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
Manoah's stuff looks insane right now too.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
Are you watching? I was in the next room, so I may not have heard him exactly, but I swear Pat Tabler complimented the Jays on their small-ball play recently (not being ironic, either).
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 01:42 (two years ago) link
team is running amok
if only the yanks had lost today, alas
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 01:58 (two years ago) link
Boston losing rn!
to Clem: i have gotten very good at tuning out Tabler.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
this HR is nuts
Vladdy Jr. is the 3rd player 22 or younger to hit 45 HR through 143 games in a season (Mathews, DiMaggio). pic.twitter.com/3o3NLqKCw0— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) September 14, 2021
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
That thing was a laser
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 03:30 (two years ago) link
15 degrees
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 04:39 (two years ago) link
Another quality cy young caliber performance today. 1 run through 7 with 13 Ks!!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
They had a chart up during tonight's game of most WAR for a Jays' rookie pitcher (Manoah's in the Top 10). Surprised at #1: still Jerry Garvin from '77! It was a very '77 kind of season--ERA over 4.00 (FIP of 4.55), fewer than 5 K/9, more than a hit per inning, 33 HR. But almost 250 IP, and a lousy team behind him.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 01:32 (two years ago) link
I saw that I thought it might need a little more context. Like IP and/or GS
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 01:37 (two years ago) link
Was an odd collection of names too.
God, that foul ball was close--two feet, and the Jays probably lose.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 02:33 (two years ago) link
That game felt like a bet to see how many guys they could walk without losing.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
Jays plunking Kiermaier for swiping (and not returning) the card and then Walker unloading on Joe West was hilarious.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
Really pulling for Boston today. After today, Boston has three against the Orioles and three against Washington; the Yankees, three against the Jays and three against Tampa Bay; Toronto, three against the Yankees and three against the Orioles. We have a significantly better chance of making up two games on New York.
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 September 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
ya, i should set my phone to give me updates on that game.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 26 September 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
Damn good thing they won today--didn't see a path if they'd lost.
I think they're in OK shape. Depending upon the Yankee-Red Sox game tonight, they'll go into the Yankees series either 1 or 2 down. They don't have to sweep; if they can win two, they'll either be tied or 1 down. Finishing against Baltimore, while the Yankees play the Rays, that's about the best you could hope for if you need to pick up a game. So I'd say they have at least 75% control of their own fate; they'll probably need a bit of help from Tampa Bay.
Life would be a lot easier if they'd taken three from the Twins.
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 September 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
I guess if Boston lost tonight they could still catch them, but that would involved counting on the Orioles and Nationals--not good.
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 September 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
unfortunately the rays aren't likely to have anything to play for in that final series vs the yanks. which doesn't necessarily mean anything, but still
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 September 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
That crossed my mind too, but I figure with one eye on a possible playoff match-up with the Yankees, they'll want to put a decent lineup out there and make a good show (and even though baseball players never admit to this, I'm sure they'd rather play the Jays down the road, who basically can't win in Tampa Bay).
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 September 2021 22:38 (two years ago) link
So I'd say they have at least 75% control of their own fate
Actually, 100%; win all six games, they're in.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:50 (two years ago) link
at the risk of getting all andy murray . . . COME ON
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 01:09 (two years ago) link
Some weak shit so far.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 01:32 (two years ago) link
bo, vlad and semien all over 100 RBI
― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 September 2021 01:48 (two years ago) link
Plus Teoscar. First team with four guys since some Braves team from the early 2000s...I turned the game off tonight when the Yankees tied it, missed Bo's second HR.
― clemenza, Thursday, 30 September 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
So Semien has the all time single season home run record for a 2b!!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 September 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
Also got his 1,000th career hit!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 October 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
The powerhouse Seattle Mariners are going to blow past both the Jays and the Red Sox.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 October 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
The Mariners are playing 14 games above their Pythagorean record...I didn't think that ever happened.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 October 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
Please tell your team to beat the Yankees
― ✖, Friday, 1 October 2021 02:06 (two years ago) link
in general that game was not as i would have preferred, and Ray - despite looking good – had a fairly bad game. still like him for the Cy tho.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 October 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
I think he's a lock for the Cy.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 October 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link
i guess he'd have to be now that i'm looking at thing. lead the AL in ERA, Ks, bWAR, ERA+ & IP!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 2 October 2021 04:15 (two years ago) link
Of interest to Thermo: a question I sent to Bill James yesterday concerning something Pat Tabler said (second from the top right now).
https://www.billjamesonline.com/hey_bill/#61556
― clemenza, Sunday, 3 October 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link