Down By the River Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 It hasn't been very pretty, but Jays seem a bit more locked in and, dare I say, "gritty" these last couple days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down By the River Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 I kind of think Romano's ego got in the way there. Either you're fine and you focus on pitching or you're not and you pull yourself from the game. He constantly looked bothered by his finger but refused to acknowledge during the visit to the mound. Blew the save in what could have been a season-defining moment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gurn Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 15 minutes ago, Down By the River said: I kind of think Romano's ego got in the way there. Either you're fine and you focus on pitching or you're not and you pull yourself from the game. He constantly looked bothered by his finger but refused to acknowledge during the visit to the mound. Blew the save in what could have been a season-defining moment. I haven't heard any interviews with the guy, but just looking at his facial expressions on the mound, make me wonder what's going in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningback33 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Tough loss…on to the next game… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Gurn said: I haven't heard any interviews with the guy, but just looking at his facial expressions on the mound, make me wonder what's going in there. He was sportscasters call a "gamer". Super focused and intense when he's on the mound, but off the field he's known for being one of the nicest guys around. Being a closer is a different kind of gig. You almost need that cocky, never back down attitude to be successful. Sometimes it doesn't work out. I actually think striking out the second batter was a bad thing. Romano clearly didn't have it, but that allowed Schneider to believe he could get himself off the hook. At this point in the season, you can't afford to stroke egos. Mayza definitely should have been brought in to face the lefty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Today's game is at 10:10 am pacific 10-6 Kikuchi with 3.74 era and 170 So against 5-7 Bradley 5.36 era and 134 So Jays are +1 in the wildcard spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Springer gets an inside the park homer run Jays up 5-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNeil Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 17 minutes ago, Gurn said: Springer gets an inside the park homer run Jays up 5-2. He is having quite the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounce000 Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 Springer is a one man show today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Death. Taxes. Garcia blowing it in big spots. The three guarantees of life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 The big bats came late but that's ok!!!!! Sept 24.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, Rip The Mesh said: The big bats came late but that's ok!!!!! Sept 24.. Mariners look like they will be the club without a chair when the music stops. Currently getting stomped (again) by the Rangers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Too bad JR didn't have it yesterday, but if you offered me 2 out of 3 at the Trop before the series started, I would have taken it and run.... Texas is up big over Seattle right now as well. It's hard to know if the MLB stats page has been updated, but it doesn't appear so, meaning the Jays will have a 3 game advantage over the M's if Texas hangs on.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 58 minutes ago, RupertKBD said: Too bad JR didn't have it yesterday, but if you offered me 2 out of 3 at the Trop before the series started, I would have taken it and run.... Texas is up big over Seattle right now as well. It's hard to know if the MLB stats page has been updated, but it doesn't appear so, meaning the Jays will have a 3 game advantage over the M's if Texas hangs on.... Seattle is falling falling fast. But Huston is falling off a cliff. Looks like those two will fight for the last WC chair. Jays look like they are in for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down By the River Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Pretty much best-case scenario today. Houston loses. Better to have Seattle lose than Texas lose, but at least in the process Texas can't feel too great about their win after blowing a 7-2 lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Hogg Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 12:08 PM, The Arrogant Worms said: Blue Jays' Guerrero Jr. undergoes MRI for right knee discomfort https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-guerrero-jr-scratched-vs-yankees-with-knee-discomfort/ Any updates on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, Snoop Hogg said: Any updates on this? Vladdy only hit two home runs today, so unfortunately they'll have to amputate his right leg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arrogant Worms Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Seattle loses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) I'm really hoping that ownership isn't fooled by this and realizes that the entire management team needs to be fired. Backing into the playoffs and giving these idiots another year is the worst possible outcome. Edited September 26, 2023 by King Heffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Jays are +1.5 in wild card 6 games left, all at home 3 against Yankees 3 against Tampa game is at 4:07 pacific pitchers are 12-9 3.25 era with 232 So Gausman 4-7 2.26 era with 121 So King 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arrogant Worms Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Blue Jays vs. Yankees Series Preview: How Toronto can clinch wild card https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-vs-yankees-series-preview-how-toronto-can-clinch-wild-card/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 13 hours ago, Gurn said: Jays are +1.5 in wild card 6 games left, all at home 3 against Yankees 3 against Tampa game is at 4:07 pacific pitchers are 12-9 3.25 era with 232 So Gausman 4-7 2.26 era with 121 So King That's a bit misleading....they are 1.5 games ahead of Houston, but that's for the 2nd WC spot. They are actually + 3.0 (Seattle) in regards to the 3rd WC spot. To put it in perspective, if the Jays manage a split of their remaining six games, the Mariners would not be able to catch them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningback33 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 The Mariners seem like they are done but who knows.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Rip Brooks Robinson https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/other/brooks-robinson-orioles-third-baseman-with-16-gold-gloves-has-died-he-was-86/ar-AA1hiYHz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=dac11532652c456b9abf952d1f0face8&ei=26#image=1 " BALTIMORE (AP) — Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died. He was 86. The Orioles announced his death in a joint statement with Robinson's family Tuesday. The statement did not say how Robinson died. Coming of age before the free agent era, Robinson spent his entire 23-year career with the Orioles. He almost single-handedly helped Baltimore defeat Cincinnati in the 1970 World Series and homered in Game 1 of the Orioles' 1966 sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers for their first crown. Robinson participated in 18 All-Star Games, won 16 consecutive Gold Gloves and earned the 1964 AL Most Valuable Player award after batting .318 with 28 home runs and a league-leading 118 RBIs. “An integral part of our Orioles Family since 1955, he will continue to leave a lasting impact on our club, our community, and the sport of baseball,” the team said. He finished with 268 homers, drove in 1,357 runs and batted a respectable .267 in 2,896 career games. Not bad for ol’ No. 5, the boy from Arkansas. But he will be forever remembered for his work ethic and the skill he displayed at the hot corner, where he established himself as one of the finest fielding third baseman in baseball history, whether charging slow rollers or snaring liners down the third-base line. “Brooks was maybe the last guy to get into the clubhouse the day of the game, but he would be the first guy on the field,” former Orioles manager Earl Weaver said. “He’d be taking his groundballs, and we’d all go, ‘Why does Brooks have to take any groundballs?’ “I wouldn’t expect anything else from Brooks. Seeing him work like that meant a lot of any young person coming up. He was so steady, and he steadied everybody else.” Robinson arrived in Baltimore in September 1955 as an 18-year-old after spending most of his first professional season in baseball with Class B York. He went 2 for 22 with the Orioles and struck out 10 times. He jockeyed between the majors and minors until July 1959, when he stuck around in Baltimore for good. Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. was born in Little Rock on May 18, 1937. He eventually made Baltimore his home but never really lost his southern twang, which was just fine with fans in blue-collar Baltimore, who appreciated his homespun charm and unassuming demeanor. Dubbed “Mr. Oriole,” he was a sports hero in Charm City, in the pantheon with former Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas and Orioles infielder Cal Ripken, who performed for a different generation. Many Orioles rooters who never got to see Robinson play still were able to enjoy his observations as he was part of team broadcasts. Ripken was known as The Iron Man because he played in 2,632 consecutive games, but Robinson wasn’t fond of sitting on the bench, either. From 1960-1975, he played in at least 152 games in 14 seasons and in 144 games the other two years. “I’m a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday,” he said. “To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.” Robinson retired in 1977 after batting only .149 in 24 games. His jersey was retired that year. Robinson’s most memorable performance came as MVP of the 1970 World Series, when the Orioles bounced back from their stunning defeat to the New York Mets the year before and Robinson redeemed himself after batting just 1 for 19 in that series. Because he was so sensational in the field during Baltimore’s five-game triumph over the Reds, few remember he hit .429 and homered twice and drove in six runs — or that he made an error on his first play in the field. In Game 1, Robinson delivered the tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning. One inning earlier, he made a sensational backhanded grab of a hard grounder hit down the line by Lee May, spun around in foul territory and somehow threw out the runner. Robinson contributed an RBI single in the second game and became forever a part of World Series lore with his standout performance in Game 3. He made a tremendous, leaping grab of a grounder by Tony Perez to start a first-inning double play; charged a slow roller in the second inning and threw out Tommy Helms; then capped his memorable afternoon with a diving catch of a liner by Johnny Bench. The Series ended, fittingly, with a ground out to Robinson in Game 5, a 9-3 Orioles win. “I’m beginning to see Brooks in my sleep,” Reds manager Sparky Anderson said during the Series. “If I dropped this paper plate, he’d pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first.” Anderson also said, “He can throw his glove out there and it will start 10 double plays by itself.” Jim Palmer and other teammates would say that the country got to see what Robinson did routinely during the regular season. Robinson used to blush when asked to recall his heroics in October 1970. “I tell people that I played 23 seasons and I never did have five games in a row like I did in that World Series,” he said. “It was a once in a lifetime five-game series for me, and it just happened to be in a World Series.” His legacy in Maryland continued long after his retirement. There’s a Brooks Robinson Drive in Pikesville, and the annual state high school All-Star game played at Camden Yards is named in his honor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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