[GDT] Jays Series Thread - at Yankees July 16-18

[Karl]

All right, we got Yunel, Rajai & Kelly in the top of the 9th coming up.

[KelVarnsen]

I want another bottle of whisky.

[Karl]

Yunel Escobar strikes out on 3 pitches...not good.

[Karl]

Yanks bringing on their acting closer Soriano.

[Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by flames_1987

What a collapse against the best team in baseball. Perhaps it has more to do with this team being beaten down to a bloody pulp by injuries/

You're always so freaking defensive about any criticism of the Jays. Yes, they've had injuries, but you cannot deny that they've had lots of losses like this.

[Karl]

Ahh, damn Lawrie

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Still a glimmer of hope. C'mon Colby!

[flames_1987]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

You're always so freaking defensive about any criticism of the Jays. Yes, they've had injuries, but you cannot deny that they've had lots of losses like this.

And you are king of the hyperbole with this team and negative without reason a lot of the times. I've said on numerous occasions that I didn't think this team was a playoff team or was even that good when healthy. I don't consider this a collapse by any means, it's the best team in baseball. The Jays have lost just as many games with bad starting pitching or not scoring many runs. The bullpen has been worked overtime and been incredibly solid for a while now.

[Karl]

Damn it!

[Karl]

Say what you want about the pitching problems, but a lack of hitting earlier in the game cost the Jays just as much.

[Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by flames_1987

And you are king of the hyperbole with this team and negative without reason a lot of the times. I've said on numerous occasions that I didn't think this team was a playoff team or was even that good when healthy. I don't consider this a collapse by any means, it's the best team in baseball. The Jays have lost just as many games with bad starting pitching or not scoring many runs. The bullpen has been worked overtime and been incredibly solid for a while now.

Whatever. I have said both positive and negative things, and none of it is "without reason."

You are unnecessarily over-defensive. It's just baseball.

[flames_1987]

Originally Posted by Karl

Say what you want about the pitching problems, but a lack of hitting earlier in the game cost the Jays just as much.

People love to scapegoat the bullpen though. Just a quick twitter search of Jason Frasor tonight, shows us how crazy some fans are.

[flames_1987]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

Whatever. I have said both positive and negative things, and none of it is "without reason."

You are unnecessarily over-defensive. It's just baseball.

It is just baseball, its an internet message board, it's not like I'm attacking your life outside of your views. Just boggles my mind that over halfway into the season, some people are still going back to the well about how many times this team has "collapsed" down the stretch

[KelVarnsen]

Shi Davidi ‏@ShiDavidi Bautista has no break. Tendon issue. MRi tomorrow

[flames_1987]

I assume that's a good thing but not sure how extensive tendon injuries could be

[Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by flames_1987

It is just baseball, its an internet message board, it's not like I'm attacking your life outside of your views. Just boggles my mind that over halfway into the season, some people are still going back to the well about how many times this team has "collapsed" down the stretch

I don't post a stream of consciousness, so not every single opinion I have about the Jays will be reflected on here. Yes, sometimes they don't hit well, sometimes they have bad starting pitching, sometimes it's the bullpen. There you go.

I'm reacting to you because I know for a fact that you have driven at least one poster away from Jays-related threads because of the consistency of your attacks on many "negative" posts.

I'm going to continue to post my opinions, and if you want to continue to jump on them, feel free.

[flames_1987]

Farrell said Bautista heard a pop

[flames_1987]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

I don't post a stream of consciousness, so not every single opinion I have about the Jays will be reflected on here. Yes, sometimes they don't hit well, sometimes they have bad starting pitching, sometimes it's the bullpen. There you go.

I'm reacting to you because I know for a fact that you have driven at least one poster away from Jays-related threads because of the consistency of your attacks on many "negative" posts.

I'm going to continue to post my opinions, and if you want to continue to jump on them, feel free.

If you'd like to point out the last time I decided to "jump" on a post of yours, please direct me to one. I think I've been more then fair and people can speak their mind. Some people have really great, intelligent, thought out baseball debate and others just decide not to. Clearly this is taking the form of a personal argument so I'll let it end now and we can go through the last 20 odd Blue Jays series threads and find out where I've been horribly wrong.

[KelVarnsen]

Tao of Stieb ‏@TaoofStieb Anthony Gose was pulled after one at bat for Las Vegas tonight.

[jschick88]

Farrell hinted that move is coming for Bautista tomorrow. Anthony Gose just removed from game in Vegas.

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