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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2015 21:27:52 GMT -5
Price starts the 7th with a bloop single.
It might come unravelled here.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2015 21:31:32 GMT -5
Revere jumps and snags a sure run-scoring hit near the top of the left field fence.
Whew!
EDIT: Runner moves up to second on a fielder's choice, nice play by Goins....2 out....now Gibby pulls Price.
Jays 0-8 with RISP tonight.
Sanchez in.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2015 21:39:12 GMT -5
Sanchez gives up the hit to Rios. 3-1 Royals.
Charged to Price.
Another 2-out hit by KC....runners on 1st and 2nd.
7th over.
6 outs left, Jays. Top of the order to start the 8th.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2015 21:48:58 GMT -5
Revere lead-off single.
Donaldson called out looking.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2015 21:50:18 GMT -5
Bautista with his second homer....3-3!
Madson gives it up.
Walks EE.....now Davis in.
Rain delay too long for Sanchez.....so Osuna comes in.
Already 4-3 Royals with runners on 1st and 2nd....nobody out.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2015 23:01:10 GMT -5
Double-play ball at the right time.
Last chance, Jays. Down by a run. Hopefully, Bautista gets another crack at it.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2015 23:15:06 GMT -5
Runners on the corners with nobody out.....now 2nd and 3rd....two out.
Donaldson up.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2015 23:19:20 GMT -5
Donaldson grounds out.
Series over.
Couldn't cash with RISP when it really counted. Runners on the corners....nobody out. Season on the line. Nothing. But a fantastic season by the Jays. Captured a ton of attention.
Hats off to Davis. He pitched out of it against some of the Jays' best.
KC is one solid team.
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Post by jkr on Oct 24, 2015 6:12:49 GMT -5
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 24, 2015 7:49:42 GMT -5
Not a baseball geek, but from what I saw this year, he had a bad first game vs. Texas....and said he was nervous.
Vs. KC, Price pitched very well in Game 2...6 strong innings....then the Goins/Bautista confusion in the bottom of the 7th. Followed by Goins and Tulo getting crossed up on what could've been a double-play ball.
Couldn't pitch out of it.
Last night, he gave up 2 homers over the first two innings...but got his game together....and left at 3-3 with a man on second. But they'd started hitting him hard again. Revere with a catch deep left field near the top of the fence....and Goins stopping a shot between 1st and 2nd.
Price is now 2-8 in the post-season over his career. And one of the wins was in long relief in Game 4 vs. Texas.
Not much run support vs. KC, though. Only 3 runs each game.
Jays were 0-12 with RISP last night....of which Donaldson went 0-3 (including the final out), and Tulo was 0-2.
Not gonna win many games with that stat.
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Post by blny on Oct 24, 2015 11:09:47 GMT -5
I didn't like the clear change in the strike zone for the top of the 9th, especially after Pompey stole two bases to get into scoring position. Alas, not all runs are destined for championships.
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Post by Cranky on Oct 25, 2015 18:38:41 GMT -5
I almost broke a leg jumping on the bandwagon and then falling off!
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Post by Tankdriver on Oct 29, 2015 8:35:58 GMT -5
So now the Jays are not bring Alex Anthopolous back as GM(rejected contract offer). All the goodwill created with this playoff run, shot out the window.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 29, 2015 10:43:36 GMT -5
So now the Jays are not bring Alex Anthopolous back as GM(rejected contract offer). All the goodwill created with this playoff run, shot out the window. It seems unbelievable. Only in Toronto. Gregg Zaun believes there was a power struggle. Zaun on the Jeff Blair ShowThe sense is that Gibbons will also not be back. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Oct 29, 2015 10:48:14 GMT -5
Wonder how the players feel about that ...
Cheers.
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Post by Tankdriver on Oct 29, 2015 11:09:01 GMT -5
As a fan, I'm not happy. I think he had an outstanding year. Donaldson, Tulo, Price, Revere, Lowe, Hawkins, Travis, Martin, Estrada, Guerrero Jr. These are really good players. Definitely a power struggle where then President can't just keep his nose on business affairs and not the personnel side.
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Post by seventeen on Oct 29, 2015 11:36:41 GMT -5
Remember that the MLSE negotiations with Shapiro took place early in the season when AA didn't look as great as he does now. Shapiro missed the GM part of the job in Cleveland and wasn't about to go back to that non-involvement with player selection. What MLSE missed was that AA had done a great job with drafting and organizational player development. It laid the foundation for the Donaldson deal and the July trades. He rebuilt all that in 2 years after stripping the system in the Miami and Mets deals 3 years ago. He's learned about character and team building, and just as he enters his prime, Shapiro isn't willing to give him authority.
MLSE will look back on this as Shapiro's first major mistake and it's a gigantic one. You don't lose great talent, unless you're a Toronto team I guess.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 29, 2015 19:11:19 GMT -5
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Post by franko on Oct 29, 2015 19:19:02 GMT -5
Beeston was hands-off as President and CEO. Shapiro is hands-on. Either AA is a control freak….or he knows that Shapiro will be a hindrance. from what I've heard . . . too hands on. |
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 29, 2015 19:22:08 GMT -5
Beeston was hands-off as President and CEO. Shapiro is hands-on. Either AA is a control freak….or he knows that Shapiro will be a hindrance. from what I've heard . . . too hands on. Any sources? if that's true, that's typical Toronto, isn't it? Don't even recognize success when they have it. The other option is that, as newly named Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year, AA wants to capitalize in a U.S. baseball Shangri-la. He can afford to wait…. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Oct 30, 2015 0:27:17 GMT -5
Talking to a few American baseball enthusiasts here in Vegas and even they're asking what's up with that ... AA will not be waiting long for work ... imagine him building a World Series winner elsewhere ... is this the Blue Jays or the Leafs? ...
Cheers.
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Post by seventeen on Oct 30, 2015 1:12:06 GMT -5
Shapiro wants to have the last word. Even though its Rogers, its eerily similar to Lou Lamoriello's situation with Shanahan. Who has the final say on players?
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Post by Polarice on Oct 30, 2015 15:56:25 GMT -5
Talking to a few American baseball enthusiasts here in Vegas and even they're asking what's up with that ... AA will not be waiting long for work ... imagine him building a World Series winner elsewhere ... is this the Blue Jays or the Leafs? ... Cheers. Same owners!! |
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 2, 2015 9:31:38 GMT -5
No doubt that the Jays lost to the best overall team in the league.
The Royals came back 8 times in final innings during these playoffs (I think that's what they said last night).
Their starting pitching kept them in it….then their bullpen was pretty much a guaranteed shutdown, allowing them to take advantage of the weaker pens of the opposition.
Last night was the icing on the cake.
Many Mets' fans are likely ripping Collins for sending Harvey back out to start the 9th with a 2-0 lead….but Harvey was rolling along and looked strong.
After walking the lead-off man, though….perhaps Collins should've made the move.
But maybe it wouldn't have mattered anyway.
Gotta feel good for Royals' fans, too. 30 years between their 2 World Series titles.
And they beat the Jays in the ALCS along the way to win both.
1985…the year they went to best-of-7 in the LCS. Toronto had a 3-1 series lead. Doh!
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