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  1. This is going to be my last post and then I'm going to sign out. I just want to say to whomever made the call to shut these boards down: f**k you.
  2. Not the way you would have liked it to happen.... If Devers doesn't have trouble getting that out of his glove, we're probably still playing. Horrible baserunning by Vladdy on that Schneider flyout....in that situation, you have to get to third.... 2 wins in a row where they were more lucky than good....maybe the baseball Gods don't hate us as much as we might have thought.
  3. I've never entered. A buddy of mine makes regular trips to Vernon to see his daughter and the grandkids. He got ahold of one and gave it to me for Christmas a couple years back. I know they're hard to come by, so I've been rationing...
  4. Canada is back in the final 8 of the Davis Cup, after winning the first match against Chile. I don't quite follow the format, but it's a tournament style and apparently we only had to win one match against the Chileans... What make this even more notable is the fact that Felix and Denis haven't been playing. Canada's success has been on the backs of Pospisil and tow guys named Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau, who defeated Alejandro Tabilo today, 6-3, 7-6(5) https://www.sportsnet.ca/atp/article/canada-secures-spot-in-round-of-eight-at-davis-cup/
  5. I've got the regular LoF.... I join you for a dram.... Cheers all.
  6. Agreed. Most of my content is in OT, (GDT are just far too negative/positive after a win or a loss for my tastes) but I don't have any other social media accounts. I likely won't create one, so this will be it for me. It's a bit petty I know, but one of the real disappointing things for me is that I wanted to hit 20 years on CDC. That would have happened this July.
  7. Pretty much a perfect day on the out of town scoreboard, with the Rangers, Astros and Mariners all losing.... There's a bit of a reason for optimism, because the Rangers and Mariners still have several games against each other. (7, IIRC) Still, it means nothing if the Jays can't take care of business. They still have games left against the Rays, who all of a sudden look like the team that started the season... The Jays did get the win yesterday, but it was a bit of a mirage. Boston actually out hit them. The reason for the win is because Vladdy ran into one of those three run homers I was talking about yesterday....and Berrios was outstanding....
  8. I agree. Before it all went down, I wanted to move Kirk and Gurriel. Keep Teo, because on an expiring contract, his value was likely less than LGs.... I love Kirk, but he's just such a liability on the basepaths....I would have much rather kept Moreno.....
  9. Yep. Just imagine where this team would be without the play of the Buffalo boys.... Here's a little something to put things in a bit of perspective though.... Although Vladdy's poor plate discipline is a big reason for his struggles this year, it's worth noting that he's actually younger than all of the Bisons call-ups. In fact, even though he's in his 5th pro season, he's still the youngest guy on the roster.....
  10. His start was awful, but once the summer kicked in, he was everything the team hoped for. I left him off that list because he just can't seem to stay in the lineup long enough to make a difference.
  11. Maybe....but they're a mentally weak group indeed, if that were the cause of this season's struggles. They're supposed to be professionals. Players moving in and out is part of the professional game. Always has been. Look at the Braves.... they lost their leader (and former league MVP) and they haven't missed a beat. (granted, trading for Matt Olson to replace him eased the blow somewhat) The Rays have been doing it for decades.... I think some of us might be reading too much into it....I think that too many guys on the roster picked the same year to have bad years offensively. There's the Manoah fiasco as well, but even without him, this pitching staff should be good enough to win with. They just aren't getting the run support.....
  12. I get the frustration, (and I share it) but I'd argue that the hype going into the season was warranted. The Jays had dramatically improved their team defense and had added another effective starter to the rotation. IMO, there are two things that the pundits could not have predicted for this Blue Jays team....the massive drop in production and the struggles of Alek Manoah. 1 - Manoah was supposed to be the ace of the staff. A Cy Young nominee last season and this year's opening day starter.....it was the biggest regression by a Jays' pitcher since Ricky Romero.... 2 - Right now, Vladdy leads the team in HRs with 22. Twenty two.....who would have thought going into this season that the Jays would not have a single 30 HR guy? Right now, Vladdy is their only player with more than 20.... In this era of specialized relievers and seemingly every team having guys that throw in triple digits, it's harder and harder to win with small ball. You absolutely need the 3 run homers to be successful and this year's Blue Jays have done that far less often than they did last season. We have seen dramatic drop offs from Guererro, Varsho, Kirk, Chapman and to a lesser extent, Bichette and Springer. At this year's Trade Deadline, I was advocating for the Jays to try and trade for Teoscar Hernandez. At the time, it wasn't a popular opinion, because the perception was that Teo was having a poor season in Seattle. But as of today, his batting average and HR totals are exactly what he finished last season with. If he was on the Jays, his 25 homers would lead the team, as would his 88 RBI. In addition, he would be providing some much needed protection for Vladdy. This season has been a mess and like many people here, I place a lot of the blame on John Schneider. Many of his in-game decisions have been inexplicable, especially when he does something completely different the next time he's faced with the same situation. That being said, I still think the optimism at the start of the season was justified. This team should be a contender. They just have too many guys who are performing well below their normal level. In fact, I'd say that other than the pitching staff, (which has generally been very good) the only players who performed at the level we would have hoped this year are Bichette, Merrifield, Jansen and Kiermaier.....and two of those guys have a hard time staying healthy....
  13. It's one thing to be caught between pitches, but in this case, the breaking balls were nowhere near the strike zone. Vladdy had to know that the fastball was coming, but he still couldn't catch up to it.....
  14. The telling AB for me was Vladdy (again) in the 7th... All of a sudden, he can't catch up to 96 MPH....It's not like there was any deception there....the sliders were all 2 feet off the plate, so he knew the heater was coming....
  15. Going into this series, I was hopeful of a split....although losing 3 of 4 would be disappointing, the only real disaster would be getting swept... ...and here we are....
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