How bout them Jays!

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JL's been a Jays fan for as long as he can't remember.

July 2014

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It's kind of nuts. Anyone local under the age of ~27 would have no memory of the Jays playing a meaningful game. I mean, okay, you could stretch and call some early season games meaningful but they have not had a significant game in September since 1993.

Hard to believe considering the decade of constant contendership I went through - and 2 World Series victories - and so many moments where I vividly remember where I was when it happened.

But damn, that's the fact Jack.

Hopefully they can do what they're supposed to do now.
 
Mudcat
It's kind of nuts. Anyone local under the age of ~27 would have no memory of the Jays playing a meaningful game. I mean, okay, you could stretch and call some early season games meaningful but they have not had a significant game in September since 1993.

Hard to believe considering the decade of constant contendership I went through - and 2 World Series victories - and so many moments where I vividly remember where I was when it happened.

But damn, that's the fact Jack.

Hopefully they can do what they're supposed to do now.
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I remember the first time they made the post season and lost to the KC Royals with George Brett.
 
Before tonight, the Blue Jays were 4-37 when they scored 3 or fewer runs.

That's pretty bad. Pitching just not getting it done.

Now 5-37.
 
Yankees hearing foot steps. Blue foot steps.
 
Mudcat
Before tonight, the Blue Jays were 4-37 when they scored 3 or fewer runs.

That's pretty bad. Pitching just not getting it done.

Now 5-37.
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Now 6-37 after last night's 2-1 victory.

The overnight transformation of the pitching staff is amazing. Suddenly we have a good bullpen. We can do what the Yankees and Royals do with guys to reliably close out the last 3 innings. Just gotta win a 6 inning game. And if we don't, we still got a chance with that historically potent offense.

Don't look now but R.A. Dickey has been in the vicinity of his former Cy Young form for a month +.

Buehrle doing what Buehrle does.

It's time to start noticing that Marco Estrada isn't just having a little hot streak. His whole season is kind of wow. WHIP just a hair below David Price. Who is now a Blue Jay by the way. David Price is a Blue Jay.



Can this be really real? :dunno:
 
I would be leery of Burhrle, this is the time of season where he starts to fade. It was a good game to watch last night.
 
Jays - Cardinals would be a great world series. Battle of the singing birds!
 
Mudcat
Marco Estrada . . . WHIP just a hair below David Price.
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In the interest of precision: I don't mean Estrada's WHIP is lower than Price's. I mean if you were to make standings of 2015 WHIP's best-to-worst, Estrada would be a hair below Price in those standings.

i.e. - Price's 2015 WHIP = 1.08
Estrada - 1.11



That is all.
 
Nuther pitchers duel at Yankee Stadium. Lotta zeroes on that linescore.

I mean before that Smoak grand slam of course.

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Taking the Yankees to Pound Town.

:chickendance:
 
Estrada's FIP: 3.83


Price's FIP 3.00 :bowdown:

Zach Grienke's FIP: 2.62 :bowdown: :bowdown:


Jose Fernandez of the Miami Marlins FIP: 1.70 :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
 
Price pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, Justin Smoak lined Toronto's first-ever slam in the Bronx and the Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-0 Saturday for their seventh straight win. ''I sense something different,'' Toronto manager John Gibbons said.
 
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