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Mowich

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It's a bird
It's a plane
Hell no
It's Kevin Pillar!




Golden Glove nominee in my estimation........never gives up, never quits and gets the job done, again and again. Love this guy.

So now the magic number is ................2

LET'S GO BLUE JAYS..............LET'S GO!

Havin' some fun..........








and this.........'13,668 fans at the Trop tonight.. mostly dressed as seats.' :lol::lol:



 

Mowich

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What a way to lose the second game.........sheesh. Apparently Mark will, if he fells up to it, take to the mound for at least two innings today to try and hit the 200 mark - you go Mark. Hoping for a much better result from the Jays today.

LET'S GO BLUE JAYS...........LET'S GO!!!
 

Kreskin

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Either the blue jays didn't care about finishing first or they started celebrating too early. I found the entire mid week drunkfest a little odd, considering what was at stake.
 

talloola

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Either the blue jays didn't care about finishing first or they started celebrating too early. I found the entire mid week drunkfest a little odd, considering what was at stake.

it did seem kind of odd, but when they interviewed gibbons and asked those questions concerning 'why' he
didn't take those two games following the clinch seriously, he just said it was his job to make sure
the players are ready to play, (meaning he didn't want to make same players play again right away), and
he doesn't care about any 'bozos' asking 'why'.

so, it was really yesterdays game which they lost in a walk off that did them in, I wonder 'if' they
had won that game, if he would have still started beuhrle, maybe not, cause then they still would have
had a chance to tie royals, which would be a win for the jays.

poor decision today to start beurhle(sp)?, but the outcome of this game really didn't matter anyway.

seems to sum it all up, he didn't really take 'winning' the American league that important.
 

IdRatherBeSkiing

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I am no longer as confident of their ability to win a post-season series as I was earlier in the week. They laid a couple of eggs over the weekend. Glad I was out of town and not able to waste my time watching those.
 

Frankiedoodle

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I thought that it made the Jays look very foolish, to have their celebration before getting to their goal. Or makes you wonder if they just want to "give" the minimum.
 

JLM

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Maybe they care more about having fun than winning! After all it's just another game. I can see where after 162 of them the intensity could wear a little thin.
 

Frankiedoodle

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I imagine your boss expects you to work a full day, every day that you are supposed to. Excuse me if I am wrong but I would think that you earn less than the lowest paid member of the Jays. Kind of a moot point if they don't pick up the pace.
 

Kreskin

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I've never seen any team have a party celebration for getting into the playoffs. Perhaps that's a tradition in MLB. Strange. In the NHL teams are worried about the bad karma of celebrating anything except winning a Cup.
 

IdRatherBeSkiing

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I've never seen any team have a party celebration for getting into the playoffs. Perhaps that's a tradition in MLB. Strange. In the NHL teams are worried about the bad karma of celebrating anything except winning a Cup.

It is a baseball tradition. I can't help but think first overall was not a goal. Facing the Yankees first round may not be a walk in the park. But you can't say you are going out to lose.
 

JLM

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I imagine your boss expects you to work a full day, every day that you are supposed to. Excuse me if I am wrong but I would think that you earn less than the lowest paid member of the Jays. Kind of a moot point if they don't pick up the pace.

I was never a fan of the ridiculous salaries all people in professional sports are paid! Like who is worth the most money between a neurosurgeon and a defenseman on the N.H.L.? Or say a pilot on a major airline or Dennis Rodman?
 

talloola

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I thought that it made the Jays look very foolish, to have their celebration before getting to their goal. Or makes you wonder if they just want to "give" the minimum.

they did reach the goal before the celebration, they won the American east, the American championship
was the next one, but wasn't the most important one they have been after for some time, but definitely
would have been important to having home field advantage thru playoffs.

I was never a fan of the ridiculous salaries all people in professional sports are paid! Like who is worth the most money between a neurosurgeon and a defenseman on the N.H.L.? Or say a pilot on a major airline or Dennis Rodman?

the money people make in professional sports is directly linked to the profits of the organizations they
play for, as without the players, owners would have nothing, they all need each other, and unlike years
ago when owners horded all the money from profits, today the pie is split much more fairly.

the old argument that prices would be lower if players made much less is b.s., doesn't work that way,
and if you study the professional sports from very early on, and move forward thru the times, proves
that point, profits are shared, and the players earn a share, have a short career, a pension and earn
the right to a good life for their families.

neuro surgeons also make lots of money, live in the best neighnorhoods, drive the best cars, travel to
the best places in the world, and have a good life for their families,

professional hockey players have worked hard from small children to be good enough, have paid high prices for
training, equipment, travel etc., the neuro surgeon paid highly to go to school, they both earned what they
strived for, so good for them.

when you watch professional sports can't you see the difficulty of their task, and realize the years of
training and dedication put toward the results you watch.

being very good in math and science and enjoying groping around in someones brain isn't for everyone,
and neither is spending all of one's childhood striving to be the best in a sport, each has their own
abilities and interests, and we need both of them, and they are both worthy of a good living.
 

Mowich

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the money people make in professional sports is directly linked to the profits of the organizations they
play for, as without the players, owners would have nothing, they all need each other, and unlike years
ago when owners horded all the money from profits, today the pie is split much more fairly.

the old argument that prices would be lower if players made much less is b.s., doesn't work that way,
and if you study the professional sports from very early on, and move forward thru the times, proves
that point, profits are shared, and the players earn a share, have a short career, a pension and earn
the right to a good life for their families.

neuro surgeons also make lots of money, live in the best neighnorhoods, drive the best cars, travel to
the best places in the world, and have a good life for their families,

professional hockey players have worked hard from small children to be good enough, have paid high prices for
training, equipment, travel etc., the neuro surgeon paid highly to go to school, they both earned what they
strived for, so good for them.

when you watch professional sports can't you see the difficulty of their task, and realize the years of
training and dedication put toward the results you watch.

being very good in math and science and enjoying groping around in someones brain isn't for everyone,
and neither is spending all of one's childhood striving to be the best in a sport, each has their own
abilities and interests, and we need both of them, and they are both worthy of a good living.

Right on, talloola............well said and right on the mark.
 

Mowich

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So how many feel colds coming on that will keep them from work on Thursday and Friday?

I was just reading an article about Jay's fans who are very unhappy about the game times, IRBS as many of them will not be able to skip work, take sick days or vacation days to watch the series. I wonder if any employers would think about letting their employees watch the games on TV at work? Oh wait, there might be black-outs right? So that idea might not fly.

After watching the Jay's fall to the Rays, I really am wondering how the Jays will fair against the Rangers. Hoping they can pull it together for themselves and their fans.

LET'S GO BLUE JAYS............LET'S GO.
 

IdRatherBeSkiing

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I was just reading an article about Jay's fans who are very unhappy about the game times, IRBS as many of them will not be able to skip work, take sick days or vacation days to watch the series. I wonder if any employers would think about letting their employees watch the games on TV at work? Oh wait, there might be black-outs right? So that idea might not fly.

After watching the Jay's fall to the Rays, I really am wondering how the Jays will fair against the Rangers. Hoping they can pull it together for themselves and their fans.

LET'S GO BLUE JAYS............LET'S GO.

The Rays have always given Jays trouble. Rangers less so. No TV blackouts for baseball. Unclear which games will be available for MLB.TV. I will probably just listen to the game audio on MLB.TV or bring in an AM radio. The AM station stream is blocked due to rights issues.

What I am concerned about is Price. His post-season history is horrible.
 

Cannuck

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So how many feel colds coming on that will keep them from work on Thursday and Friday?

As a good union man as well as a public service employee, I wouldn't think of it. I do have vacation days I plan on taking

I wonder if any employers would think about letting their employees watch the games on TV at work?

I don't remember if it was a world junior game of an Olympic playoff game but I remember trying to convince the bosses to allow it in the lunchroom with no luck....if it's not allowed for Hockey, I doubt we'll see baseball