I think he was trying to fool them. Credit to Cobb for keeping his cool. Saunders almost had them. Not the best strat but hnnngggghh I guess there's a run.
Most teams have mediocre pitching staffs by definition. They struggle to deal with the O's relentless power. The O's amazing back-end bullpen maintains a huge number of leads too.
The Jays would be a mile ahead of them if the lineup performed correctly and if 10-11 losses weren't hung on Cecil and Storen alone. The O's good features have picked up their bad parts well while the Jays' record seems to accurately reflect how they've performed (a month of s***, four of high quality play, and the last two weeks of s***).
Amazingly s*** luck for the Jays today.
Then again, playing a competent baseball game reduces the smelly fart of bad luck when it hits. Close games suck.
Maybe that was bad execution, but if not that is some extremely poor strategy by Stroman-Martin. Three straight 0-2 counts but got none of those batters out.
Glad I checked the score of this. It's 2am where I am.
Fact: Jays were 76-57 while I was on Canadian soil this season.
Fact: Jays have gone 3-7 since I've been gone.
Fact: But I'm back tomorrow.
It's 1:30 where I am and I'm drunk and climbing into bed. I want to follow this game via the thread but I'm not sure I want to go blind. Need to catch a train in the morning too.
I just looked into this and it seems Bluefield's season ends tonight, so Travis will be "called up" for tomorrow's game. Nothing changes at all, except Thole is eligible to continue playing for one more month. Just a favorably scheduled off-day given the circumstances.