Reply With QuoteAgreed.Originally Posted by Axeman33
Class act all around. Like Jamie I also really liked how Delgado thanked the Rays organization for being patient and apologized for stalling the game.
Delgado was definitely one of my favorite Jays to watch of all time. Everytime he stepped to the plate, you waited for something exciting to happen.
I loved watching his speech and seeing the kid hiding behind his painting, holding it so it wouldnt fall over. Good stuff!
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Agreed.
Class act all around. Like Jamie I also really liked how Delgado thanked the Rays organization for being patient and apologized for stalling the game.
Really.
We score two runs to cut the lead to one in the 9th inning, have a runner on second with nobody out.
And we can't tie the game?
REALLY?
REALLY.
Absolutely ****ing ridiculous. It's not even like we had Lawrie or Thole up at the plate, in fact Lawrie and Thole both got on base and scored. The HEART OF THE ORDER (Bautista-EE-Lind-Melky) coming up to the plate with NOBODY out and you can't score ONE RUN to tie the game?
#****thisteam. Holy shit.
Let the sell off begin
This is ****ing ridiculous. This guy just doesn't learn. Honestly I'm at the point where I don't give a rats behind if he goes to another organization and turns into a great player because I don't want a punk like this on the team.
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Arencibia was on a talk show on MLB Radio on Friday and once again whined about people like Zaun and Hayhurst being too critical.
Umm, JP YOU don't employ anyone. Rogers owns both the Blue Jays and Sportsnet, but the Blue Jays aren't the ones paying Hayhurst and Zaun. Dumbass.The fourth-year backstop joined "Inside Pitch" with Casey Stern and Jim Bowden on MLB Network Radio on Friday and said certain members of the media "that we employ" are too negative.
Then he takes the cake with this direct quote:
REALLY? What a little piece of trash.I talked to our president about the issue [and asked], "How do you build a fan base when everything that fans are hearing is negative? You don't build a fan base just by having somebody who works for you throw out negative stuff all day long.
Agreed
Question Bon though. How much do you think John Gibbons play into this disaster? Pete Walker(in over his head?)
Does JG have a clue what hes doing?
Bautista batting 2nd?
DeRosa batting 4th the other day?
Raja Davis batting 5th at times?
Thole batting 8th ahead of Lawrie yesterday?
And so on......
I mean there are other problems but when the general makes these mistakes constantly it just adds to the mess. Do the players even respect him? Me wonders.
I'm gonna be honest, I have no idea how Pete Walker got this job.
As for Gibbons, I think it's tough to say. His bullpen management has been pretty solid I think.
The major beef I have with Gibbons is that he's too much of a matchup wanker. There have been countless times when he has benched a hot player (sometimes even a player who was having a great game) to pinch hit a guy who is considerably worse but is a LH/RH hitter. I get the percentages are more in your favour, but as a former ball player I know that some days you just feel it...and when you're having one of those days and your coach rewards your efforts by benching you just because of a matchup is really discouraging.
As for the batting lineup, I don't know if I can blame him for that either because some of these guys aren't ****ing hitting no matter where you put them in the order.
I don't like all of this jerking around of players at different positions. Lawrie being bounced back and forth between 3B and 2B when he's already struggling to find his game is the stupidest thing you can do.
All in all though, there are too many good players on this team that are just sitting back and riding shotgun instead of driving the car.
I didnt like the Gibbons hire when it happened, I still dont like it. During the 11 game win streak every one was going on about how he had finally found a way to get the time in the right frame of mind for winning. People were pointing fingers at fans who wanted him gone early in the season, thinking they were right for keeping him around. I was one who wanted him fired early on for the poor start. I am still a guy who wants to see him gone today. I didnt like the hire when it happened.
Buerle said it best earlier this week when he said that maybe they were over-hyped and that they werent as good as everyone thought they would be. I would have to say thats a great statement, but there is no way this team is as bad as they actually are as well. That has to come to a point somewhere and right now, the target has to be on John Gibbons and his staff.
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"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Lmao, JP strikes out for the second time in two plate appearances tonight on a fastball right down broadway. Gets punched out looking, and turns to say something to the umpire.
Unless it was "man I suck" or "man, did you hear about Ryan Braun?" I don't know what he could have said. Even Tabler and Buck were just speechless. "That was right down the middle of the plate".
Not to mention another stellar job of sucking behind the plate tonight. Two instances of failing to block the plate and as I'm posting this he boots another ball up the first base line.
Lind manages to somehow miss catching a throw from Reyes that was in the air the whole time.
McGowan doesn't know how to throw to second base.
This team is a mess.
Last edited by bondon; July 22, 2013 at 8:56 PM.
Is it possible Gibbons is getting worse? Why the hell does he have one of the best fielding third basemen I have ever seen playing 2B? Izturis and Derosa have muffed balls that Lawrie gets. Lawrie has made some poor throws from 2nd that Izturis makes. Nobody on the Jays plays 3rd like Lawrie does and Izturis plays 2nd bettern than Lawrie. Stop making an already bad defensive team worse Gibbons!!
Josh Johnson you sack of shit. Same with the rest of you Jays. Unreal.
Redmond on the mound tonight. Maybe he'll go longer than 2 innings. Probably not. Bullpen has to be taxed after these last 4 games. Oliver will pitch 5 innings of relief ball and die of a heart attack. That's their luck.
I think whoever's bobblehead day it is should just get on the mound. Or promote Mike McCoy to start tomorrow. Can't be any worse. Maybe Hayhurt and Zaunn want to get out there for a game. Show Arencibia what's up. Gibby can catch Thole.
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I would love to be in that meeting and be able to voice my opinion.The #Bluejays are having a players only meeting at the moment. It's at that point now.
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Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
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G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Good stuff.
I think number 1 is "wish we were Ryan Braun". That one would be the easiest to achieve as they are comfortably on their way.
Wow. I don't even know what to say about this game.
I watched the whole thing. Anybody else who saw this game knows exactly how I feel right now. I want my 3 hours back.
I didn't see any of the game. I last saw the box score at 8-4 Jays I think. I checked out the boxscore and saw Oliver got lit up at the end. What stood out is that he actually pitched a complete inning. Is this another case of Gibbons leaving in someone who clearly doesn't have his stuff that night? Or was it some freak thing like three pitches and three straight hits? That's really the only way I can see him being left in that long.
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