Bautista BOMB!

Wow.  9th inning Bautista Bomb to take the lead 5-4 in St. Louis.  Wow.  Hopefully he's coming out of that slump going to be on fire going into July.  Way to pick up Morrow who gave up an uncharacteristic two homers tonight.  Go Jays Go!

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.

Drabek

Disappointed. That is the only word I have for the demotion of Kyle Drabek to Vegas.  I feel like he needed to work out his struggles up here, but, I'm not the GM.  I know that Drabeck & Morrow have been having their troubles this season, but I feel like dealing with it up here will only make it better down the line when we're a contender.

Even Jo Jo Reyes has made me a believer after his 28 straight starts without a winner.  This season is for shit, we all know it.  Why not let Drabek, Morrow, Cecil & hell Litsch sort it out up here so two years from now we can destroy all advocates?

Blue Jays vs Red Sux

I went to the game yesterday - a 16 to 4 win for the Red Sox.  It sucked cause it was the first game I'd seen Morrow pitch this year & I was wearing my Morrow jersey. My boss gave me his Row 1 tickets so I decided we were going to put up K's in Morrow's honor.  Well, after 4 K's we gave up cause the score was like 12 -2 for the Red Sux or something stupid.  Morrow had been yanked and had given up 9 runs in the process.  He was a slow starter last year & I can only pray it's the same way this year.

I guess the only silver lining from the day was that I started taking pictures & eventually video with my i-touch.  Below are some shots of Morrow pitching, Bautista hitting & Lind avoiding a fastball (for the ladies).  I will post some video a bit later after I've edited it.

5 in a MORROW!

Jays won today bringing the tally to five straight wins!  Keep up the good work boys.

Of course, the big story today is three home runs in three straight at bats for Hip Hip Jose Bautista.  This guy is killing the ball right now.  His average is around .360, his OPS is 1.315 (usually .800 is good) and he's got 16 home runs, which is 9 more than he had at this point last year.  Frigging unreal.  So I guess he's on pace to pass triple digits in home runs this year!  Sweet.

You gotta wonder if the Yankees & Boston are trying to steal samples of his DNA so they can clone him 9 times each.

Morrow gets Yanked after giving up 2 Runs

I kinda waited to review yesterdays game cause I was a bit pissed off that Farrell yanked Morrow with the bases loaded after giving up two runs.  I figured like Zaun was saying maybe Farrell knows something we don't.

So what did Farrell say?  A: "His arm angle dropped" B: "I would have done that to any pitcher"

First let's address "A".  I don't have the video on this but the Drunk Jays Fans have checked the video vs his last start and said there's no change.  I side with them and I call "BULLSHIT FARRELL".

Next is B.  No, you would not have done this to any pitcher.  I seem to remember you leaving Jo Jo Reyes out there for every one of his starts till the game was well over.   You jumped the gun and I call BULLSHIT on that too.

Also, as pointed out to me by DJF: why the fuck are you sending Dotel out to pitch against lefties?  Are you trying to see how high a On Base Percentage can get vs lefties?  Cause that is the only fucking reason I understand.

As you all can see, I have totally calmed down by waiting 24 hours....

Morrow Win!!

OMG I thought Franky might have lost that shit for Morrow....that would have PISSED me the FUCK OFF! Morrow 1, rest of the world: 0!

What Did I Miss?

What did I miss?  Well, as soon as Dotel came into the game last night I shut it off.  That's simply my rule.  I can't watch that guy pitch....it should be my rule for Frasor as well, and maybe Franky Fransisco cause he takes three years to make a single pitch but we'll see how it goes next time.  So I missed the loss yesterday.  I'd say it was a shame but Jo Jo fell apart in the third after E3's error but let's face it he wouldn't be here if he wasn't out of options.

What else did I miss?  The whole day game.  I forgot it was getaway day and I missed Morrow pitch.  I was at a router seminar which is somewhat of an excuse but I stupidly forgot about getaway day so I probably would've missed it at work too.  Missing Morrow pitch is equal to treason in my books.  His 17K one hitter last year makes me believe he is the Stieb of right now.  I believe in this guy, I know he can succeed.

I also missed Hip Hip Jose taking a ball off the wrist that everyone thought he took off the head.  He says he's okay on Twitter - and let's hope that he is - cause he's the most consistent, best, kick ass, god-like player we have right now.

Alright, and last but not least............I have been avoiding Getting Blanked & Drunk Jays Fans lately because of all the Farrell bashing.  It's his first year, he's gonna make mistakes, and I can live with that but apparently those guys can't.  Fact of the matter is, we all think we could run this team better than the manager, or the GM or whomever.

That being said........I have to agree with these guys on the demotion of Snider.  I can't fathom this move.  I have no idea why Rivera has been in the lineup (regardless of him being hot for three days), or Edwin at third ever (even with injuries) but for crying out loud Snider's only problem was that he shaved his moustache going into Seattle.  Ever since he shaved that thing off he hasn't hit.  I can't blame him for shaving it off cause it looked like shit (I know cause I'm 10 years older and all I can grow is that same shit moustache) but for the love of God you're a baseball player and superstition is a part of your existence.  When you're on a hot streak you can't change a thing - you can't change your socks, wash the underwear you're wearing, let a black cat cross your path, cut your hair and most importantly - you CAN'T SHAVE!  I can only hope that @lunchboxhero45 loses his razor & finds his groove again so he's back up with the club permanently.


~ Rusty Army