The 2008 Toronto Blue Jays thread

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:41 pm

Hahah, they aren't a "state actor" according to that joke of a professor. How much state revenue goes to fucking sports team? What a fucking joke. People will defend anything.

Not that I care if some Sox fan descended into that shithole and got thrown out though. They did him a favor.

ICJ · Post by **ICJ** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:41 pm

So, the Blue Jays have won ten in a row.

If they lose tomorrow, I jinxed them. I wanted to write since it was four in a row, because that itself is amazing.

But Halladay is on the mound tomorrow, so this was really my only chance to reference the winning streak.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:24 am

Um, yeah, they lost. Halladay had a bad game of all people. Well, maybe an unlucky one: he whiffed 8 guys and only walked one. Ah well, might as well just enjoy the season the rest of the way. This team is more or less coming back intact next year (Casey Janssen will replace A.J. Burnett, who will walk in free agency) so if they can keep this confidence, cool.

And it bears repeating that Cito Gaston, who won two championships in Toronto and lead this team to its current turnaround, is an amazing manager who should have got another shot in the big leagues.

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:43 pm

fun fact, Cito Gaston is from San Antonio, Texas NOT from some banana farm in central america.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:58 pm

I sure could go for a banana right now.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:57 pm

Holy shit, I had forgotten how FUCKING TERRIBLE the White Sox announcer are. "LET'S GO, GUYS!" "THEY'RE THE GOOD GUYS!" Just now --

"It hit him!!! YES!"

What a bunch of fucking unprofessionals.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:28 pm

In an attempt to give the season one last chance, manager Cito Gaston is going to pitch our #1 and #2 pitchers on short rest.

This quote from The Ack over at Drunk Jays Fans is the funniest thing I read all week. I don't think anyone is necessarily going to get it besides Bugs and my brother, but what can you do.

Can you imagine how Doc's eyes lit up when Cito told him he was going on 3 days rest? He probably immediately went to the locker room and punched Mencherson in the face out of sheer adrenaline.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:31 pm

Ah, what the hell, we've got fuck-all else to talk about here. "Mencherson" is the funny part, as there are two washed up outfielders on the team right now in Kevin Mench and Brad Wilkerson.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:35 pm

OK, this is probably all I've got on the Blue Jays this year:

http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe ... -ricciardi

They start the 09 season against Detroit on April 6th, my birthday! I recently asked my father if he'd like to catch a game in Toronto (with Mom and my brother) and he reacted as if I had asked him to homebrew-up some Čerenkov radiation in the tub. Who knew? I look forward to hating sports after a lifetime of hating sports when I reach my sixties.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:06 pm

Shaun Marcum will be having Tommy John surgery shortly. He will miss the entire 2009 season. Luckily, I am in denial, so I won't have to deal with this for several months.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:40 pm

I am still in denial, and in fact I think, for the 2009 Season Thread, I will be updating it as if I am shocked that they haven't been giving Marcum as many innings as he should be getting.

I'll probably write a bunch of "FUCK J.P.! FREE MARCUM" type stuff, and maybe we can have a poll and sort of group-pick where he pretendingly is.

Pretendingly!

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:30 pm

Well, if it has to be an AL East team in the WS and it's not Toronto, I'm glad it's the tuberculosis devil rays.

I guess Cito got signed to a two year deal.

Also, the Jays ended their AAA affiliation with Syracuse and will be moving the farm team to Las Vegas next year. That's an interesting decision. Are there a parent and farm team further from each other than Toronto and Las Vegas?