Marcus Stroman won't stop tweeting; 2019 Vlad Guerrero Jr/Blue Jays thread

Meet your new hero, Thermo.

Laughed when he patted the base ump on the back as he came off the field (presumably finished for the day)--shades of Fidrych!

I missed that!

kid's definitely not shy

I know the Yankees are not very yankee-like right now (Odor batting second?! Lol) but the kid looked good.

that first Judge at-bat was so awesome. had him fall to a knee and then had him so boggled he swung about a calendar year too late

Like Bichette without the contact!

Big night for Vlad: 4-4, double, 3-run homer (so far).

He should have tried to stretch that second single into a triple.

Also he’s got the AL lead in home runs now, ahead of that guy nobody’s heard of in Tex.

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.)

Manoah didn’t look so hot today, and no Vlad RBI, but they got a Walkoff in the 9th at least!

He's leading the league in hits, homers, all three slash categories, and total bases (and IBBs!)

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”)

This bullpen is so bad.

Vlad's six BA points shy of an MLB triple crown and an MLB slash triple crown.

i love him so much

I'm going to look into that today. Incredible longshot, but my guess is it's never been done before.

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.

would i recognize their names?

Not Josh Gibson-level famous; I didn't recognize them, but I probably should (Ted Strong and Bonnie Farrell).

no clue.

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.

Manoah looked amazing tonight. Had a no hitter go into the 6th… wound up pitching 7 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts!

Hurrah

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31829476/toronto-blue-jays-get-approval-canada-health-officials-july-30-return-reportedly-likely

I wonder if I have a hope in hell of seeing a game.

TOR-TEX runs in the series: 25-2. Can we always play Texas?

I wonder what the series record is since the bat-flip...will look that up.

Overall: 21-14 for Toronto (18-14, + 3-0 playoff sweep).

rough inning

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.

I’m honestly not sure how it’s decided.

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

That would make sense. I heard Ryu loves the powder blues.

attn clemenza: https://sportsstories.substack.com/p/the-king-and-his-court

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.

Jays just traded Adams (totally expendable) for Brad Hand.

So that series vs Boston was epic.

yeah.

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.

well they did just shut out the Rangers but yeah the pattern is pretty bad. beat up on bad teams, choke against good ones.

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

lol sorry wrong thread!! xpost

basically all your comments about the jays apply 100% to the sox

variety: red

Ya, I thought you were just confused about the team (Tex vs Det)

Tho, I’d rather have the Red Sox problems right now.

would you really though

Did you see what happened today?! Yes.

Pretty cool six-run comeback w/2 outs in the 8th, and then another comeback in the ninth.

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.