Takin' a T/O With BT: Comebacks For The Toronto Blue Jays? Unheard Of...

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 Toronto Blue Jays! After leading off with a walk, Vernon Wells (maybe I should have started him today) came around to score on a Rod Barajas single. Adam Lind then proceeded to ground into an inning ending, bases-loaded 5-4-3 double play.

In light of bringing Cito Gaston back though, maybe we should bring back the rest of the Level of Excellence. Dave Stieb is bound to have a few good innings left in him, right?

Top Fifth

Dustin McGowan is done after 60-something pitches. Granted, he didn't throw exceptionally well, but he threw well enough to give us five innings, didn't he? Who am I kidding; Brian Tallet just went one-two-three to end the fifth.

Bottom Fifth

Not only does each team have their second baseman who is wearing number one leading off, but they also had their one-two-three guys go one-two-three to end the fifth. The only thing that salvaged this inning was the "ICCCCEEEE......CCCCCCOOOOOOOLLLLDDDDDD.......BEEER" guy who takes his job so seriously, I think he could be the next great wrestling announcer with a voice like that. Watch out Jim Ross.

Good God, it's a Coors.

Top Sixth

Another one-two-three inning for Tallet, and we get to find out that the Oakland A's have traded Chad Gaudin and Rich Harden to the Cubs for Eric Patterson, Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton, and Josh Donaldson.

I guess in three years that A's will have turned Sean Gallagher into an ace and will be shopping him around the league, too.

Bottom Sixth: On a long fly ball from Vernon Wells that curves foul, I shout "Carlton Fisk it". Me, Trevor, the guy to my left with his girlfriend, and Chicago Cubs fan (from Chicago) behind me are the only four people in the stadium to get it. What's cooler is that the Cubs fan was eleven when it happened and we got to talk about the great Reds and Red Sox teams of the '70s, which then leads into Gibson's homer. All that is surpassed by one Matt Stairs at-bat though...

Me: Ugh...F-6. You sunk my battleship.

Trevor: Dude, are you going to say that every time that happens now?

Me: Nah, I'll just be sure to whip it out every few innings.

Trevor: Do you want to rephrase that?

Me: I'd really rather not.

Top Seventh

The bases are loaded for Nick Markakis, and I just decided to announce that if he homers, I'll eat my shoelace. Thankfully (thankfully?!) he singles, and I've still got both laces, but the Jays are now down 6-2. A 6-3 putout from Kevin Millar (who's a great guy to watch before the game because he just has so much fun out there) ends the inning before any more damage can be done.

Thanks Jason Frasor.

Bottom Seventh

If you haven't seen the clip of the peanut vendor going behind his back with the bag of peanuts, I suggest you YouTube it now. And I really do mean right now, as this is going to get slightly confusing.

To put what's about to happen in context, the Jays are a team that hasn't been able to mount a comeback after the seventh inning this season.

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