Game over.
I think the team should just give up. Game over.
All three short stops not named Eckstein coming together for some offense. Lovely.
Has Inglett played a game at short this year?
Okay, fine. I meant infielders.
Not that it wouldn't be hot sex on a baguette if Inglett could play short. (Or if we could move Hill back over there.)
Also, ridiculous how FSN Florida has "baseball basics" overlays explaining terms like "Relief Pitcher".
I don't know, I hear Americans are pretty stupid.
Peanut butter jelly.
I hear Canadians who hide behind anonymous are pretty stupid! heh
I hear Canadians who hide behind anonymous are pretty stupid! heh
you suck, anonymous.
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