There's been a bit of controversy over the umping of the games ....
Now I don't believe Gibby ever said that..............or maybe he did and that's why he got turfed a time or two.......I'd high-five him had he done so, because truly the umping sucked at times and, as Joey pointed out, it affected both teams.
Oh.....BTW.........that law suit.......
Lawsuit regarding Indians' name, logo dismissed
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com | @MLBastian | an hour ago
TORONTO -- The Indians will not be barred from using their team name or logo in Toronto during the American League Championship Series, following a ruling by an Ontario judge on Monday.
Douglas Cardinal, who is a Canadian architect and an activist on behalf of indigenous people, filed a lawsuit against the ballclub, among others, ahead of Game 3 of the ALCS. The application was dismissed by Ontario Superior Court Justice Tom McEwen after a hearing on Monday. Cardinal argued to have the team's name and logo immediately banned from use in the province of Ontario.
Now that sanity has been restored we can sit back and watch some October baseball. GO JAYS!
Marcus Stroman is on the mound for the Jays
And he of the drone incident - that's quite the cut on his pinkie - Trevor Bauer will do the honors for the Indians.
The looks on some of the Cleveland teams faces when the fans were accompanying the singing of Oh Canada was priceless - Indians have a bit of problem filling Progressive Field and here they are faced with some 50,000 fans. You go Blue Jays fans. Rock the house for the Jays...........no missiles on the field.
They were just saying that Trevor, according to the rules, is not allowed to wear a bandage over his wound. I guess they figure it will give him some magical advantage - hope they sprayed it well with polysporin and keep treating it during the game.
And here we go
Top of the 1rst
Santana at the plate takes 3 consecutive balls before Marcus finds the strike zone ............then takes a walk on ball 4.....I think Marcus is a tad nervous
Kipness up and Marcus finds the strike zone on the first pitch, follows that with a ball inside, then gets him to fly out to Kevin - 1 away
Now Lindor comes to the plate............swings and misses on a breaking ball from Marcus............tips the next pitch foul.......and he goes down swinging to a multitude of cheers from the fans - 2 away
Napoli swings through the first pitch............takes a low ball.........and hits one off the wall that scores Santana and he lands on 2nd
Indians on the board first
Rameriz takes a ball outside, then a ball in the dirt, and flies out to Zeke
Cleveland 1
Bottom of the 1rst
Joey leads off the batting order......holds off and takes strike 1.........ball1, ball 2, swings through strike 2, checks his bat......and goes down on a perfect pitch across the plate ..........looking - 1 away
JD takes ball1 outside......fouls the next pitch to the seats......ball 2, ball 3 and draws a walk
Eddy takes strike1...........ball inside........high strike 2.......and Eddy flies out to center-field - 2 away
Tulo takes strike 1..........ball 1 just outside........ball 2 outside the cage.......fouls the next pitch back........Trevor's finger is dripping blood fps..............and Tulo takes a walk
Terry is out to the mound.........they are trying to give the bullpen time to field another pitcher.......and that's it for Trevor.........the fans are cheering but I feel rather sorry for the kid........big moment for him and he can't play
So, we've got JD in scoring position at 2nd, Tulo at first and 2 away
Dan Otero has come to the mound for the Indians
Russell swings through strike 1, takes ball 1 then grounds out to second - 3 away
Top of the 2nd
Chisenhall takes first pitch and grounds to 2nd - 1 away
Crisp swings and takes strike 1 and follows that up with strike 2, takes a ball in the dirt,............low ball 2........ball 3.......fouls away.....and he draws a walk
Maitland to the plate draws ball 1.........Crisp steals 2nd on a no pitch.......gets strike 1..........swings through strike 2.......then flies out to Zeke - 2 away
Perez takes ball 1 outside...........fouls back........ball in the dirt bounces away from Russell and Crisp takes 3rd.........swings through strike 2........ball 3........fouls back........strike 3 is called and Marcus strands Perez
Bottom of the 2nd
Michael Saunders takes the first pitch and hits it outta the park.................Yeah Michael
And we is tied
Kevin takes two strikes, fouls the next pitch back, bops one to Otero on the mound for the first away
Zeke takes the first pitch outside.......swings and misses for strike 1......fouls back........fouls the next one away.......low ball 2.........fouls along the first base line.......work that pitcher Zeke...............fouls back to the seats.........ball 3...........and Zeke hits a bullet up the middle.............you go Zeke
Ryan next in the batting order..........grounds to 2nd and the Indians get the double play on 2nd and first and that's the inning
Top of the 3rd
Santana swings at the first pitch and Tulo nabs his fly ball for the first out
Kipness takes 2 balls then a low strike.........swings through strike 2..........fouls back.......fouls to left.....fouls back.......and grounds to second - 2 away
Lindor holds back and takes strike 1........and he grounds out to Ryan - 3 away...............much better inning for Marcus
Bottom of the 3rd
Jeff Manship on the mound for Cleveland
Joey up takes 2 ball and a strike, swings through strike 2 and walloops one to far left field.........bet that feels good Joey
JD takes ball 1........swings through a high strike 1......count even 2 and 2........and he hits a high pop-up to Napoli near the stands - 1 away
Eddy sits back on strike 1........ball outside.......he pops up to Kipness - 2 away
Tulo pops the first pitch up to 2nd - 3 away
Top of the 4th
So far, so good............we are getting some hits and we are able to get guys on base..........I don't expect blow outs - though anything can happen - 1 run can win the game
Napoli hits his second pitch out of the park
Cleveland 2 - Jays 1
Rameriz takes strike 1............ball outside......and grounds out to Goins - 1 away
Chisenhall out on 3 strikes - 2 away
Crips takes a ball outside.....2nd ball outside.........ball outside...........Marcus needs to find the strike zone..........and he squeaks one just inside cage for strike 1.........gets him swinging on strike 2.........and he grounds out to Goins for the last out
Bottom of the 4th
Russell takes 2 balls and a strike..........fouls back.......and just checks his swing on ball 3.....and couldn't check his next swing for the first out
Manship is off the mound and Zach McAllister is on for Cleveland .....apparently this is what the Jays were hoping for - that the Indians would burn through their bullpen
Michael up to bat..........fouls first pitch away..........ball 1 high........ball 2 outside.........and he flies out to Crisp deep in center-field - 2 away
Kevin takes the first pitch swinging for a strike............fouls back to the seats......and grounds out to third for 3 away
Top of the 5th
Maitland gets behind on 2 strikes..........ball just inside......fouls back.........and Marcus gets him looking - 1 away
Perez takes strike 1.........swings through strike 2...........takes a ball outside..........2nd ball outside.........and he pops up to Joey for the 2nd out
Santana to the plate..........takes strike 1............then a ball outside.......strike 2................and pops up to JD for the 3rd out........Marcus retired the side in order that time
Bottom of the 5th
Zeke takes strike 1............strike 2.........and hits one to the gap in center-field and the little guy makes it all around the bases to 3rd.............look a him go ...............he never stops and slides in safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ryan to the plate and he hits a grounder to first that scores Zeke
and we is tied again!!!!!!!!
Joey to the plate takes 2 ball and a strike with 1 away...........another ball outside.........and he flies out deep to left for the 2nd away
JD swings through strike 1.........ball 1 outside....and JD gets one on the ground for a base hit............way to go JD............
Eddy grounds to 3rd for the force and the inning is over
Top of the 6th
Kipness takes a ball and a strike.........ball 2.......fouls back........and he hits one out of the park to lead off the batting order
Indians 3 - Jays 2
Lindor behind 2 and 0 and he strikes out - 1 away
Napoli up........ball 1........ball 2......ball 3........strike 1...........strike 2.........fouls back.......and he draws a walk with only 1 away
Gibby coming to the mound and that will be it for Marcus.....
Joe Biagini on the mound
Rameriz takes 2 strikes then a ball...........fouls back.......ball 3.........Napoli steals 2nd on delayed throw to second on a ball in the dirt ..........Rameriz gets one down and Napoli scores.....Rameriz safe on 1rst with 1 away
Indians 4 - Jays 2............so much for a single run eh
Chisenhall takes strike 1........ball 1....foul at the plate........and flies out to Kevin - 2 away and Rameriz holds on first
0 and 1 on Crisp........and they are keeping a close eye on Rameriz...........strike 2.......and he flies out to Pillar for the final out
Bottom of the 6th
Brian Shaw on the mound for Cleveland
Tulo grounds out on the second pitch to lead off the batting order
Russell takes 2 balls outside..........swings and misses for strike 1...fouls back and again even count and he swings and misses for the 2nd out
Michael sits back on 2 balls..........and gets called on a strike outside the cage..........fouls the next one back.......2 and 2..........and goes down swinging for the final out
