World Series ?

Ok Jays friends, Jays beat Rays and Phillies away from home and both in same week now playing .600 and on track for World Series. Maybe, maybe not.
Let’s take a closer look at Sunday’s game. Litsch v Hammel though. Good pitching matchup. Hammel is one of my favourites.

Toronto lineup: Lydon, Adams, Lind, Rolen, Lane, Jeroloman, Ruiz, McDonald.

Definitely not the Opening Day lineup.

Hammel goes four scoreless innings. Interesting comment from one of my favourite Managers Joe Maddon. He is saving his starters and Shields, Kazimir will not be starting until later. He believes in saving the young arms. He admits it may go against the last 50 years of baseball lore but...so be it. Will be interesting to see where the Rays arms are in August.

Good to see Jason Lane continue in the lineup. Cito must see the same potential as most fans here.

Litsch a good outing two innings only one hit and one walk.
Takahashi 1.2 innings four hits two runs and a walk, ouch outing.
Wolfe a better outing than the one against Tigers 1.1 inning two hits and one run, four ground outs though, kept it down well this outing. He probably still wants to reduce that ERA though still 15.43 Ouch bigtime.
Bullington two innings two hits two walks but no damage and gets the win.
Santos and Hayhurst hold them first save for Hayhurst

Four double plays. Johnny Mac in two but also Sanchez-Ruiz 2.
Toronto leaves seven on base. Again as in previous games they are getting runners on but not bringing them in as last season??

Key hit was that of Shoffit, his double with two out in the 8th made it 4-3 and that was enough for Santos and Hayhurst to hold it right there but Jays would add two more in the 9th to seal an impressive 6-3 win over Tampa.

Take a look at the rbi guys… Shoffit 2 Emaus 1 Areciba 1 Sanchez 2 and Dopirak 1. Jays jave a lot of depth in the minors both hitting and fielding. JP deserves some credit here for the last five ears development. If McGowan and Downs were fit this season it could be an interesting team.

Rolen continues to be consistent. Pitchers held Rays after the 5th.

And good comebacks with all the six runs coming in the last three innings two in each. But Rays starting lineup had long gone.

But shades of things to come.... Crawford has two triples... said afterwards that he was not at full speed last season.. Cito, speed kills .... This team is fast enough without Crawford getting back to overdrive. (Dutch Jay, definitely one for Fantasy League this year.)

Regina Jay, my point about BJ Ryan yesterday was that pitching is all about psychology and in fact you can say that Baseball itself is a mental game. Mess about with a player’s psyche and you have problems, whether it be trying to refine a hitter remember John Olerud and the disasterous messing about of his swing when he had a bad patch ? My point was that this mental game is far greater in a closer’s psyche.
Note to Vancouver-Oakville Jay, it’s about time Granville Island made it to the east coast majors. I can’t keep walking past JP wearing the billboard, he may get suspicious about my motives.

London-UK Jay, you can still follow the Jays on this blog all season long.

Tomorrow World Champs Phillies at Knology Park but Jays have already beaten them this season cross town at Bright House, should be another big crowd.

Ozzie Jay, my Bright House tickets are second row behind Home Plate... Pig heaven. Problems is what shirt to wear at the Jays-Phillies game?