bluejays.gearupforsports.com - 7/1/2009
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8 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 7 K.
Ricky Romero makes me want to stand up and do an exhaustive cheerleading routine replete with foot-stomping and hand-clapping percussive accompaniment.
8 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 7 K.
That’s today’s line from Jays’ starter Ricky Romero (6-3), who confounded ...
Jays Find A Way To Win On Canada Day!
beerswithboggs.com 7/1/2009 —
So for those of you out there that didn’t know, today was Canada Day. As a result the majority of the working population in Canada got the day off, yours truly included. In celebration of a Wednesday with no work I went with the obvious day off activity, a Blue Jays game. The Jays had ...
Highs and lows through the first 90 games
bluejayhunter.com 7/13/2009 — The 2009 season is just a little over half way finished and already I feel like I’ve experienced more highs and lows than one of those crackheads on Intervention. As demonstrated by the line graph above, it’s been a roller coaster first half thanks to an incredible first few months, to a ...
June Reflections on the Blue Jays
baseballreflections.com 6/25/2009 — When my partner in crime, Tom, penned his last epistle about our beloved azure corvidae, things were just going great in the Queen City . He mentioned how much he was enjoying the season thus far, and confided that he wasn’t sure how long the Jays could keep it up. The answer – not ...
Grounded Jays Looking to Use Interleague as Launch Pad
bluejays.gearupforsports.com 6/9/2009 — Leaving Camden Yards last Wednesday, watching the Jays suffer their ninth consecutive loss (all on the road), I thought to myself, “I should have left for vacation sooner.” At least then I could have sheltered myself from the burden of being the lone Jays optimist during that brutal ...
Philadelphia Redeems Themselves in Series Win over Jays
bluejays.gearupforsports.com 6/29/2009 — The World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies took two out of three games from Toronto at the Rogers Centre this past weekend.
The Jays had just completed a series win over the Cincinnati Reds, and had previously swept the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park from June 16th – 18th 2009, so they ...
Settling the Romero/Tulowitzki draft argument
bluejayhunter.com 7/3/2009 — The day was June 7th, 2005; a day that up until this year had haunted the members of Blue Jays management because it was the day that they let Troy Tulowitzki get away. That was ... until Ricky Romero skyrocketed his way through the minor leagues and on to the Blue Jays 40-man roster. Four ...
Yankees vs. Blue Jays Series Preview
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/3/2009 — Yankees vs. Blue Jays @ New Yankee Stadium (four games) After taking two of three (should have swept) from the Mariners, and winning seven of their last eight the Yankees host the Blue Jays in a four-game series at the new stadium. Currently the Yankees are 45-33 and just three ...
Off Day Thoughts
bluejayhunter.com 7/2/2009 — Today the Blue Jays will enjoy a much-needed day off before they have to play four straight afternoon games at the Wind Tunnel (officially know as the new Yankee Stadium). I'm predicting that the over/under for home runs hit in this series will be somewhere around 12. Maybe I should put in a ...
All Things Rays - Going for a Toronto Sweep
raysallday.com 7/1/2009 —
The Rays send James Shields to the mound this afternoon to try to secure an important three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. A win would give a four-game separation between the Rays and the Jays in the AL East standings.
The Jays will try to avert the sweep by sending young left-hander ...
The Rays are scary
taoofstieb.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — Last night's game scared the crap out of us. As much as we'd like to imagine that the Jays were underestimated coming into the season and that the Rays were going to turn back into pumpkins at any moment, the truth is that the Greater Tampa-St. Petersburg area squad is really good. And not ...
Romero excellent as Jays take finale —
Major League Baseball News 7/1/2009
Rookie Ricky Romero fashioned another strong outing for the Blue Jays, leading the club to a 5-0 victory over the Rays on Wednesday afternoon at Rogers Centre. The win helped Toronto avoid being swept by Tampa Bay in the three-game series.