The Blue Jays Thread: 2008 Season

[FlamesKickAss]

that was another beauty toss from center by Rios again!!

[ricoFlame]

Originally Posted by JayP

Funny you say that - I was going to bring up some of those old posts ripping into the Scutaro signing.

He's exactly what the Jays have been lacking the past few years. A competent bench player who can play anywhere in the infield and be a decent stop-gap solution during injuries or days off. A sizable upgrade over guys like Royce Clayton, Howie Clark, Jason Smith, Ray Olmedo, Russ Adams, Frank Menechino, etc.

now if he could only hit for average like craig grebeck! oh well.

great win for the jays today. beauty series.

[JayP]

Originally Posted by ricoFlame

now if he could only hit for average like craig grebeck! oh well.

great win for the jays today. beauty series.

I'll take Scutaro's .376 OBP.

[ricoFlame]

Originally Posted by JayP

I'll take Scutaro's .376 OBP.

you're right, grebeck's .364 was awful. BTW, i was kidding. simmer.

[Saint Troy]

Good stuff, they're right in the race and have hit like little leaguers. J.P still has to add a bat to get this team into the post season, but damn that pitching staff is fantastic.

[dissentowner]

They have returned tonight to the strand runners on base monstrosity.

[Flickered Flame]

Should be a great pitching match up tonight as Doc goes up against Harden. GO A's!

[habernac]

almost lost it, looked at my guide and it said they were televising Baltimore and Boston. I hate it when they don't show Halliday's games. It is indeed the Jays game on Bell. Whew!

[habernac]

Rios with a fantastic catch, Barajas tags out a runner at home on the previous play, 1-1 after 6.

[habernac]

8 innings for Halladay, 1 run. Come on Jays, get some offense here and get Doc the win.

[habernac]

yeah, we've got a lead!!!! Rios with a huge double gives Roy a chance to win!

[ricoFlame]

rios, big-time clutch there. come on ryan...

[habernac]

Ryan not looking great so far. Leadoff walk and he's looking wild. 2 outs....

[habernac]

Mulliniks is my favourite analyst I think, really gets into all aspects of the game

[habernac]

Jays win! Ryan saves it. A hard fought 2-1 victory.

[JiriHrdina]

Fun game. Well pitched, great defense and a clutch hit. Love games like that.

[ricoFlame]

they fellas finally pick one up for halladay. nice. good stuff.

[JayP]

Originally Posted by habernac

Mulliniks is my favourite analyst I think, really gets into all aspects of the game

He's easily the best on the Jays broadcats. I wish they'd bring him on fulltime.

Nice win from the Jays. This series is about what you'd expect from these two teams.

[habernac]

before this series, I wasn't aware how good the A's pitching has been this year. Great matchup tonight.

[Sylvanfan]

Yeah, A's have the best pitching in the AL and MLB I think. They're getting even less hitting than the Blue Jays but still have a very solid record. I thought last night showed exactly why AJ Burnett can't take the next step and get results that equal his talent. He's cruising along okay and than he walks a guy with two outs on 4 straight pitches. Next thing you know it's 3-0 Oakland. He just can't buckle down and get it done like really good pitchers can. Hence his ERA being over 4.5 and his mediocre W-L record despite having great stuff. Shawn Marcum on the other hand doesn't have stuff like Burnett, but he seems to be able to get it done.

Still Halladay is just a horse for the Jays. Even if they can only post a 4-5 record on this road trip I think they'd still be in pretty good shape when they get home.