Blue Jays 6 Dodger 1 WHAT A GREAT GAME. You know it is going to be a good day when the first and third pitch your team sees leave the yard. Davis Schneider hit the first pitch of the game over the left field wall. Just his second hit of the World Series byt was […]
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Blue Jays 6 Dodger 1 WHAT A GREAT GAME. You know it is going to be a good day when the first and third pitch your team sees leave the yard. Davis Schneider hit the first pitch of the game over the left field wall. Just his second hit of the World Series byt was […]
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Just Win. The lineup, sans Springer. I was hopeful he’d be able to play. He could pinch hit or pinch run, but I’d say pinch hitting is far more likely. Davis Schneider leads off and plays left field against the lefty. Schneider is 1 for 10 in the ALCS and World Series. But Barger stays […]
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I hoped Springer would play. Apparently, he did batting practice, ran on the field, and seemed pretty good, but they decided to have him sit and hope to play on Friday. Davis Schneider leads off and plays left field. Bo Bichette is DH. And the Dodgers have shuffled their lineup, trying to find some offense. […]
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You have to like it when a plan comes together. The Jays picked up Shane Bieber hoping that he would be a piece of the rotation if we make it to the playoffs. Now he’s made four playoff starts. The first one wasn’t good, but, since then two wins, and a 3.00 ERA. Last night […]
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Jesse Barfield turns 66 today. Jesse Barfield was one of my favourite players. He was a 9th-round pick in the 1977 amateur draft, the first year the Blue Jays (and the Mariners) participated. MLB gave them the last two choices of each round (the big-hearted folks they are). Jesse made it up to the majors […]
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Tonight was game four, but actually the fifth complete nine innings of baseball in this series. The Jays didn’t look as tired as I feel, though, with a convincing win thanks to solid pitching and steady offence up and down the lineup. Eight of the nine starters reached base and they outhit LA 11-6. The […]
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Well, I don’t think they can go 18 innings today. I’m sure I can’t go 18 today. A win would be a good thing. They are in tough against Shohei Ohtani Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DODGERS Nathan Lukes – LF Shohei Ohtani – DH Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Mookie Betts – SS Bo Bichette – […]
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No Springer in today’s lineup. The Jays say that he is ‘hour to hour’. Bo Bichette DHes today. Bo DHing means he won’t come out of the game for a defensive replacement, but they still might pinch run for him, if the need comes up. Lineups: Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DODGERS Nathan Lukes – LF […]
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I mean to add out JoD’s from last night to a post today, and then forgot: Jays of the Day: Other Award:
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One of the things I try to watch out for, in myself as a fan/commentator is to try remember there are things I don’t know. I remember reading Bill James’ Baseball Abstracts, all those years ago, and I remember him saying ‘I’m just getting to the point where I’m finding out all that I don’t […]
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At a casino, once up, the term ‘playing with house money’ comes into play. Most believe the term originated in faro games in the west, where players were encouraged through early wins (often rigged) by the dealers to stay in, playing betting their winnings so they could get into their full funds. With the odds […]
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I’ll talk more about the game later. Everyone’s complaining about the lineup moves. The only one I really disagreed with was take Barger out. The others? Taking Kirk out was the right move, we needed someone who could run and giving his knees time off wasn’t a bad thing. And getting Bo out, for defense, […]
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Blue Jays 5 Dodgers 6 (18 innings) Was that the most messed up game ever?? There was a lot to talk about here…..lets go chronologically: Quick first inning for the Jays. Ohtani started the Dodgers’ half of the inning with a double but stayed at second. In the second Bo Bichette led off with a […]
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Blue Jays 5 Dodgers 6 (18 innings) Was that the most messed up game ever?? There was a lot to talk about here…..lets go chronologically: Quick first inning for the Jays. Ohtani started the Dodgers’ half of the inning with a double but stayed at second. In the second Bo Bichette led off with a […]
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Just Win Jays. I see John Schneider is asking the Dodgers’ fans to stop booing George Springer. Yeah, that’ll work. Lineups: Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DODGERS George Springer – DH Shohei Ohtani – DH Nathan Lukes – LF Mookie Betts – SS Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Freddie Freeman – 1B Bo Bichette – 2B Will […]
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We have tonight’s lineups. Bo is back in the four spot. I hope there are some runs in the lineup today. We need another good start from Max Scherzer. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DODGERS George Springer – DH Shohei Ohtani – DH Nathan Lukes – LF Mookie Betts – SS Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Freddie […]
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How are you feeling going into Game Three? We have Max Scherzer going tonight (his fourth World Series start, a 3.26 ERA in 19.1 innings). Tyler Glasnow is starting for the Dodgers. Glasnow was 4-3 with a 3.19 ERA in 18 starts this season. And Bo Bichette is going to be in the lineup tonight. […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
I had a lousy day yesterday. We did our flu shots on Friday, and I’ve never had a reaction after one before, but yesterday made up for it. I slept most of the afternoon and still felt lousy in the evening. And then the Jays lost. I didn’t think it would be a four-game series, […]
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If the Jays’ strategy for the series is to exploit the Dodgers’ weakness by getting into their bullpen early, they couldn’t execute on it today. Yoshinobu Yamamoto went the distance, recording the first complete game in a World Series since Josh Beckett lead the Marlins over the Yankees in the clinching game in 2003. Kevin […]
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The nine runs scored in the sixth inning were one short of the World Series record, so the Jays have some work to do today. Joe Carter throws the opening pitch. Tough to do better than that. No Bo in the lineup tonight, I was sure this was how they would do things. I’m good […]
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I knew this would be the way it would go. Bo is available to pinch hit or come into the game at some point, but he’s on the bench to start. I’m sure he’ll start Game Three in LA. John said Bo felt good after the game and he expects him to be able to […]
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I knew this would be the way it would go. Bo is available to pinch hit or come into the game at some point, but he’s on the bench to start. I’m sure he’ll start Game Three in LA. John said Bo felt good after the game and he expects him to be able to […]
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The nice part about the Jays being in the World Series is everybody I talk to wants to talk baseball. It is one of the few topics I don’t mind talking to strangers about. I’d be ok if we win by half a dozen or so again tonight. Yesterday it was a 22-year-old making his […]
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I felt I gave Bo Bichette kind of the short shift in the recap last night (a normal thing; generally, I want the recap up pretty quickly, so some things get missed). I was a little worried about Bo. Not in the way some on Twitter were. I read a lot of people saying that […]
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