Pardon me, but Don Kelly has no business making this catch. A double from Prince Fielder and a home run off the bat of Alex Avila have the Tigers up 2-0 early in the second, so yeah, maybe one of those afternoons. Stay tuned.
Barry Davis of Sportsnet notes that he doesn’t think the groin injury Colby Rasmus is playing through is a reason for his slump. Um… I sure as fuck hope it is!
Davis also lays this on us: “Just spoke to Cooper. Says spasms are gone and he feels much better but not well enough to risk it by playing today.” To risk WHAT? A prolonged absence of David Cooper???
Gose and Hechavarria in the same lineup! Against Justin Verlander! Good lord!
Lastly, for your between-inning viewing pleasure, here [is where] today’s edition of Getting Blanked [will be, just as soon as it's up!]…
TV: Sportsnet
And now the lineups, by way of the live box score at theScore.com. And for those of you who’ll be out and about, be sure to follow all the action on your phone or tablet with Score Mobile…
Toronto Blue Jays
R. Davis LF
C. Rasmus CF
E. Encarnacion 1B
K. Johnson 2B
M. Sierra DH
O. Vizquel 3B
J. Mathis C
A. Hechavarria SS
A. Gose RF
J. Happ LHP
Detroit Tigers
A. Jackson CF
O. Infante 2B
M. Cabrera 3B
P. Fielder 1B
J. Peralta SS
D. Young DH
J. Baker RF
A. Dirks LF
A. Avila C
Is it…? Could it be…? Are the J-AAA-ys soon to be no more???
Barry Davis tweets that Jose Bautista will play in New Hampshire tomorrow and will be back with the club on Friday in Baltimore, just in time to put the screws to the ridiculous hopes of the Orioles– and then, according to another Davis tweet, right behind him on Saturday, slated to start against the O’s, will be Brandon Morrow. Fuck, yes! Let’s end this Orioles nonsense once and for all, huh?
According to a tweet from John Lott of the National Post, John Farrell says, “We’re not going to run from Rickey Romero.” They are not going to skip him, then. At least, that’s what they’re saying.
Lott also passes along, via Farrell (and Twitter), the club’s plan to have Adam Lind play nine rehab games in New Hampshire before assessing where he’s at.
At Getting Blanked, Parkes tells a tale of raggin’ on Jeff Liefer and bringing WAY too many full beer bottles into the Rogers Centre than ought to have been possible, even in 2001. I can attest to its veracity.
Lastly, for your between-inning viewing pleasure, here today’s edition of Getting Blanked…
TV: Sportsnet
And now the lineups, by way of the live box score at theScore.com. And for those of you who’ll be out and about, be sure to follow all the action on your phone or tablet with Score Mobile…
Toronto Blue Jays
R. Davis LF
C. Rasmus CF
E. Encarnacion DH
D. Cooper 1B
M. Sierra RF
Y. Torrealba C
K. Johnson 2B
M. McCoy 3B
A. Hechavarria SS
A. Laffey LHP
Detroit Tigers
A. Jackson CF
O. Infante 2B
M. Cabrera 3B
P. Fielder 1B
J. Peralta SS
D. Young DH
A. Dirks LF
J. Baker RF
A. Avila C
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