2014 Blue Jays Regular Season Thread - Page 31 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Skaloper · 06-03-2014, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatter

Delabar has had just an awful month.

I should know better than thinking a 5 run lead is a sure win...

Lil Pedro · 06-03-2014, 07:57 PM

Way to suck Delabar!

browna · 06-03-2014, 07:57 PM

Cut your beard Delabar...Lind's is better and can probably pitch better right now. 5-3.

chockfullofgoodness · 06-03-2014, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatter

Delabar has had just an awful month.

It seems so. 5-3 now. Just need one more out though!

DOOM · 06-03-2014, 07:59 PM

Blue Jays win!

Janssen doesn't mess around.

ignite09 · 06-03-2014, 07:59 PM

lol, Delabar should take some lessons from that

Lil Pedro · 06-03-2014, 08:00 PM

Janssen is so money

chockfullofgoodness · 06-03-2014, 08:01 PM

Nice!

KootenayFlamesFan · 06-03-2014, 09:00 PM

It's a shame Hutch didn't walk away with the win. He was great tonight. 7 IP, 3 hits, 7 k's, 0 ER........pretty nice line.

KootenayFlamesFan · 06-03-2014, 10:18 PM

Yankees lose tonight to the A's in 10 innings. Baltimore wins, Sox lose, Rays lose.

Baltimore is now 2nd in the AL East, 4.5 games behind the Jays. Good times.

EricCartman · 06-03-2014, 10:32 PM

Great season so far. Even the pitching staff isn't too shabby with Hutchison going head to head with Sanchez tonight. They should try to acquire one more starter to shore up the 4 spot, as I'm unsure that Stroman can be a starter in this season and in the future.

I'm hoping they can keep this up and avoid a mid-late season collapse.

Caged Great · 06-03-2014, 11:22 PM

The Jays June Matchups are against

2 more vs Detroit (31-23)
3 at home vs St. Louis (30-29)
3 vs Minnesota (27-29)
4 at Baltimore (29-27)
3 at Yankees (29-28)
3 at Cincinnati (27-29)
3 vs Yanks (29-28)
4 vs White Sox (29-30)

So the Tigers are the only very good team, but the rest of the games are all against teams that are right at .500 give or take a game. Stiff competition between them all. The true indicator of how good this team is will come in the 6 games against the yanks. In the 25 remaining games, if we can win 13, that'll be fine. Any less than 11 and we'll start falling back to the rest of the pack.

Resolute 14 · 06-04-2014, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyler

Attendance dwindles while Jays soar:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb...ith-jays-play/

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Originally Posted by Lil Pedro

Guess 20 years of not having a sniff of the playoffs will do that to a fan base. Hopefully they can start getting bigger crowds if they stay in the race come July and August

Same thing happened in Calgary in 2003-04. Hell, we didn't even sell out the first game against Edmonton that year. But when the team closed in on a playoff spot, attendance skyrocketed. If the Jays are still in first by say, August 1, I expect the same will happen in Toronto.

burn_this_city · 06-04-2014, 07:59 AM

Good game last night, shame Nathan blew things for the Tigers in the 9th. Tigers went from world beaters to average over the last 15 games. Hopefully they get their mojo back and tie the series today.

howard_the_duck · 06-04-2014, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Same thing happened in Calgary in 2003-04. Hell, we didn't even sell out the first game against Edmonton that year. But when the team closed in on a playoff spot, attendance skyrocketed. If the Jays are still in first by say, August 1, I expect the same will happen in Toronto.

It won't take that long. I'd expect as early as this weekend the fans to come pouring in (because it's a great series, granted).

Very exciting time to be a Jays fan right now.

Resolute 14 · 06-04-2014, 08:33 AM

Oh yeah, the big weekend series have always drawn well. But its going to be those midweek sets that tell the tale. Moving from 15k to even just 25k would be huge.

Tyler · 06-04-2014, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Same thing happened in Calgary in 2003-04. Hell, we didn't even sell out the first game against Edmonton that year. But when the team closed in on a playoff spot, attendance skyrocketed.

Um, I don't really see the connection?

Flames were never really in contention for first in their division in 03-04 were they? Also there were no expectations for that team and no big superstars that were brought in for a run, no?

Fire · 06-04-2014, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyler

Um, I don't really see the connection?

Flames were never really in contention for first in their division in 03-04 were they? Also there were no expectations for that team and no big superstars that were brought in for a run, no?

The Flames finishing 6th in the conference in 2004 and the Jays winning the division equates to the same thing: playoffs (and very excited fans after a long absent from the playoffs).

Tyler · 06-04-2014, 11:11 AM

I know what it equates to. That's not what the article is about.

The article I posted is highlighting the fact that a first place team is not getting good attendance. The Flames were never in first place in 03-04. Not even close.

Moving on. Blue Jays game tonight.

I can't stand Dickey. Hopefully he pitches well.

Old Yeller · 06-04-2014, 11:38 AM

I'm officially hopping on the bandwagon enough to post on a message board about it.

So I only saw the highlights from last night, but after the first inning they showed Bautista appear to get in Hutchison's face a little in the dugout... anybody know what was going on? Was it as innocent as a pep talk and sportsnet was just trying to create something out of nothing?