Blue Jays @ Astros August 2nd 2016

[Candy Maldonado]

Travis is good

[fatcowxlive]

Come on Melvin

[West Texas Forever]

Upton and his leg kick, slowing his swing down.

[Orgfiller]

The big boys are doing a great job by laying back on the breaking ball.

[West Texas Forever]

That works.

[fatcowxlive]

Upton and his leg kick, slowing his swing down.

 

He's on the right team if he needs help with timing a leg kick!

 

Beauty hit!!

[Belliss101]

Nice to see Upton go opposite field

[Jonn]

Nice approach by Upton. One of the adjustments he has made. Not hard hit but was good approach. Should look to take second

[fatcowxlive]

The big boys are doing a great job by laying back on the breaking ball.

 

Looks like Upton did that too, planted firmly before swinging at that pitch

[BigBulgeBlueBird]

Delayed steal of home?

[fatcowxlive]

Delayed steal of home?

 

That's my dream play

[Jonn]

Delayed steal of home?

 

Not a bad time to put it on.

[Belliss101]

O's just hit their 4th solo home run

[West Texas Forever]

Thanks Dickey for this scrub.

[BigBulgeBlueBird]

Why the f*** are you waiting till Thole has 2 strikes to do that.

[Jonn]

O's just hit their 4th solo home run

 

WTF won't like that. Adds up to a grand slam!

[Belliss101]

Thanks Dickey for this scrub.

 

He's 1-2. Give him a break

[Deadpool]

Am I high, or were those homers an inning apart, and Buck just acted like they both happened that inning?

[Captain Adama]

See? The Jays played the right way after EE's solo blast, they hit the ball went the other way, aggressive baserunning. They scored zero runs, but they made him work, that's all that counts.

[Stangstag]

O's just hit their 4th solo home run

 

If there's any team that is homerun or nothing, its the Orioles.

[gruber92]

Nice approach by Upton. One of the adjustments he has made. Not hard hit but was good approach. Should look to take second

 

I was thinking the same, but it was probably wise to guarantee Thole's at bat get completed this inning.

[Spanky99]

Am I high, or were those homers an inning apart, and Buck just acted like they both happened that inning?

 

lol... you've been Buck'd!

[thatoneguy]

Am I high, or were those homers an inning apart, and Buck just acted like they both happened that inning?

 

It's weird. I almost saw it like that too since I'm so used to seeing Jose and EE hit back to back.

[43211234]

2 fly balls, 2 homeruns.

[gruber92]

Am I high, or were those homers an inning apart, and Buck just acted like they both happened that inning?

 

Lol, i was scratching my head also.

 

Buck is semi hammered.

[intentional wok]

All I am saying is tell me how that trickles over to the playoffs, rarely do teams that sit back and wait for homeruns to win ball games ever do well in the playoffs.

 

Okay let's end this:

 

Blue Jays in 2016 entering today:

 

Singles: 544 (27th in MLB)

Doubles: 189 (T-5th in MLB)

HRs: 150 (2nd in MLB)

BBs: 409 (2nd in MLB)

 

Elite power hitters up and down the order hit for both power and walk a ton. They're on base a lot. The home runs are an obvious boon, but this is hardly a team who "waits" for home runs. Or we could play like the Royals with their 693 singles, complemented by 90 home runs and 242 BBs.

[Jonn]

Going to be cool watching a 5'5 guy win MVP. Hopefully they don't take our playoff spot.

[Belliss101]

Okay let's end this:

 

Blue Jays in 2016 entering today:

 

Singles: 544 (27th in MLB)

Doubles: 189 (T-5th in MLB)

HRs: 150 (2nd in MLB)

BBs: 409 (2nd in MLB)

 

Elite power hitters up and down the order hit for both power and walk a ton. They're on base a lot. The home runs are an obvious boon, but this is hardly a team who "waits" for home runs.

 

Thanks for the time to find the stats

[Belliss101]

Carerra getting some BABIP love

[West Texas Forever]

Gump just missed that.