Hazy Sunday: Gregg Fucking Zaun
The finish to yesterday's game was by far the greatest thing I have ever witnessed in my entire lifetime. And before I let that reality sink in and depress me, I gotta say that I feel on top of the world now. I spent the day doing errands, checking in on the game from time to time on the car radio. With a 3-0 lead when I last checked, I wondered why the game was still going at 4:15 p.m. Fucking BJ Ryan. I got to a TV to watch the last four innings of glorious extra inning magic. Of course, it could've been different and sent me straight to the bottle (um, harder than I hit the bottle anyway). But I cheered louder than I ever have with that grand slam. And for Gregg Zaun who proved ... well, shit, I don't know if anything was proved but it was just fucking awesome. Fucking awesome. I can't explain it any better that that it's up there with Joe Carter's game-winning dinger only for a rather less meaningful game. So maybe it's not comparable at all. But fuck it felt good to see that. Best to check out yesterday's comments for all the tears of anger, joy and complete fucking disbelief that'll get you closer to what happened than any baseball recap could ever do.
Sunday nights with DJF: It's your call!
Speaking of comments, we thought we'd change things up a bit for the taping of this week's podcast. Tonight, we want to hear from you! Whether you hate us, tolerate us or simply read us cause you have nothing better to do, give us a shout tonight and give us your best spiel on all things Jays.
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93 comments:
That's too many digits for a phone number is this a prank
I called that number and got the Bergkamp matriarch, what's going on ?
A win today would give the Jays its first eight-game winning streak since April 14-22, 1999.
Cito's smart
He saved the big hitting line up to go against the unstopable force of Garza
and Purcey threw one badass pitch to strikeout Upton
It's actually Spencer Kyte's mom's number. No seriously, that's the number. 1-888-942732673. For realz!
lol
maybe they work together
wouldn't that be funny
I called it and got the dugout...cito wasn't impressed!
So far the Garza is using black magic to carve up the souls of the Blue Jay hitters
god...its only the 1st fuckin inning
so much for black magic...
Alex motherfucking Rios !
taking calls for the podcast? hey, why not...can't make it any worse lol
Well, I don't know if Mom did Rios but you never know.
I suppose you can't ever know
Breaking News: Cito arranges trade...BJ Ryan for fried chicken and watermelon
I thought I had fatigue syndrome like Baldelli, but the Dr. said that I am just out of shape and lazy.
I hope some of the stereotypical Wilner callers give you guys some calls tonight.
Barajas !
So far the Toronto is using black magic to carve up the souls of the Tampa Bay hitters
you jinxed it, assface
oh no!
-anonymous brad fullmer wet dream
why is AJ taping vernon's bat?
maybe it's vern's 'hot bat' and he broke it so they're helping him milk a few more hits out of it? I don't know what's going on there and really would like to know
YOU SEE!? HE'S ONLY HUMAN!
He's human, but he has special mystical powers that allow him to disable the Blue Jays offence. He's like the main bad guy boss in the last level of a video game where you have to figure out some crazy new strategy to finally drop him in a pit of lava !
Rolen's the best 3-bagger ever! 3-Bags, is that something that interest you?
With Snider on the team now, Lind no longer seems like the "new guy". He's just Adam Lind the #5 hitter.
"He's human, but he has special mystical powers that allow him to disable the Blue Jays offence. "
Check the score moron
Sure, jackface. They got some shots in, but they haven't figured him out yet
Ugly swings from Snider
I fucking hate Cliff Lee
It's a good fucking thing that the Beej has worked 2 days in a row and is presumably unavailable.
David Purcey is the best 6+ ERA pitcher ever.
Amen to that.
YES! FUCKIN' PURCEY!
Cliff Lee can seriously fuck right off. Real impressive going fucking 9-0 against KC-SEA-OAK, never facing boston, only seeing the yanks once, and never lining up against the other team's ace. Fucking loser.
FUCK YEAH CARLSON RULES
David fucking Purcey ?
does that sound right ?
ok, I'll roll with it
EIGHT GAME BONER!!!
8 in a row!
10 over 500
PLAYOFFS!!!!
PLAYOFFFFFFFS!!!!!!!!!!!
Aren't we supposed to lose 1-0 games to the Rays ?
I guess that's one way to beat the bad guy boss. Hit him once, and stand back until time runs out
nice
Wow, Purcey is Mr. excitement.
Man, that was so fuckin refreshing to see an actual easy save. It feels like the first one this year... fuck yeah, Carlson!
And although I'm excited about the win streak, I fuckin hate the Jays for always being such a tease. Way to get hot way too late. Oh well. Playoffssss!
fuck yeah
Just think, they could be 8 games under five hundred with Gibbons. Adam Lind would be a September call up sitting on the bench and Eckstein would have made two errors in a 5-1 loss.
This is much much better.
There is only one... JAYSTEMBER
hth
best regards
johN
Watching the last 8 games has been like snacking on Viagra.
Dudes, anonymous douchebags have called it. It's OFFICIALLY over. Boston is just too good, and the Yankees have a huge payroll.
Mathematics be damned, the Jays have been eliminated.
Why are you even here?
So at this point in the season, do you still think the Jays are in the wild card race ?
Actually you're interesting. To a retard, does the reality always seem retarded ?
Thank you Toronto. Fuck the Rays!
I'd put that HR up there with Darrin Fletcher's walk off home run a few years back.
The Jays now have a .68% chance at the playoffs.
It's not happening, folks.
-anonymous brad fullmer fan
Cliff Lee faces KC next start too, they set him up for 2 starts agaisnt them.
The Blue Jays have the best record in baseball in the last 8 games.
The fucking Yankees lost to Seattle. Jays are a half game ahead of them now.
Fuck the fucking Yankees
> Cliff Lee faces KC next start too, they set him up for 2 starts agaisnt them.
This is infuriating. They're probably going to arrange it so that he misses Boston at the end of the month, too.
Cliff Lee and the Indians are manipulating the schedule to lock up a Cy Young, and it's sickening.
what the fuck else do they have to play for? we all know who the best pitcher is, and roy knows who the best pitcher is, so thats all that fucking matters
Fuck off Parkes.
We can play for the 4th best record in the AL - a sweep of the ChiSox would tie us with them (4th in AL) - one would think that would mean the playoffs - Fire Bud Selig.
Since the introduction of the Wild card, has there ever been three 90 win teams in one division? Fuck!
Stupid Drunks, I glanced at this post earlier today and then thought of a good question to ask.... only to realize later that this phone number isn't real.
Jeezus....Just dial the number, it'll work. There's no actual RE part of the number, the line will connect before you get to those. That's the number they flash on The Score for all of their shows, do you think they put up a fake number?
"So at this point in the season, do you still think the Jays are in the wild card race ?"
I don't know. Ask the 2007 Phillies (7 back with 17 to play). I guess they didn't know they were eliminated, either. Fucking retards.
"Actually you're interesting. To a retard, does the reality always seem retarded ?"
What's reality? That you think the Jays have been officially eliminated.
Huh.
Who knew?
Well my cell wouldn't connect but I went on the hardcore sports website and got the number there and called... then some chick told me I was too late.
well with your cellphone you have to dial all the digits in before you hit connect, so that's why it wouldn't have worked. But whatever, screw that bitch for not letting your voice be heard!
I am in town already for TIFF, so I thought about stopping by in person.
fear not...if Toronto does happen to come from behind, these guys like "anonymous brad fullmer fan" will be jumping back on the bandwagon
Are you people idiot? Are you not reading the baseball odds I've posted?
I mean if you want to believe in 1/200 shots, go right ahead, I can't though. I'm not a fucking retard.
-anonymous brad fullmer fan
believing in 1/200 shots doesn't make you retarded, just wildly optimistic and possibly self delusional. or, in other words, a fan.
They would have to go 16-4 to even get to 92 wins. And even then they'd be hoping Boston only wins 8of their last 20. Don't be ridiculous people. Enjoy the baseball for what it is at this point. There's no need for false hope.
Anyone that's even commenting on this shit should quit it . . . you'll jinx them.
The games have been fun to watch lately. Watch the game for the game, don't worry about playoffs.
exactly, just be happy that they're gonna finish ahead of the yankees
"Are you people idiot? Are you not reading the baseball odds I've posted?
I mean if you want to believe in 1/200 shots, go right ahead, I can't though. I'm not a fucking retard."
Right. Because OBVIOUSLY those odds you've posted represent reality. Like, "the sky is blue", "Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria", and "Roy Halladay won 16 games in 2007". You know - facts. Clearly, what you're posting is a fact. Not the results of a predictive mathematical model. Nope. Fact.
Listen, just because you've found some site that's posting playoff odds doesn't mean fuck all. In what way do you think that's an accurate reflection of reality? I'll give you the answer a RATIONAL person would have - "having read the analysis of people who've studied the issue, and being familiar with math and baseball and sports, the Jays probability of making the playoffs is pretty small - perhaps a hundred to one small, on an order of magnitude". That's it. To say it's "0.32%" one day, then "0.68%" the next, as if you're claiming accuracy to the hundredths of a percent as FACT is just plain idiotic. Statisticians and guys like Bill James would just shake their heads at this fucking nonsense. Really, it's people like you who give serious sabermetricians, and stat-heads in general, a bad name.
Everybody knows the Jays have a slim chance at making the playoffs. VERY slim. Everybody but you, I guess, since you think it's ZERO - despite the fact that you're quite adamant about posting PRECISELY what their odds are every day. Make up your mind.
If you wanna be CNN or CBC Newsworld and call the election now, go ahead. Nobody gives a fuck. You don't get a gold star for being first. Does it give you some childish satisfaction or boost your ego to say you called it on September 1st, or August 12th, or if you called it before the season that the Jays weren't going to make the playoffs?
And, why keep posting what someone says the odds are if you're just going to say "Jays =! playoffs"? Seriously. Do you think the odds are zero or 0.682578396%?
What seems perfectly clear is that you would have called the Mets last year on or about September 12th, based on the same idiocy. And you would've been wrong.
Anything else?
Nice post. That blew apart his arguments faster than Fullmer's career. I'd say he has a .60% chance of responding.
Fuck odds.
"Never tell me the odds."
I don't think you can bash on Brad for this. Surely the odds are worked out based on mathematic equations and are therefore accurate, it's on ESPN FFS not some billy no-name blog.
It doesn't mean that we don't have a chance, just a very slim one. I, as a fan, am still seeing that playoff berth as the golden chalice but I won't be unhappy if we don't make it as I'm just enjoying us winning right now and long may it continue. CITO RULES.
On another note does anyone else think that it might be the Rays that implode right now. If they lose a few more they could go into full downward spiral. They haven't been in this position before and might meltdown in a hurry when the pressure is on. I'd sooner put my money on that rather than hoping Boston shits the bed.
"I don't think you can bash on Brad for this. Surely the odds are worked out based on mathematic equations and are therefore accurate, it's on ESPN FFS not some billy no-name blog."
What the fuck does that mean "accurate"?! It's a fucking mathematical model for predicting the future! Accurate?!?! How in god's name could we ever tell?!
Good lord, people, if you're going to spout this stuff as if it's gospel (I'm looking at you, brad), at least take the time to figure out what they're talking about. It's a fucking estimate. They're guessing. It's an educated guess, based on whatever they're basing it on. They may have Stephen Hawking, Mr. Spock, and Isaac Newton's zombie on staff, but it's still just a guess - a little sabermetric fun. To quote Bill James: "There are two kinds of invented stats in sabermetrics. There are serious analytic methods, and there are little tools that are fun to play around with but don't really mean much." Guess which one we're talking about here.
How accurate is it? To ONE ONE-HUNDREDTH OF A PERCENT?!
Please. Just ... please.
Fact is, I already summarized what that site was saying, in really the only way a rational person would - the Jays are a hundred to one shots. That's what you should get from their analysis. Not ten to one, probably not a thousand to one. That's about as precise as any sane human should be comfortable being. It's a fun little tool, folks. It doesn't spew out facts, so stop pretending they are. And if you asked them, they'd tell you the same thing.
Plus, the fact that they have a slim chance means that it's not over. That's just simple logic. ... Okay, well, it's logic, anyway.
"It doesn't mean that we don't have a chance, just a very slim one."
Shhh - you'll get called a moron and a fucking idiot. Don't you know 0.68%=0%?! It's the new math!
"On another note does anyone else think that it might be the Rays that implode right now. If they lose a few more they could go into full downward spiral. They haven't been in this position before and might meltdown in a hurry when the pressure is on. I'd sooner put my money on that rather than hoping Boston shits the bed."
It is absolutely beneficial to the Jays' very slim chances to make the playoffs that Boston and Tampa play so much over the next little bit - it makes it impossible for BOTH of them to go on a tear, and makes it a virtual certainty that if _one_ of them does, that the other will tank.
AND the Jays play the Sox seven more times, of course.
However, we all know that Boston has already clinched. They're just too damn good. And for those of you who think the Jays can beat the Yankees, have you seen the New York payroll lately?! As if!
:)
"AND the Jays play the Sox seven more times, of course."
For me, that's the key here. Yes, the Jays are eight games behind Boston; they also play them seven more times.
At least their destiny is in their own hands. Chances they can't go 7-0? Obviously, astronomical. But so long as they remain one of the hottest teams in baseball, they still have a shot.
They're 20-10 in their last 30. Unfortunately, Boston is also 20-10, and Tampa Bay's 19-11. It'd be even better to be one of the hottest teams in baseball if you weren't chasing the other two...
Maybe you guys watched too many Steven Spielberg movies, I don't know. But the Jays are not in the wild card race
But fuck yeah, beating the Yankees and their $200 million dollar payroll is going to feel fucking great
I mean what do Jays fans really want ? Sure world series' are fine and ok. But at the end of the day we just really want to look down, hork, and spit on the Boston and New York fans
LOL
Hilarious what a meaningless winning streak will do to a previously negative fanbase.
As I said, if you want believe that the Jays will somehow come back from 8 games out with 20 to play, go right ahead. It's going to hurt your enjoyment of the game once you get disappointed at some point over the next week, but nobody is stopping you people from being stupid and naive. If we all put our faith on 1/200 shots every day, I don't even want to imagine what our lives would be like.
And no, I don't give a shit about beating the Yankees. It's world series or bust for me, as it should be every year. Winning is the name of the game, not coming in 3rd. Do you think Yankees fans honestly care whether the Blue Jays beat their team this year?
Oh and that last comment was brought to you by the anonymous brad fullmer fan, in case you needed the clarification.
don't worry, I think everyone recognized it as your own personal douchebaggery.
I mean, no, I don't think the Jays are making the playoffs, but I'm not going to make like fucking Rene Descartes and start ridiculing people who are having fun with it.
pLAYOFFS!!!
"Do you think Yankees fans honestly care whether the Blue Jays beat their team this year?"
I think a few might. That's pretty sad when you think about it. We had David Eckstein as our DH and Brad Wilkerson starting in OF. To be beaten by a team like that is just horrifying.
No, Yankees fans would rather lose and preserve their top 15 pick. Coming 3rd or 4th makes no difference to them. Don't kid yourself.
-anonymous brad fullmer fan
With Billy Wagner having gone down for the rest of this season and all of next, this looks like a great opportunity to unload BJ Ryan.
Not that BJ's a pile of shit or anything but I can think of 10 million ways to spend the amount he makes better.
We've already got some good cheap arms in the 'pen that can step in.
And, yes, I realize BJ couldn't pitch in the post-season for the Mets but the morons in NY seem to think that you need a brand name closer so I say let's take advantage of them.
"If we all put our faith on 1/200 shots every day, I don't even want to imagine what our lives would be like."
what are the odds of winning the Lotto 6/49 Jackpot? yet someone does almost every week.
to answer that, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 13,983,816
Seriously.
anonymous brad fullmer fan this isn't a site about the Boston Red Sox. You are a Red Sox fan right? Cause you sound like one...
Only trying to be realistic.
"As I said, if you want believe that the Jays will somehow come back from 8 games out with 20 to play, go right ahead."
I believe they have a chance, which is what the FACTS are. You believe they have NO chance, which you've contradicted every time you post their chances from the ESPN site or wherever. I really wish you'd make up your mind. Or even start making sense. Do they have NO chance, or do they have a 0.68% chance? I don't even understand what you're saying anymore.
"It's going to hurt your enjoyment of the game once you get disappointed at some point over the next week, but nobody is stopping you people from being stupid and naive."
I'm not naive to think they have a chance, and clearly you're the idiot here. And, believe me, it HELPS my enjoyment of the game to see them going out there and not giving up. I feel sorry for douchebags like you.
"If we all put our faith on 1/200 shots every day, I don't even want to imagine what our lives would be like."
I have faith that they have a 100:1 shot or so. For some reason, you can't wrap your head around that. I have no idea why your brain so seriously fails to function properly. Have you considered medication? Neurosurgery? Electroshock?
- not a brad fullmer fan
BTW, bookies LOVE douches like you. If you think about it for more than a few seconds, you'll understand why.
... Well, probably not, but what the fuck - at least you'll have taken your brain out for a little exercise. ;)
- not a brad fullmer fan
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