Swervin81

f*** the Dodgers. That's just so much horseshit at once.

Gotta go with Price. He'll give you a far better chance to win than Dickey on most nights. dickey can be long relief in case if someone falters. Especially if Estrada has the short leash that he should have.

1 goal in 7 periods to start the year. Yup. Reminds me of that 1 goal in 4 games road trip last year.

Or, you know, there's a far more simple explanation to explain this team's struggles. An explanation that isn't rife with a bunch of cliches and narritives. One that is purely logical and to the point. One that isn't totally filled with Occam's razor. The explanation?... How about, this lineup is just in a slump. No ******** small sample size fueled choking narratives, none of this postseason experience crap, just a simple explanation - our hitters, especially the heart of the order, are in a slump. There's a reason why baseball playoffs are a crapshoot - baseball, at its heart, is a game of streaks, and there is not enough time in 5 or 7 gammes for those dtreaks to balance out to usual team/player norms. The good players and teams go through more frequent and longer good streaks than bad, and the bad teams and players go through less frequent and shorter good streaks than bad. That's basically what baseball is. Our hitters are just in a slump, and it's coming at the worst possible time. And when hitters slump, they tend to get frustrated and start swinging harder and have less discipline at the plate, like what our hitters are doing. Every single hitter in a slump tends to do this. Either way, this funk we're in has all the earmarks of a slump. Nothing more, nothing less. That said, what nerves CAN explain, however, is some of our defensive miscues. Martin throwing the ball away is one. That was just a brain fart. But at the end of the day, our hitting slump is what has cost us the most this series.

At least this team hasn't gone full on Toronto Raptors where we are actually spooked by our own home playoff crowd and end up playing badly.

A lot of Hanlon's Razor going on with this conspiracy mongering by some. It was pretty awful both ways, honestly. Although there were a few more bad ones our way IMO.

f*** f*** f*** f*** f***

Awesome outing, Stro.

Oh god, they mentioned David Eckstein. My ears are bleeding.

That run is on Martin. It's his responsibility to cover 3rd when the entire infield goes for a chopper like that with a runner running to 2nd.

Awesome, Cola.

As I said. Baseball playoffs. Crapshoot. This is why I had zero expectations. All it takes is for a tiny rough patch at the worst possible time. Looks like my 2006 Twins/2002 A's fear was justified.

This is just so Toronto sports. Of course, our two best hitters hurt. f*** off.

That guy in the concourse is probably watching porn on that iPad.

f*** you, Price. We just hit a dinger, have taken some of our best swings, need a stop and of course you give up a dinger right back.

Carrera... why the f*** did you slide into FIRST?!?!?!

Good god, Price.

Alright, that'll do Edwin.

"Your 2B needs to have a middle infielder's arm" - Harold Reynolds EDIT: Good, someone else caught that too.

Stuck out the side, beauty.

Just be patient. That's pretty much how you hammer Gallardo.

Good job getting out of it.

I'll gladly put up with Harold Reynolds.

f***, I'm too pumped up. I feel like I am about to explode into a bubbly rush of adrenaline.

Alrighty. Let's do this.