Born Blue: Pitching

Sunday, 19 June 2011

Pitching

The last two days the Jays have received two excellent performances from their starters. Morrow improved to 3 - 0 on the road! He pitched 6 & 2/3 innings without giving up a run. The bullpen came in and shut down the Reds which is good, cause the bullpen has been driving me crazy lately.

Carlos Villanueva pitched a great outing, only giving up 2 runs, but the Jays offence could only produce one run. Solid effort. Carlos had a streak of 84 consecutive outings without giving up a loss before today's performance! Most of that was out of the bullpen but man, he's the complete opposite of Jo Jo Reyes. How come we heard all about Jo Jo's negative streak, but this is the first time I heard about Carlos' streak? Odd.

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Background for Born Blue

The Jays were born in ’77, as was I.

This is my team.

I remember watching from the bleachers in Exhibition Stadium. I remember watching Stieb (hero) pitch. I remember being a performer in the opening of the dome.

I was in the stands spring training games in Duneden in ’92 with the family and yes Alomar was a dick even then.

I remember thinking “now would be a good time for a HR Joe” in the fall of 93. That thought from the rocking chair in my living room in Whitby and I didn’t say it out loud because I’m a baseball fan and that of course that means I’m very superstitious.

I remember being the first guy in the stands with a “Hip Hip Jose” sign, way back in the middle of 2010 before he hit 54 dingers (I hope that sign catches on). I remember thinking Morrow is the new Stieb after the one-hit, 17 k outing.

I was born blue, I bleed blue & I blog blue.