John_Havok
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Up to 4. Going with the perennial MVP duo with Trout and Miggy
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Wrong day, today is you guess how many total runs the jays score off HR, not the inning
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Home Plate Collisions to be banned
John_Havok replied to John_Havok's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't think he blocked the plate at all. he was standing with his feet on either side of the plate and his body was directly above it. He kinda fell over on Cervelli as he slid in, but he had a clear path the whole way. -
I get that, but why would you choose a player then... Hedging bets I guess...
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Ummm.... So Lawrie will hit a Hr but 0 runs scored on Hr? My brain legit hurts right now.
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By the way, the semantic idiot in me is coming out with the prediction of runs on Home Runs for 4/6. Say for example the Jays score a total of 7 runs on HR, that would mean they also would have scored 1, 2 3 4 5 6 and 7... so technically, the way you have it worded, anyone who picked 1-7 would be correct. You should change the wording to predict the exact or total number of runs scored on home runs. I know... It's a flaw, but with enough medication I can control it.. most of the time.
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Edwin and 5
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heh, no not literal. It was least double that.
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I'd actually already done this before you made the change to the OT. earlier today when you announced the server upgrade, I put in my two cents.
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That was filthy, nice pitch Cecil
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Every game against the Yankees I swear... There's always a strike/ball call that f***s the jays in crucial game-changing situations.
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Speaking of which, go to the blog forum, I want to run something by you.
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Just playing devils advocate, but what is Colby right now?
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No matter the logic or math reasoning or any argument you could come up with, absolutely nobody would have Bautista lead off ... He needs to get dem RBIs!
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I assume you meant for Lind and not for Lawrie?
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How about me? Gimme Thole in the 6th! **in fairness I did make this post 10 minuts ago but it took until now to show up, everything is sllooooooow again**
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I'm back to 2, Taking Trout and Mauer today.
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One thing I've noticed about Ross, it's almost like he's playing under so much control that he's stifled. His athleticism is off the charts but when he drives with the ball he's so deliberate in his motions. Hopefully just a product of being young and lacking the kind of confidence that only comes after being in the league a few years, but it's very evident he has all kinds of talent to spare.
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What is the Kevin Seitzer hitting approach?
John_Havok replied to Spoonovic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Yeah, not sure how you teach pitch recognition to guys who've played baseball this long. I really do think these guys believe that every other pitch is guaranteed to be a mistake fastball and they decide beforehand whether to swing or not. -
Perhaps a blessing in disguise for Lowry to go down at this point in the season. Not that the Raps don't need him to have success, they certainly do, but playing a few games without him will force the other starters to realize what they need to do to step up their game, and maybe when he comes back, they keep the new intensity and realize they can take it to another level.
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GOing with Trout and Desmond Jennings today.
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I like Lind tonight.
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What is the Kevin Seitzer hitting approach?
John_Havok replied to Spoonovic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't think Seitzer's approach can be narrowed down to "patience." He wants the same thing any of the last 3 hitting coaches want the Jays to do, go up with a plan and stick to it until you get to two strikes. The difference in Seitzer is he's trying to convince guys like Edwin, Jose, Rasmus (ie dead pull hitters) that if you're at two strikes and you need to protect the strike zone, you can't take a home run cut on a borderline pitch, just use a controlled swing, get a piece of it and fould it off, or if it's against a shift, go the other way with it for a dinky single instead of coming out of your shoes and popping it up 200 feet. He's also trying to explain to these guys that not every pitch is going to be a fastball and they need to be more selective in what they swing at with less than two strikes. Just because it's in the strike zone doesn't mean you have to swing, unless there's 2 strikes. -
Didn't catch the game but that's a huge win, especially with Lowry out.
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Most fans tend to look at last years win total, then see no real turnover in the roster, and automatically seem to think that this year the Jays are starting out as a 74 win team at best. It's faulty and severely flawed thinking, but it is what it is. Any team that does well in any season usually sees several things go their way. Breakouts from players you don't expect, limited problems with injuries especially with key players, and almost always, pitching that outperforms everyone's expectations. There's no real way to predict this though, but it has just as good a chance as happening to the Jays as any other team. It's just unlikely. This team does have a lot of chronic injury bug players, look no futher than Reyes going down on the first AB of the season. There's a very decent chance that several key players will miss 100-150 Ab or 5-10 starts each, but... maybe not. Who knows? If they're all healthy, we'll be in it. If not, probably not.
