Also he’s got the AL lead in home runs now, ahead of that guy nobody’s heard of in Tex.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link
Not watching right now, but I see Vlad belatedly stretched one of his singles into a triple. (Also just noticed he's one RBI short of a Triple Crown right now.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 3 June 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
Manoah didn’t look so hot today, and no Vlad RBI, but they got a Walkoff in the 9th at least!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 3 June 2021 02:57 (three years ago) link
He's leading the league in hits, homers, all three slash categories, and total bases (and IBBs!)
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 3 June 2021 08:13 (three years ago) link
I think he’s got the triple crown after today.
I’d also want it noted, for the record, I called all of the Jays runs today. My only witnesses were a disinterested 6 year old and a toddler that can barely talk (but can manage “Milwaukee”)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 5 June 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
This bullpen is so bad.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 02:15 (three years ago) link
Vlad's six BA points shy of an MLB triple crown and an MLB slash triple crown.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 11:43 (three years ago) link
i love him so much
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 12:27 (three years ago) link
I'm going to look into that today. Incredible longshot, but my guess is it's never been done before.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 12:42 (three years ago) link
Started working backwards and got to Ted Williams in '42. He led the (white) majors in all five categories--batting average, on-base, slugging, HR, RBI--but Baseball Reference has dropped him to third in batting average behind two Kansas City Monarch players.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
would i recognize their names?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Not Josh Gibson-level famous; I didn't recognize them, but I probably should (Ted Strong and Bonnie Farrell).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
no clue.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
I don't think it would be a bad idea to give Vlad a night off. He had that phenomenal series in Fenway, almost had a couple of 0-fers against the Yankees. He's played every game.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:54 (three years ago) link
Manoah looked amazing tonight. Had a no hitter go into the 6th… wound up pitching 7 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
Hurrah
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31829476/toronto-blue-jays-get-approval-canada-health-officials-july-30-return-reportedly-likely
― Andy K, Saturday, 17 July 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
I wonder if I have a hope in hell of seeing a game.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 17 July 2021 02:53 (two years ago) link
TOR-TEX runs in the series: 25-2. Can we always play Texas?
― francisF, Monday, 19 July 2021 01:49 (two years ago) link
I wonder what the series record is since the bat-flip...will look that up.
― clemenza, Monday, 19 July 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
Overall: 21-14 for Toronto (18-14, + 3-0 playoff sweep).
― clemenza, Monday, 19 July 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
rough inning
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 July 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
Do the Jays normally play a three-game series' with a different uniform style in each game? Against the Mets they wore the grays, the powder blues, and then the dark blues in succession.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 25 July 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
I’m honestly not sure how it’s decided.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 25 July 2021 23:15 (two years ago) link
on some teams at some times it's supposedly the starting pitcher's choice (assuming a certain veteran prominence)?
in general i suspect it has more to do with the marketing department? as wedded to routine/comfort as players are, i'll bet the whole thing drives them fucking nuts a la chris sale. i can't blame them
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 July 2021 23:25 (two years ago) link
That would make sense. I heard Ryu loves the powder blues.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 25 July 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
attn clemenza: https://sportsstories.substack.com/p/the-king-and-his-court
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
Thanks, I'll read that. I think I mentioned that I saw him give an exhibition once--very hazy memory, but I'm pretty sure.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
Jays just traded Adams (totally expendable) for Brad Hand.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
So that series vs Boston was epic.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 8 August 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
yeah.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 August 2021 10:42 (two years ago) link
I can’t watch this team anymore. They can’t score runs when it matters and the pen can’t hold a lead. These guys are killing me.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 21 August 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
well they did just shut out the Rangers but yeah the pattern is pretty bad. beat up on bad teams, choke against good ones.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 21 August 2021 08:39 (two years ago) link
They manage to make AAAA pitchers look like Nolan Ryan far too often for my liking as well. Having one massive 12 run game every two weeks isn’t going to get it done
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 21 August 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
lol sorry wrong thread!! xpost
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 21 August 2021 23:35 (two years ago) link
basically all your comments about the jays apply 100% to the sox
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 21 August 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
variety: red
Ya, I thought you were just confused about the team (Tex vs Det)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 22 August 2021 03:05 (two years ago) link
Tho, I’d rather have the Red Sox problems right now.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 22 August 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
would you really though
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 22 August 2021 10:41 (two years ago) link
Did you see what happened today?! Yes.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 23 August 2021 05:29 (two years ago) link
Pretty cool six-run comeback w/2 outs in the 8th, and then another comeback in the ninth.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 4 September 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
I had the game going in the background while a (non-baseball fan) neighbour was over and he was 100% invested by the 9th. It was fun.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 4 September 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
So this is a weird fucking play. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a pitcher throw a body check before. I don’t want to say it was intentional - but I have no idea why he went straight into him like that
https://www.reddit.com/r/Torontobluejays/comments/plskn8/game_thread_september_10_toronto_blue_jays_7762/"> https://www.reddit.com/r/Torontobluejays/comments/plskn8/game_thread_september_10_toronto_blue_jays_7762/
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 September 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
Ok, that link was funky…
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/012edaf5-308f-4c66-b402-6d690b91907c.mp4
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 September 2021 01:22 (two years ago) link
Most animated jumping-around on that Springer HR was from Gurriel, who evidently knew how terrible that bit of baserunning was.
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 September 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
I was with the kids and missed the game, but had written it off as a loss last time I checked the score, I guess, prematurely!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 12 September 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
This has to be the weirdest, liveliest Blue Jay doubleheader ever.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 September 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
It was an insane 14 innings for sure.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 12 September 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
Especially that last inning!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 12 September 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
Gurriel and Teoscar are going crazy.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link