2020 Blue Jays General Season Thread

[L K]

I think it was a bad call pull Shoemaker when they did but yeah this one is on the incredibly ineffective at bats the Jays has against Snell.  He?s an ace so i don?t want to devalue his pitching but the Jays were chasing pitches pretty poorly especially early in the game

 

[Bender]

3 innings, 1hit, 1run, 5K's; Ray was pretty darn good.
I guess we could wonder about pulling Shoemaker after 35 pitches and using Cole (who pitched last game in a meaningless loss, for some reason) but Jays only scored one run which won't win you many. Too bad. Tampa pitched well but also made some great defensive plays.

Yeah I mean there were a couple of hits there I was surprised the Rays were able to catch. Not much you can do. Hope the bats come alive tonight.

 

[Andy07]

3 innings, 1hit, 1run, 5K's; Ray was pretty darn good.
I guess we could wonder about pulling Shoemaker after 35 pitches and using Cole (who pitched last game in a meaningless loss, for some reason) but Jays only scored one run which won't win you many. Too bad. Tampa pitched well but also made some great defensive plays.

Yeah I mean there were a couple of hits there I was surprised the Rays were able to catch. Not much you can do. Hope the bats come alive tonight.

Yep and that's what's so frustrating about playing the Rays at the Trop. They seem to always know the exact defensive positioning, they rarely make mistakes and are elite defenders. I mean we even outhit them yesterday after all. At least the Jays were competitive and hopefully some of those balls fall in today.

 

[bustaheims]

Well, it was a nice run while it lasted.

 

[Andy07]

So free agency soon huh guys???

 

[Frank E]

This is painful.

 

[Joe S.]

Well that was a fun season?

 

[Zee]

Quite the postseason run. Bat flip chills

 

[Bender]

That's one way to end a season. Oof.

 

[Arn]

Well, that was a capitulation in the end after a good effort in game 1.

Getting to the (all be it expanded) playoffs was a bonus and came early. A lot of young players far from being the complete finished articles. Hopefully the experience of the games down the stretch and even the 2 playoff games they got to play will be of benefit for next year.

It was the little details that they'd been getting away with in the regular season (the fielding errors, mainly and also the lack of batting discipline) that ended up costing them in the playoff games where there's no room to come back.

 

[L K]

Ryu was bad.  His fastball was around 87MPH.  I don?t know if that was injury or just rust.  If it?s injury fine, hold him back for Game 2 but I will never understand the logic of sitting your #1 pitcher who was on regular rest for the opener.

I also don?t understand why Rowdy was good enough to pinch hit but not good enough to DH in Game 2.

Neither of those things change the outcome of the series but they are bizarre decisions to me.

 

[Highlander]

Ryu was terrible, must be something to it. Hate Tropicana Field.

 

[Arn]

Clearly going off topic a bit, but in response to that Highlander, I've been to loads of ballparks including Tropicana field and it IS by far the shittiest I've been to, but.... I actually kinda liked and enjoyed it. (I'd rank it and Skydome near the bottom sadly overall though).

 

[Guilt Trip]

Skydome is 30 years old and I always found it cold, not in a temperature way.

 

[dappleganger]

Skydome is 30 years old and I always found it cold, not in a temperature way.

I'm a little biased. Going from the left field bleachers at Exhibition Stadium to the 500 Level at SkyDome as a little kid, was pretty much the coolest thing ever. The team was good and the crowds were huge.  The Skydome was packed every game pretty much until 1995. I'll never forget coming out of the tunnel and seeing the massive crowd in that massive stadium for the first time. It was a good time to be a Jays fan. 

In conclusion, the SkyDome is awesome.

 

[bustaheims]

I'm a little biased. Going from the left field bleachers at Exhibition Stadium to the 500 Level at SkyDome as a little kid, was pretty much the coolest thing ever. The team was good and the crowds were huge.  The Skydome was packed every game pretty much until 1995. I'll never forget coming out of the tunnel and seeing the massive crowd in that massive stadium for the first time. It was a good time to be a Jays fan. 

In conclusion, the SkyDome is awesome.

Agreed. The Dome was never the most beautiful stadium. It doesn't exude warmth on its own. However, when it's full, it's can be a great place to watch a game. In the early 90s, it was great, and, even recently, when the Jays were in marching to the playoffs, it had a fun atmosphere. Most of the time, though, it's too big, too cold, etc. It's a bit of a relic.

 

[Joe S.]

Having gone to a few stadiums in the US (Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Anaheim and philly) the Rogers centre feels like a parking garage.

If the roof is open it?s ok, but it?s got nothing on those open air parks I was in.

 

[Highlander]

its time we got a state of the art ballpark, made just for baseball (and rock concerts)

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Having gone to a few stadiums in the US (Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Anaheim and philly) the Rogers centre feels like a parking garage.

If the roof is open it?s ok, but it?s got nothing on those open air parks I was in.

I remember going to the Skydome as a teenager and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. Especially after watching games from the ice cold bleachers at Exhibition. I've gone many times over the years and while it's cold, I've always enjoyed myself. There isn't much character there though.

 

[Highlander]

I never have been to the Skydome, sorry to say, but I spent a lot of time in the bleachers at Exhibition stadium for both the Jays and Argo's.  Quite a bit of time in the Big O for the Expo's.. that place is a true cavern.