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  1. Drumcliff
    Just seems obvious now that Pompey will step up and make everyone forget Dextrose Folwer.
  2. Drumcliff
    Good luck to RA. It was often painful to watch him pitch, and the fact the Jays had to carry Thole on the roster to catch him drove me nuts, but I never doubted his effort and commitment. Hope he does well in Atlanta.
  3. Drumcliff
    To me, Gibbons is the Pat Tabler of managers: predictable, unimaginative, repetitive, pedestrian, a company man, etc. He knows what he knows, he likes what he likes, and he ain't changing. You could do worse, I suppose, and many teams have, but you would really like to believe you could do better. Disappointing he's coming back, but hardly surprising.
  4. Drumcliff
    Feel the same way. Been a Jays' fan since day one in the '70s, and this year's team just never resonated with me. Hated the approach. I look forward to off-season changes that will help remake the offense.
  5. Drumcliff
    Good grief. An umpire calling that play "safe" should not be working in the post season.
  6. Drumcliff
    Bautista should be hitting in front of Encarnacion, not the other way around.
  7. Drumcliff
    12 wins required, not 13. Division series are best of 5.
  8. Drumcliff
    Russell Martin now 12 for his last 89.
  9. Drumcliff
    Oh come on. Blaming Rivera because Bautista can't run from first to home without stopping for a croissant and coffee is silly.
  10. Drumcliff
    Because baseball is the best f***ing sport. It is played every day. It is life.
  11. Drumcliff
    Russell Martin, who's 12 for 78 in September?
  12. Drumcliff
    Saunders 5-39 in September with 0 ribbies. Yeah, let's qualify him.
  13. Drumcliff
    Pillar. Three RBIs in his last 105 ABs. Sad.
  14. Drumcliff
    Crap base running by Travis in that inning (sadly, not surprising) but also failure by Donaldson to have a productive AB and advance the runner -- get 'me on, get 'me over, get 'me in. If the guy's going to go 0-18 in September baseball, he could at least help manufacture runs.
  15. Drumcliff
    My favourite Travis stat as a lead-off hitter this season: he has 103 official ABs leading off, and his next walk as a lead-off hitter will be his first.
  16. Drumcliff
    Living here on the coast, where Saunders is a hometown guy, I've followed his career since Double A ball in the Seattle system. I can sum up my view like this: Re-sign Saunders: LMAO. Qualify Saunders: LMFAO. A below-average outfielder who's often replaced in close games for defensive purposes; 13 for 88 with six ribs since the break as a cleanup hitter; a .200 hitter in his last 170 ABs with 60+ Ks. MIA at a time in the season when it really counts. Pass.
  17. Drumcliff
    Hey, I was at Estadio Latinoamericano in April 2013 on one of my Cuba trips. I saw the Industriales beat Ciego de Avila, with about 15,000 in the stands that night. Only 3 CUC each for my wife and I to get in. An enjoyable experience, and among many memories: Yasmany Tomas hit a grand slam for the Industriales.
  18. Drumcliff
    4. Kansas City is pretty f***ing good. Their seven-run, late-inning rally to win game 4 of the ALDS, when facing elimination, and the way they took advantage of the misplay by Goins in game 2 – particularly with three LH hitters in a row getting RBI hits off a tough lefty in Price – indicate a team that is…pretty f***ing good.
  19. Drumcliff
    The Blues Jays "offence" with 0 runs in the last 8 innings is what's losing this game, not their relief pitching.
  20. Drumcliff
    Golden sombrero is 4 strikeouts.
  21. Drumcliff
    Let's face it. Gibbons made it abundantly clear he didn't care about having the best record and home-field advantage when, in the final game of the Baltimore series, he allowed Thole, Kawasaki and Barney to hit in the eight inning when the tying run was at the plate. It's his call, I suppose, but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth, as does today's farce.
  22. Drumcliff
    My friend, no disrespect, but this is professional baseball. Any player who doesn't call it on a ball in the air doesn't last long in the game. You learn it at an early level. Believe me, whether you can tell by replay or not, Pillar called for it, which then made it his ball. Also, the reason it's understood that it's the outfielder's ball on a play like this is exactly so you don't have to check to see where other players (i.e., infielders) are. Once you look up, you run a pretty basic risk of missing the ball. This play was unfortunate, but it happens. Hopefully, Tulo won't be long in recovery.
  23. Drumcliff
    And you are 100% right. Anyone who's ever played the middle infield in baseball is taught to go back hard on a pop-up until you're called off by an outfielder. Obviously, Pillar called for the ball and Tulo didn't hear him, no doubt because he was calling for it himself. As they say, s*** happens sometimes. This is unfortunate, but as soon as Pillar called for it, it was his ball, and it's flat out ridiculous to blame him.
  24. Drumcliff
    It's not actually a glitch. FWIW, now that he's been called up, the MILB page reflects his last 10 games with the Blue Jays, not Buffalo. Accordingly, the numbers date back to the end of April.
  25. Drumcliff
    Well, I'm in my late 50s and have been a baseball fan since my earliest memory. I recall watching Mickey Mantle and the Yanks on our old black-and-white TV while living on the east coast. Later, growing up in southern Ontario, the Tigers were my team (and the Cubs in the NL since they had local hero Fergie Jenkins). The Tigers' World Series win in '68 remains one of my best moments ever in sports (you stats guys should check out the numbers for the great pinch hitter Gates Brown that year; amazing). The Expos were next, in '69, and I remained an Expo diehard until the team left. Of course, I've been a Jays fan since '77. Who didn't love Sam Ewing and Steve Staggs? The first Jays game I saw was in '79 at the Ex, one of those deals where you got into Ontario Place free after the game. The one reason I remember the game? Phil Huffman threw a one-hitter at the Oakland A's.
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