R.A. Dickey takes the hill tonight, trying to narrative the narrative away from the bad narrative and towards the good narrative, because that’s what aces do! Even though sometimes they don’t.
I don’t know…
Just win, Jays, so I don’t have to deal with fucking idiots anymore, please.
ARE YOU READY TO LOSE YOUR MINDS?
I SAID, ARE YOU READY TO LOSE YOUR MINDS!?!??!
Well, just contemplate for a second what Jays fans will be like to deal with if the club loses the series they begin tonight with the Baltimore Orioles. But there’s reason for optimism! J.A. Happ starts tonight for the Jays, and if they manage to pull through behind him tonight, they’ve got two great chances at taking the series, with R.A. Dickey set to go tomorrow night, and Brandon Morrow on Wednesday afternoon.
But OK, let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. One game at a time and all that. Aaaand the Jays have Emilio Bonifacio in the lineup and playing second base tonight, which is sure to give anyone who saw Prince Fielder legging out infield hits back in Detroit the shivers. But the defence sure feels sturdier now than it has at any point in the season, with Munenori Kawasaki seemingly entrenched at short, Brett Lawrie back at third, and Jose Bautista in right field. Yeah, the sloppy plays are annoying, but at least they’re generally getting to the balls they’re supposed to, right? Mostly.
Fingers crossed!
The Toronto Blue Jays will try and avoid the three game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees in the finale of the three game series at Rogers Centre. Josh Johnson, who looked like the pitcher the Jays thought they were getting from the Marlins in his outing against the White Sox, will take the mound against Ivan Nova.
Bautista is back in right field today, and when you scroll down to the lineups, don’t fall off your chair! Kawasaki is batting leadoff today!
Gibbons likes what he has seen from Kawasaki, today’s leadoff man. Solid approach at the plate earns top spot in Blue Jays lineup.
— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) April 21, 2013
The Toronto Blue Jays will try and get back on a winning track after dropping Game 1 to the New York Yankees Friday night. Mark Buehrle takes the mound for the Jays against Hiroki Kuroda, who pitched a master piece of a game last time out against the Orioles. Buehrle’s last win against the Yankees came back on April 10, 2004, when he was a member of the Chicago White Sox.
The Jays, unlike the 2012 edition of the club, actually have more than one good pitcher, so– hard to fathom as this may be– tasked with following last night’s R.A. Dickey gem is actually Brandon Morrow, who– FYI– is kinda outstanding in his own right.
Tonight he takes on the (hopefully not) ageless Andy Pettitte and, hilariously, a whole bunch of ex-Jays, who come to town, for some hilarious reason, wearing the colours of the New York Yankees, which is totally hilarious. Wait… did I already say it was hilarious?
I did. But know what won’t be hilarious? When fucking idiots boo them.
Go Jays.
Leading off, as always (or usual), it’s today’s edition of the Getting Blanked Podcast– which for the duration of the season will be coming at you daily! We’re not double posting this year, but I’ll be sure to include the link in the first Daily Duce or Game Threat that follows the post going up over at Getting Blanked. Otherwise, you can find the podcast at Getting Blanked on iTunes, get it via the RSS feed we have setup, or like Getting Blanked on Facebook in order to get each day’s podcast straight into your news feed (and while you’re at it, go ahead and like DJF on Facebook, too).
Barry Davis of the Rogers-owned Rogers Sportsnet tweets that the Rogers-owned Blue Jays will have Jose Bautista in the lineup tonight at the Rogers-owned Rogers Centre. Huzzah!
Parkes and I watched 42 and talked about it in the National Post on their Popcorn Panel.
In a notebook post at BlueJays.com, Steph Rogers and Evan Peaslee talk to Chad Mottola about the offence pressing, Casey Janssen’s success, Brett Lawrie’s quest for timing, and Ramon Ortiz about actually being still in the Majors.
Speaking of Casey Janssen, Mike Wilner talks about his surprising awesomeness, among other things, in his post-game report at Sportsnet.
And speaking of Janssen still, Parkes kicks off Ten Stray Thoughts on a Friday at Getting Blanked with a look at how generous umpires have been with the Jays’ closer this year– and how he might be kinda awesome anyway.
YARRRRRRRGHHHHLLLGHHHHHHRRRRRHH!!!
Alright. Time to get back on the ol’ horse.
The Jays end their series with the White Sox tonight, looking to even things up in an outstanding pitching matchup featuring R.A. Dickey and Chris Sale. The White Sox tough lefty is all that stands between the Jays and a record that’s four games below .500, at which point the team will obviously have to just fold up for the season, sell off the Rogers Centre, and start strategizing as to how they can improve themselves for next year. MUST WIN TERRITORY!
No, but seriously, a fucking win would be nice.
That watermelon, Jose Bautista, will sit this one out, as will Colby Rasmus, following a rough night against a lesser lefty in Jose Quintana– though, in Colby’s defence, that creep can roll.
The Yankees come to town starting tomorrow, so it’s not like things get any easier… though the Jays do miss CC Sabathia in the process. But still… again… a fucking win would be nice.
