Blue Jays GDT: (2015 v29) Next: Vs Det| Sat, Aug 29| 1pm ET/10am PT | Farmer vs Hutchison

[mikeyz]

"What do they do in hockey when you score 4 goals? Throw an octopus on the ice?"


LMFAO Ben Revere is ****ing hilarious. I am really starting to Iike this guy. He seems like a cool chilled teammate to hang out with in the clubhouse.

 

[Stand Witness]

How could you not like being a Blue Jay right now?

 

[sparxx87]

Ball game! One of the most enjoyable games I've seen over my time in watching the Jays.

Annnnd I just walked off the course and missed it all. Damn.

Edwin 9 RBI? That's a months work for a lot of guys.

 

[Ovate]

"What do they do in hockey when you score 4 goals? Throw an octopus on the ice?"


LMFAO Ben Revere is ****ing hilarious. I am really starting to Iike this guy. He seems like a cool chilled teammate to hang out with in the clubhouse.

If you're Joe Thornton, you pull out your **** and start stroking it.

 

[Just Rude]

Really Gose? It's 15-1 and you're trying to take out the guys leg and potentially hurt him?

That's dumb.

I'm as big a Jays fan as anyone, but I don't understand this line of thinking (not just you, Buck and Pat were going on about it as well).

If the Jays want to run up a 9-1 score to 15-1 against a hapless Tigers team today, you can't expect the other team to be happy about it. Want to keep playing and going for the fences when it is 9-1, then 13-1? Well, we shouldn't be whining when the other team keeps playing, too.

It wasn't dirty. It was a baseball play you see almost every day, 15-1 score or not.

I'm loving this run, and this offense, as much as anyone, but no one should expect the Tigers, or anyone else, to just roll over when the Jays decide to run up the score and pad their stats.

 

[Just Rude]

I disagree about the Gose slide. No matter how far down a team is, they should always play to get as many runs as possible. But that's just me.

I'm with you as well, as you can see from above post.

 

[Muston Atthews]

I'm as big a Jays fan as anyone, but I don't understand this line of thinking (not just you, Buck and Pat were going on about it as well).

If the Jays want to run up a 9-1 score to 15-1 against a hapless Tigers team today, you can't expect the other team to be happy about it. Want to keep playing and going for the fences when it is 9-1, then 13-1? Well, we shouldn't be whining when the other teams keeps playing, too.

It wasn't dirty. It was a baseball play you see almost every day, 15-1 score or not.

I'm loving this run, and this offense, as much as anyone, but no one should expect the Tigers, or anyone else, to just roll over when the Jays decide to run up the score and pad their stats.

You don't see the difference between hitting the ball and taking out a guys legs in a 15-1 game ? One will hurt your ego the other can end a season.

 

[Eyedea]

I'm as big a Jays fan as anyone, but I don't understand this line of thinking (not just you, Buck and Pat were going on about it as well).

If the Jays want to run up a 9-1 score to 15-1 against a hapless Tigers team today, you can't expect the other team to be happy about it. Want to keep playing and going for the fences when it is 9-1, then 13-1? Well, we shouldn't be whining when the other teams keeps playing, too.

It wasn't dirty. It was a baseball play you see almost every day, 15-1 score or not.

I'm loving this run, and this offense, as much as anyone, but no one should expect the Tigers, or anyone else, to just roll over when the Jays decide to run up the score and pad their stats.

Not their fault the pitching rolled over and gifted them pitches.

 

[Cloned]

I'm as big a Jays fan as anyone, but I don't understand this line of thinking (not just you, Buck and Pat were going on about it as well).

If the Jays want to run up a 9-1 score to 15-1 against a hapless Tigers team today, you can't expect the other team to be happy about it. Want to keep playing and going for the fences when it is 9-1, then 13-1? Well, we shouldn't be whining when the other team keeps playing, too.

It wasn't dirty. It was a baseball play you see almost every day, 15-1 score or not.

I'm loving this run, and this offense, as much as anyone, but no one should expect the Tigers, or anyone else, to just roll over when the Jays decide to run up the score and pad their stats.

I think you overestimate the ability of a batter to purposely hit into an out. Their muscle memory is trained to try and deliver hits. And even then half the time I'm pretty sure they aren't sure where they're going to hit the ball. They see the ball and swing. Where it goes is part skill and part luck.

And they're not just going to stand there like a statue and take 3 strikes.

 

[Just Rude]

You don't see the difference between hitting the ball and taking out a guys legs in a 15-1 game ? One will hurt your ego the other can end a season.

He didn't hurt him. It wasn't like the Tony Fernandez play in the in the final days of the '87 collapse that knocked Tony out for the rest of the season.

Again, if the Jays want to run up the score in the 13-1 game, don't expect the other team to stop playing either. That was nothing more than a baserunner's version of a brushback pitch after a pitcher gets tagged for back to back homers.

Was it a hard slide? Up for debate. Was it a little late? Maybe. Was it done in a 15-1 game because Gose was tired of the Jays running up the score, and was pissed at himself for his screwup earlier in the day? More than likely.

It was not flagrantly dirty, and like I said, if the Jays feel the need to run up the score like that, we shouldn't be whining when the other teams fights back.

It was a baseball play. The score is irrelevant.

 

[Just Rude]

Not their fault the pitching rolled over and gifted them pitches.

It's not Gose's fault everyone expects him to stop playing and roll over for a double play in a 15-1 game, either.

Zaun said it best yesterday. He said he can't believe pitchers don't throw inside, or send a message, when the Jays offense gets rolling.

Gose did that today, only he wasn't on the mound when he did it.

 

[canucksfan]

It's not Gose's fault everyone expects him to stop playing and roll over for a double play in a 15-1 game, either.

Zaun said it best yesterday. He said he can't believe pitchers don't throw inside, or send a message, when the Jays offense gets rolling.

Gose did that today, only he wasn't on the mound when he did it.

I am sure the Jays are shaking in their boots after they saw what Gose did.

 

[Just Rude]

I think you overestimate the ability of a batter to purposely hit into an out. Their muscle memory is trained to try and deliver hits. And even then half the time I'm pretty sure they aren't sure where they're going to hit the ball. They see the ball and swing. Where it goes is part skill and part luck.

And they're not just going to stand there like a statue and take 3 strikes.

Of course not. So it not in a baserunner's DNA to slide to avoid a double play, no matter what the score is?

We can't have a double-standard.

 

[Just Rude]

I am sure the Jays are shaking in their boots after they saw what Gose did.

Which, of course, is my entire point, right?

 

[Cloned]

Of course not. So it not in a baserunner's DNA to slide to avoid a double play, no matter what the score is?

We can't have a double-standard.

Well, no, it's not in a baserunner's DNA to try and injure somebody on every DP attempt.

 

[Just Rude]

Well, no, it's not in a baserunner's DNA to try and injure somebody on every DP attempt.

Which isn't what he did.

if it happens late in a 2-1 game, this isn't even a conversation.

 

[Cloned]

Which isn't what he did.

if it happens late in a 2-1 game, this isn't even a conversation.

That's a matter for debate.

 

[Quares27]

I didnt actually see the slide but if it really was bad they should hit him tomorrow. Pretty skumbag thing to do

 

[Muston Atthews]

I didnt actually see the slide but if it really was bad they should hit him tomorrow. Pretty skumbag thing to do

No point. They'll probably hit us first and then both benches will get warned. Don't need to bean a ****** player for them to turn around and bean one of our sluggers