2013 Toronto Blue Jays

[Bluejaysfan65]

Jesus, Reyes looks like he got hit in the cup by that pickoff attempt...

[AC]

Today in blue jays news, Wagner down for Melky, Lawrie is making solid contact, Melky is probably still injured and oh god why must Jose Reyes be so damn injury prone.

Oh, and DickeyTheBest

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[Majingir]

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Go to the gates like gate 11, I think. Whichever one is when you go left around the stadium from gate 5 past the box offices, it matches up with section 128. Always get give aways from there.

Whatever you do: STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM GATE 5.

Did you end up getting a giveaway(since you went), I went around there and I managed to get one(they had to have well over 20,000 cause when I went(right before game started) they had LOTS left.

Though it was probably just the gate I went to, cause other people who sat near me, when they first came, I didn't see them with the ball or anything, and if they came like 10 mins after me(so no way they were out of balls), they must have went to a diff gate.


Either way, real cool to get that. Regardless the sport,I've always wanted to get a rare item that only people in attendance ever got(giveaways like hats,bobbleheads and so on people can still buy from giftshop, but only people who went to the game today will ever get this baseball)

[AC]

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I got 2 (went with my dad). Went to gate.. 2, I think it was, the fan pass gate. Wasn't as big a crowd as I expected, honestly.

Definitely wasn't as nice as getting my Alomar bobblehead.

[Majingir]

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I got 2 (went with my dad). Went to gate.. 2, I think it was, the fan pass gate. Wasn't as big a crowd as I expected, honestly.

Definitely wasn't as nice as getting my Alomar bobblehead.

Bobbleheads are obviously much cooler to get, but the baseball for this game was much rarer, which is why I liked it alot.

It actually was a fairly big crowd. Supposedly 40,000+ people. Lots of people were already there by time I got there which is why I was surprised to not only get a ball, but see so much still remained.

People already auctioning it off on ebay! $10 is the cheapest so far, and $50 is the most(of all with actual bids). Someone selling one for over $100 lol. Kijiji goes up to $50 people giving it away for.

lol,if I knew it'd be worth so much, I'd have tried getting another. I'm not giving mine away, but I should've gotten another. Even if it meant I had to exit the stadium,buy 500 level ticket to reenter and then get the item again lol.

[bhurst99]

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Hope you guys had fun at the Carlos Delgado celebrations. He's such a class act.

Too bad the team is hopeless this year.

If the team finishes seven games under, I have to believe either Gibbons or AA gets axed. It may not be fair but that's the way sports is when you have a big budget and you perform well below expectations.

[SPTO]

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If the team finishes seven games under, I have to believe either Gibbons or AA gets axed. It may not be fair but that's the way sports is when you have a big budget and you perform well below expectations.

I think AA gets a stay of execution mainly because EVERYONE and their mother thought the moves he made were great. The hiring of Gibbons was completely stupid though considering the options that were on the table so I could see him getting axed. The problem is, I don't think AA would be ruthless in that regard the way JP Ricciardi went through managers like kleenex. I have a feeling Gibbons will be around at the start of next season but if it looks like the same old crap he will be fired ASAP.

[bhurst99]

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I think AA gets a stay of execution mainly because EVERYONE and their mother thought the moves he made were great. The hiring of Gibbons was completely stupid though considering the options that were on the table so I could see him getting axed. The problem is, I don't think AA would be ruthless in that regard the way JP Ricciardi went through managers like kleenex. I have a feeling Gibbons will be around at the start of next season but if it looks like the same old crap he will be fired ASAP.

You could be right. One of the most disturbing aspects of this year's team is how the young talent like, JP and Lawrie, has regressed. (Twice they've brought up Lawrie before he was ready which is a real panic move on AA's part. Jack Morris was on the radio today suggesting Lawrie wouldn't be with the team right now if he wasn't Canadian which was interesting coming from Morris.)

Gose is having a horrible year in Buffalo.

It raises the question as to whether the coaching is at fault because the youngsters aren't developing or whether the young players are overrated.

[AC]

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With Beeston as prez, AA doesn't get axed, and with AA as GM, Gibby doesn't get axed.

Please for the love of god keep Gibbons.

[SPTO]

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With Beeston as prez, AA doesn't get axed, and with AA as GM, Gibby doesn't get axed.

Please for the love of god keep Gibbons.

Why do you want to keep Gibby?

He's very good at the bullpen management but that's about it IMO.

[AC]

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Why do you want to keep Gibby?

He's very good at the bullpen management but that's about it IMO.

Bullpen management and making substitutions at the right time. He's shown forward thinkingness in batting Joey 2nd, little to no tolerance in batting Lawrie 9th, and a general badassary. There's absolutely 0 reason to fire him and then go through another managerial search in a key offseason when we probably wouldn't find anyone as good as him?



also hahahah Josh Johnson is so ****ing terrible it hurts

[SPTO]

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Bullpen management and making substitutions at the right time. He's shown forward thinkingness in batting Joey 2nd, little to no tolerance in batting Lawrie 9th, and a general badassary. There's absolutely 0 reason to fire him and then go through another managerial search in a key offseason when we probably wouldn't find anyone as good as him?

You're probably right but I think generally it was a mistake to hire him to manage a team with such high expectations. I do like the guy and actually think he's a good manager but he may be a sacrificial lamb if this terrible play as of late manifests itself into an embarrassing post ASG record.

also hahahah Josh Johnson is so ****ing terrible it hurts

I don't know WTF is wrong with this guy. He has all the talent in the world yet pitches like a soft tosser who doesn't have a good heater.

[AC]

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You're probably right but I think generally it was a mistake to hire him to manage a team with such high expectations. I do like the guy and actually think he's a good manager but he may be a sacrificial lamb if this terrible play as of late manifests itself into an embarrassing post ASG record.

I don't know WTF is wrong with this guy. He has all the talent in the world yet pitches like a soft tosser who doesn't have a good heater.

I sincerely hope not. He's a very good manager and it isn't his fault that his rotation has crumbled to bits. He made the very excellent call of putting Rogers in the rotation, which was nice there for a while before he remembered he was Esmil friggin Rogers.

I gotta say I probably should've realized this would happen, my expectations where much to high. Dingers have been his problem, and that shouldn't surprise me because he's pitched in a HR-supressing park his entire career and now he's a bandbox. He's still striking everyone out and not walking many but it's not enough to get rid of the dinger problem.

[bhurst99]

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Bullpen management and making substitutions at the right time. He's shown forward thinkingness in batting Joey 2nd, little to no tolerance in batting Lawrie 9th, and a general badassary. There's absolutely 0 reason to fire him and then go through another managerial search in a key offseason when we probably wouldn't find anyone as good as him?

also hahahah Josh Johnson is so ****ing terrible it hurts

Batting Joey second is the most idiotic think he has done.

How is Lawrie batting ninth a good managerial decision? It's a pretty obvious decision when he's hitting .200.

I don't even know what "general badassary" means.

Another managerial search? We didn't do a proper one last season. AA just looked for a guy who would be agreeable to whatever AA and Paul Beeston wanted after the John Farrell disaster.

I don't blame Gibbons for this disaster of a season. That lies with the players. But why you would think he's a good manager is beyond comprehension. There's nothing to suggest that from his past resume. They pretty much rescued him from the minor league coaching scrap heap when they hired him this season.

[Bluejaysfan65]

Batting Joey second is the most idiotic think he has done.

How is Lawrie batting ninth a good managerial decision? It's a pretty obvious decision when he's hitting .200.

I don't even know what "general badassary" means.

Another managerial search? We didn't do a proper one last season. AA just looked for a guy who would be agreeable to whatever AA and Paul Beeston wanted after the John Farrell disaster.

I don't blame Gibbons for this disaster of a season. That lies with the players. But why you would think he's a good manager is beyond comprehension. There's nothing to suggest that from his past resume. They pretty much rescued him from the minor league coaching scrap heap when they hired him this season.

AC's gonna give you a link and a lecture about why to bat Joey second like he did to me. Just wait... :P

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