12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
it looks like when he reaches home plate he's apologizing to the catcher... the way he puts his hand on his chest and his body language.
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Yeah, He also got chirped by Peterson as he is in between 1st and 2nd (JB almost turned around too but kept running), so he prolly realized he threw the bat too showey. So when he hits homeplate with Suzuki already there to confront him (lets be honest, this could have been avoided if Suzuki wasn't there), he knew what they were mad at and already was apologizing. Looks like the Jays escalated it too because the way the ump points at the dugout it's them coming out first.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Ok, the crazy thing now is the Bat Flip has disrespected the game more than what Pillar said. And that's freaking mind blowing. That's how old baseball is, where rotations of a bat after a HR is a bigger story than a homophobic slur said.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
You're not wrong fella. To him it was just a word. I don't feel there was Malace toward the LGBTQ by Pillar. Maybe I'm wrong but had he said "*******"... then we'd be driving home PC judgement and seeking amends to half my ball team, a handful of family members and a good number of my fellow employees. All those who identify with the word I suppose.
Not sure members of the LGBTQ still or ever identified with the word, but the sensitivity is there. And I suppose these players need to be held to a higher standard given their platform.
But this was a heat of the moment knee jerk thing which is 10 times less terrible than that Donkey Escobar's premeditated insult.
Oh well... we'll all move past this. It will not define Pillar (atleast not like the bat flip has literally defined Joey Bats ... which I personally love btw)
Give me ANYTHING to spice up an archaic game that takes 4 hours to play. Baseball needs more Bautista's and Harpers if you ask me.
I'm right there with you to a certain degree. I'm a fan of social justice, but I'm not a fan of social justice warriors.
We live in a different world now where this kind of behaviour isn't tolerated and if anybody steps out of line on issues like this it turns into a massive witch hunt. Media presence is much greater and there are cameras and microphones literally everywhere to catch everyone's actions. I'm of the personal opinion that the large degree of public humiliation and the tarnishing of his "brand" if you want to call it that is punishment enough. He's lost a lot of "fans" during this process (and I use the quotations because a lot of these people probably weren't fans before 2015 and probably couldn't spell Pillar before that) and became an example to the rest of the league and to the rest of the sporting world.
Missing games literally doesn't do anything. I'm so tired of hearing people saying "yeah if you let him continue playing you're basically saying boys will be boys". No, that's not what it is at all. What he did was wrong. Does he deserve to get punished? Yeah absolutely. But the punishment has to fit the crime. Do you think anyone else is gonna want to get caught calling someone else a f- after Pillar's face got smeared all over international news? I doubt it.
Homophobia is a social issue and the way that you exact change is by shifting the culture. Shifting it towards a culture where people feel shame for saying words that, at one point in time used to be pretty common. Changing things to the point where it's no longer socially acceptable to do or say these kind of things. Which is exactly what we saw here. Pillar became the poster boy for this - on international anti-homophobia day(?) no less.
I will say this - I'm glad that this happened while the team is in the middle of a big road trip. If this happened at home I'd hate to see the kind of over-the-top reaction this city would have the next day.
I so badly wanted to be able to post a picture on here, but last nights game is how I expected the whole series to go. I was surprised your Jays let my Braves win 3 straight. If the Jays could have won this series they would have been way better off than dropping three to one of the worst teams in baseball this year... Hopefully the Jays can get things going cause after the Braves the Jays come first for me!
They seem to be having a problem with bunting. lol I'm can't remember the last time someone actually bunted into a double play.
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......wow....their pen....
Finally!
https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/868189833033904128
They're back! We've activated @BringerOfRain20 and Tulo from the 10-day DL and both will be in the lineup tonight.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Hype...they coudl use a laugher here. Would be a massive turning point to the season if they can pull it off.
Also, Jose has been spittin fire in teh month of May. He's got the swagger back and it's nice to see. I honestly thought he was done. Seemed all April that he had lost his power and bat speed.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."