Are you kidding me?

by jgr80

This post is about baseball, for those of you who don't care about that sort of thing.

What the deuce happened to the Blue Jays last night against the Angels? Look at the boxscore. (It's a good thing Eckstein wasn't playing, cause he's just too little and cute to badmouth... it's too bad he CAN'T play even when he's healthy)

T.O. had 11 hits to Anaheim's 4... and still lost. The worst baserunning I have ever seen. How many brainfarts does it take to wake up and get your head in the game? Between the errors, baserunning mistakes, fielding flubs... it's clearly more than ten.

And for the amount of money the Jays are spending on these guys-- especially what Rios is making-- their heads should always be in the game. Rios didn't advance to 2nd base on a passball that went 30 feet behind the catcher. So there's a runner on 1st and 3rd instead of 2nd and 3rd... Next batter: inning ending double-play instead of RBI fielder's choice. Stupid.


Speaking of double-plays... the lowly Jays grounded into three more, bringing their running total after 48 games to 58 for the season. They're on pace to smash the all-time record of 174 by about 21 (58/48*162=195). So even if you have a pile more baserunners and a pile more hits than your opponent, if you can't get them around the bases, you are going to lose.

If you want to make the playoffs, these are games you have to win. You know... the games where you outplay your opponents. Such games ones are important. These players are better than they are playing. The coach is not getting their value out of them. Fire Gibbons.

I jumped on the Red Sox bandwagon a few years ago and stopped cheering for the Jays because they were too stupid to endure for a number of years. They made offseason moves I supported and seemed like the Jays were back in business. I started cheering for them again. This is frustrating.

They have the ingredients to make a good team and keep going to the grocery store instead of getting down to cook. What is a Brad Wilkerson anyway?! and why does it get the chance to lead off the batting order?

23-25. Keep doing the country proud.