GDT(1/4): Oakland Athletics @ Toronto Blue Jays - Parker vs. Rogers - 7:07 PM ET

[baubau]

Hopefully Bautista can get hot to finish the season. Sell high on him in the off-season. Tear this thing apart piece by piece.

 

As much we want to see it happen, it won't happen.

Plus the biggest dance partner got their RF situation fixed with Rios.

[FireAlexAnthopoulos]

This season is such a colossal failure, to the point where it actually worries me that it could be a catalyst for the eventual demise of the franchise. I know that sounds crazy right now given that attendance is up but there just doesn't seem to be any light at the end of this tunnel.

 

This franchise is already f***ed and has been for 20 years. The combination of Rogers' feckless ownership and being in a division with the Sox, Yankees, and Rays has essentially killed a once-proud franchise. This franchise won't even be competitive until Rogers sells the team.

[GD]

Well.. I just got home.. uh.. go Blue Jays?

 

Seriously, the f*** is it with the Athletics and rubbing salt in our wounds? A little over a year ago, they hammered us 16-0. God.

[digiblader]

Shut up. Unless you want the team to move to San Antonio or something, Rogers isn't selling the team--Rogers saved the team from moving to the US, remember. And you can imagine they're whining the same in New York right now with that team facing a bleak future.

[GD]

Shut up.

 

Take your own advice, raysjays

[guylaroche5]

Shut up. Unless you want the team to move to San Antonio or something, Rogers isn't selling the team--Rogers saved the team from moving to the US, remember. And you can imagine they're whining the same in New York right now with that team facing a bleak future.

 

i don't think anyone is implying the blue jays are gonna move somewhere else lol, i mean the attendance isn't even that bad and have you seen the marlins????

[Angrioter]

Oh s***, we suck

[o2cui2i]

Oh s***, we suck

 

we all figured that out in April.

[digiblader]

The team nearly moved in 2000 because Interbrew didn't want anything to do with the team.

[Shogun89]

This franchise is already f***ed and has been for 20 years. The combination of Rogers' feckless ownership and being in a division with the Sox, Yankees, and Rays has essentially killed a once-proud franchise. This franchise won't even be competitive until Rogers sells the team.

 

We need to sell to an Arab Sheik sugar daddy with nothing better to do than to use the franchise as his plaything and pump billions of dollars into it, knowing full well he'll never get it back.

[jays_fever]

Most fun I've had at a game all year last night. You can enjoy the game so much more when you don't care who wins anymore and just enjoy tthe game. Also makes watching Emilio less painful, yet still funny. Crowd was pretty good and stayed till the end it seemed.

[oakville69]

we all figured that out in April.

 

Sad but true. I had a quesy feeling at the home opener & a week later when they got blown out by the red sox with Dicky on the mound.

 

Hopefully we can rebound next year like the red sox did this year.

[G-Snarls]

Well, it's a win and a half. Which is significant but acceptable given Reyes' offensive contributions.

 

Hech OBP this year .274 and no extra base power (.310 SLG)

 

Reyes OBP is *100* points higher with more power (.473 SLG) and more speed

 

How many extra runs does that produce?

 

The only argument against Reyes here is how much time he misses vs Hech

[Arkadium]

Hech OBP this year .274 and no extra base power (.310 SLG)

 

Reyes OBP is *100* points higher with more power (.473 SLG) and more speed

 

How many extra runs does that produce?

 

The only argument against Reyes here is how much time he misses vs Hech

 

There's one problem here. We should never of been comparing Hech to Reyes... the point was to compare a very good SS to sub-par SS, but Hech's bat is so bad. There are a number of short-stops that have very good defense and average bats.

Edited August 10, 2013 by Arkadium