Oh the Pain
Being a Blue Jays fan has be trying the last few weeks. For every amazing Jose Bautista moment, there are 4-0 leads in the bottom of the ninth that result in losses. Tabler and Martinez talked at length about the leadership qualities Bautista demonstrates. How encouraging he is to teammates, and how kind he is to fans. Bautista made a fantastic play at third base, and in the ninth, whacked his 29th homer of the season, making the game 4-0 going into the bottom of the frame. The broadcast also showed footage of Bautista greeting kids from the Thornhill Reds baseball team, and said that he took the time to take pictures with every single one of those little kids. It was heartwarming, until I realized that the kids were there to witness the bottom of the ninth.
Frank Francisco started the inning, and left with the bases loaded and none out. In the clubhouse post-game, he asked if the media wanted to talk to him. When they replied in the affirmative, he told them to fuck off. Well, why did you bother asking? If he wasn't so large, I might've responded "I'll fuck off if you'll throw strikes."
Anyway, Luis Perez came in, got an out in exchange for a run and was trying to get a groundball out of Travis Hafner. That didn't go exactly as planned.
As the manager explained, "I realize (he's) a young pitcher in that situation but as susceptible as they can be against left-handers and his sinking fastball (I) looked to get a ball on the ground for the potential of a double play in that situation."
The media asked to talk to talk to Perez, but his English isn't so good, so he didn't have the words to potentially tell them to fuck off. Shawn Camp was seen comforting him.
I also realized at some point during that 9th that Luis Perez looks like a Latino Ted Lilly. Google pictures, you'll see it.
Villanueva pitched well, Hill had two hits and a stolen base, Encarnacion had three hits and Arencibia had two singles.
Villanueva looked a bit nauseous when he accidentally beaned Lonnie Chisenhall in the third inning. It looked like the pitch went off the brim of the helmet, nicked his cheekbone(which was already puffing up when the trainer got there) and got his nose, which was bleeding. It was particularly scary because it seemed clear that Chisenhall, who made no effort to get out of the way, didn't see that pitch at all.
So, there have been inconsistent strike zones, non-calls at the plate, untimely opposition home runs, blown saves and shoddy outfield defense.
All of this comes into perspective when something like this happens. Just awful. I feel awful for that guy's family, especially his kid who was sitting right there and saw the whole thing. And for Josh Hamilton who tossed him the ball.
I saw something last night that sort of ticked me off. I used to read Batter's Box when my interest in baseball was rekindled in 2004. I visited until I got tired of it and decided to make my own site with the sort of thing I wanted to read about. That site is this one. And I became a member of this rag tag group of wise nerds and charming blowhards known as the Toronto Blue Jays blogosphere.
Frank Francisco started the inning, and left with the bases loaded and none out. In the clubhouse post-game, he asked if the media wanted to talk to him. When they replied in the affirmative, he told them to fuck off. Well, why did you bother asking? If he wasn't so large, I might've responded "I'll fuck off if you'll throw strikes."
Anyway, Luis Perez came in, got an out in exchange for a run and was trying to get a groundball out of Travis Hafner. That didn't go exactly as planned.
As the manager explained, "I realize (he's) a young pitcher in that situation but as susceptible as they can be against left-handers and his sinking fastball (I) looked to get a ball on the ground for the potential of a double play in that situation."
The media asked to talk to talk to Perez, but his English isn't so good, so he didn't have the words to potentially tell them to fuck off. Shawn Camp was seen comforting him.
I also realized at some point during that 9th that Luis Perez looks like a Latino Ted Lilly. Google pictures, you'll see it.
Villanueva pitched well, Hill had two hits and a stolen base, Encarnacion had three hits and Arencibia had two singles.
Villanueva looked a bit nauseous when he accidentally beaned Lonnie Chisenhall in the third inning. It looked like the pitch went off the brim of the helmet, nicked his cheekbone(which was already puffing up when the trainer got there) and got his nose, which was bleeding. It was particularly scary because it seemed clear that Chisenhall, who made no effort to get out of the way, didn't see that pitch at all.
So, there have been inconsistent strike zones, non-calls at the plate, untimely opposition home runs, blown saves and shoddy outfield defense.
All of this comes into perspective when something like this happens. Just awful. I feel awful for that guy's family, especially his kid who was sitting right there and saw the whole thing. And for Josh Hamilton who tossed him the ball.
I saw something last night that sort of ticked me off. I used to read Batter's Box when my interest in baseball was rekindled in 2004. I visited until I got tired of it and decided to make my own site with the sort of thing I wanted to read about. That site is this one. And I became a member of this rag tag group of wise nerds and charming blowhards known as the Toronto Blue Jays blogosphere.
So when I saw yesterday on Twitter, through the @bluejaysbuzztap , that Batter's Box had done a SOSH post. And I yelled about it over Twitter. Batter's Box sent me a link to a post they did about SOSH in 2005 (ie pre-H/C) with little Twitter comments jokingly implying that I mooched from them.
I didn't start mine until 2007 or so. I have the memory of an elephant, and I don't remember SOSH posts on that site. I first heard of SOSH when I read that Curt Schilling used to visit it when he was considering signing with Boston, to interact with the fans. I went to check it out, and found the comedy gold within.
Whether I have a right to it or not, I feel a certain jurisdiction over that site. SOSH posts are one of this site's trademarks. I get requests if I don't do SOSH posts. I get requests even when the Jays get trounced, even though the SOSH posts only come out when the Jays win. So my nose is a little out of joint. I may not have done it first, but I like to think I've made it into an art form.