Toronto Blue Jays Thread

hodge

it's a shame doc has to waste away in toronto

he definitely deserves a shot to play with a contender

smarchee

hodge wrote:

it's a shame doc has to waste away in toronto

he definitely deserves a shot to play with a contender

I think he'll probably leave as a FA or be traded in 2010 if the Jays don't contend, and can you blame him ?

smarchee

read this on a Seattle Mariners fan blog after the win Monday night....

Roy Halladay. He doesn't have the spotlight of Josh Beckett or the sexiness of Felix or Harden on top of their games, but if there's another pitcher in baseball who's just so much fun to watch go to work every five days, I'd love to hear who. There's no frustration with Halladay. There's no line of thinking that "if only he could make this one little change he'd be awesome". There's not really any criticism because there's nothing to criticize - Roy Halladay is a smart, talented, and consistent starting pitcher who, every five days, comes out and pitches at his peak. He'll lose a game from time to time, but it's not because he made a mistake; it's because the other team just happened to hit his pitches, and shit happens, and he'll go right back out and throw the same pitches a few days later.

Roy Halladay doesn't face hitters. Hitters face Roy Halladay, and when you hit against Roy Halladay, you have to play by his rules. The only say you have in the matter is whether to bother swinging or to simply walk back to the dugout and spare yourself the humiliation. With Halladay in control, it's essentially like playing the slots - you just hope to get lucky once or twice, because at the end of the day, you're likely to be in the red. There's no other way around it. This is a pitcher who has mastered his craft, a pitcher for whom nearly every single offering is thrown by design. And that can be incredibly intimidating.

Roy Halladay is always on the offensive. He's a one-man army moving the front, and while opponents try to do what they can to slow him down, he seldom breaks stride. Tonight Roy Halladay tied Cleveland for the Major League lead in complete games. He's thrown more complete games than Florida, Houston, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago, Colorado, Washington, and Detroit combined. And over those six complete games he's averaged just 111 pitches. For the sake of comparison, the Angels threw 124 pitches in an eight-inning no-hitter last weekend. Halladay is not only extraordinarily talented, but he's also extraordinarily efficient, and this is a combination that makes him quite possibly the most valuable pitcher on the planet. For seven or eight innings a day he throws strikes, misses bats, and keeps the ball on the ground, routinely allowing Toronto to stay in the game despite an offense that's barely given him a lick of support. On only one occasion all year long has Halladay come out of a game with his team behind by more than three runs. If that's not the definition of an ace, I don't know what is.

On a team that no one watches in a place that barely cares, Roy Halladay has developed into one of the most remarkably unique and successful athletes of his generation, and at just 31 years of age, there's no telling how far he can go. He certainly isn't showing any signs of slowing down, and one could make the argument that he's only going to improve as he continues his transformation into a machine with a beard. He's taken such a substantial step forward this year that who's to say when he's hit his ceiling? If Roy Halladay's career has taught me anything, it's that he's always capable of new surprises, and I just feel privileged to be able to watch somebody who's so clearly better than almost everyone else. The approximation of human perfection is a sight unlike any other on the planet.

Thanks for coming by, Roy. It's been a pleasure

hodge

what an awesome article

smarchee

hodge wrote:

what an awesome article

yeah, it certainly is a great blog entry

I like this line, it's Chuck Norris-esqu..........Roy Halladay doesn't face hitters. Hitters face Roy Halladay, and when you hit against Roy Halladay, you have to play by his rules.

smarchee

nice sweep of the O's, who we have to finish ahead of in the standings, the Jays just cannot finish last behind the Orioles.

Adam Jones is going to be a stud

2 9th inning wins, first since September of 2007

I like the way Adam Lind is hitting

looks like McGowan is in trouble with his shoulder, DON'T RUSH HIM J.P.

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awesome performance by Roy tonight, just a treat to watch, that breaking ball was just unhittable, he had no-hit stuff tonight

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A-Rod gets some Madonna-themed taunting from Toronto Jays' fans.

Usually when there are chants of "Ma-don-na!" in a stadium, it's the sound of Madge's legions of girl and boy toys paying tribute. But at the Jays vs. Yankees game in Toronto on Friday, July 11, that name was the sound of jeering against third baseman Alex Rodriguez.

The recently anointed tabloid target, whose wife Cynthia is filing for divorce amidst accusations that A-Rod had an "affair of the heart" with Madonna, was hazed with fans wielding photos of Madonna, and names like "cheater."

When A-Rod was up to bat, the potent zingers included "you've only got four minutes... to lose!" and, in reference to A-Rod's sports rival, one guy shouted an incredulous, "Jose Conseco f--ked Madonna! Jose Conseco!"

The Material Curse may have worked. The Jays won 5-0

smarchee

I am now officially hating the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays

they can fuck-off with the rest of the AL East

tvismyfriend

.500!

smarchee

tvismyfriend wrote:

.500!

indeed lol

how long can it last

fucking twice they have played the Mariners this season and the M's won both series, ugh

smarchee

2 games over .500

playing much better under Gaston

Inglett is the new Reed Johnson

Starting to hate the Rays now

6.5 out of a wild card sport

A.J. pitching well recently

tvismyfriend

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081024&content_id=3642863&vkey=news_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor

Lets hope he can learn to hit.