Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:53 pm  

Jint wrote:

Keeping up with us this year spooky.Leading the majors in homers. A-Rod went deep yesterday. Were muddling through despite injuries.

I'm still not sure WTF is going on to be honest! We were supposed to have a crap year and finish well below 500 (and below Baltimore).

Our young pitching staff have been for the most part just fantastic. Marcum, Cecil, Romero are looking like a great 1-2-3 for us and even Morrow is improving game by game. If Litsch can make even half the comeback that Marcum has later this month then who knows.

We hit 54 HRs in May and that's with Hill and Lind (our biggst producers last year) both still struggling. It's been pretty incredible so far and a lot of fun to watch too.

I expect there'll be some burnout at some point in the season so I'm just enjoying the ride while it lasts.

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:26 pm  

Ah, well. I wasn't expecting to get much from the Rays, but to blow a lead twice in the 9th. That's just so frustrating. Off day today and then bring on the Yankees. Got tickets for Saturday which will be one hell of a pitching duel between RickyRo and Pettitte. Can't wait. Cecil vs Burnett should be a cracker too.

Anyone see that blown call that robbed Armando Galarraga of a perfect game? It wasn't even close. Umpire Jim Joyce has admitted he blew the call which would have been the final out of the game. He even met with the player after the game to personally apologise. Sucks for both those guys.

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:02 pm  

spooky wrote:

Anyone see that blown call that robbed Armando Galarraga of a perfect game? It wasn't even close. Umpire Jim Joyce has admitted he blew the call which would have been the final out of the game. He even met with the player after the game to personally apologise. Sucks for both those guys.

Just watched that. Heartbreaking for both.

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:04 pm  

Great video on the usual site if you search for George Carlin Baseball vs Football

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:08 pm  

Another belter from Mike Leake again last night. Got to be in there for the rookie of the year awards if he keeps this up. 5-0 now with a 2.28 ERA, only four home runs allowed and is hitting .417. First time I've seen him pitch a live game and he gave the Nationals nothing.

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:52 pm  

Well that was an epic yesterday! Our BP totally redeemed itself with great performances all round. Always fun to witness a walk off win, even better when you're surrounded by big gobbed Yankee fans

Incredibly, we are going for the sweep today! Might have to start taking this team seriously.

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:19 am  

spooky wrote:

Might have to start taking this team seriously.

Ooooooh, you couldn't resist. You'd done so well to last ill june.

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:32 pm  

Brasco wrote:

Ooooooh, you couldn't resist. You'd done so well to last ill june.

I know, I shouldn't even think it! That said, we did just take 2 games fromt he Yankees (and it should have been 3).

All 3 losses in the Rays & Yankees series were blown leads thanks to an underperforming BP and some unfathomable moves by the manager (and some pretty damn good opposition of course). While that's happening, it's not possible for me to take us completely seriously. Which is a crying shame because our offence is getting it done for the most part and our starting pitchers have been performing beyond anyone's wildest expectations. Hell, even Tallet pitched a beauty against Tampa. I know it's hard to look at this Jays team on paper and think anything good about them. But it's been the most exciting Jays team to watch in my breif time as a fan. Whatever happens now, that's something I never thought I'd see this year.

By the way, is walking Teixeira (hitless in June) the dumbest move by an MLB manager this year, or would that be not walking Cano (hitting 0.363 for the season)?

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:51 pm  

spooky wrote:

I know, I shouldn't even think it! That said, we did just take 2 games fromt he Yankees (and it should have been 3).

All 3 losses in the Rays & Yankees series were blown leads thanks to an underperforming BP and some unfathomable moves by the manager (and some pretty damn good opposition of course). While that's happening, it's not possible for me to take us completely seriously. Which is a crying shame because our offence is getting it done for the most part and our starting pitchers have been performing beyond anyone's wildest expectations. Hell, even Tallet pitched a beauty against Tampa. I know it's hard to look at this Jays team on paper and think anything good about them. But it's been the most exciting Jays team to watch in my breif time as a fan. Whatever happens now, that's something I never thought I'd see this year.

By the way, is walking Teixeira (hitless in June) the dumbest move by an MLB manager this year, or would that be not walking Cano (hitting 0.363 for the season)?

Robinson Cano dontcha know. He's putting up MVP type numbers for us. I do think it's time fof the divisions to be realigned. 4 of the best teams in the american league are in one division.

Re: MLB 2010 Thread : Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:43 pm  

Brasco wrote:

Robinson Cano dontcha know. He's putting up MVP type numbers for us.

I know! So let's walk Tex, who clearly couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat right now, but we'll pitch to Robbie, who's raking. Senile Gaston does it again!

Brasco wrote:

I do think it's time for the divisions to be realigned. 4 of the best teams in the american league are in one division.

Either that or make it the top 4 teams in the AL/NL who make the play-offs. Winning a crappy division shouldn't automatically get you into the playoffs. If that means that 3/4 AL East teams make the play-offs then so be it. They'd be there on merit.

One thing's for sure. If we keep this up, it's going to be one hell of an interesting race for that wild card spot.