well the Bosox-Yankees series is obviously headline news right now so that part isn't surprising.

It's also a long season too. I'm sure if the Jays are still boasting a .750 record or higher by say mid June, we'll be hearing a lot more of them. Obviously a great start though by going onto to win 4 or 5 of the first series you play.

April means nothing.

the Jays pitching is still so shaky. If the bats cool off were fucked

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Originally posted by Pett the Jays pitching is still so shaky. If the bats cool off were fucked

To an extent I'm with you, but our closers have showed up which is key in the long run. Get 1... mmmaybe 2 more quality starters, we could be in the post season.

I wouldn't call BJ Ryan blowing a 3-run lead in the 9th "amazing". They've been lucky; they need better pitching if they're going to make it much further in this season.

I shouldn't say better - they need consistent pitching, which is the one attribute they always fail to present.

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Originally posted by DigiNut I wouldn't call BJ Ryan blowing a 3-run lead in the 9th "amazing". They've been lucky; they need better pitching if they're going to make it much further in this season. I shouldn't say better - they need consistent pitching, which is the one attribute they always fail to present.

They've had some of the best pitching in the last 2 seasons.

the last 2 seasons they also had AJ Burnett, Shaun Marcum, Dustin Mcgowan and Casey Janssen.

I feel that eventually their bats will cool off and that is when their pitching or lack there of will be exposed. Until then tho I will enjoy the ride

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Originally posted by Fuertez They've had some of the best pitching in the last 2 seasons.

Damn right they did! I'd say you can't get more consistent than the Jays pitching staff the past couple years.

A few question marks moving forward, even though some say its only April this good start will be very important come late Aug/earl Sept. & if they cool off a bit for a couple weeks they will still be in the thick of things.

Last nights game was a laugher!!! I wish they could play the AL Central everyday!!!

I can't believe I'm excited about baseball again...

I like the Maple Leafs

GO LEAFS GO

Go Jays

What's this about pitching being a chronic problem? The Jay's pitching and defense have been their only bright spot for a few years now... BATTING has been the problem...

While the pitchers have for sure had their off-nights. They have been consistently good over the last few years. But I can't begin to count the number of 3-1, 4-2, etc. games that the Jays have lost over the last few years, and it's been a LOT. Hell, before Gibbons got fired, they were boasting a .258 average (and were 5 games under .500), (Batting average was .259 in 2007 for reference... Hey, I guess that IS, technically, consistent). But, over the 88 games Cito Gaston coached, they were batting .275, and had a .580 win percentage... The hitting improved, the team started winning. They started winning because the pitching and defense have been SOLID, and not just on the occasional night. It's been that way for a few years. They Jay's win when they have their bats going, and lose when they don't, and the games they lose are often low-scoring, close games.

Ever since Cito Gaston started coaching, the Jay's bats have been hot. So I'm hopeful that's indicative of some consistency coming forth. If the batting stays consistent, then I think we're looking at playoffs for sure.

Re: Jays... best team in baseball

there are 140 or so games left in the season.

plenty of time for the jays to fuck it all up.

This is me loving the Blue Jays:

Re: Jays... best team in baseball

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Originally posted by revival Ian and lisa back me up on this. that was a beating in chicago, why has mlb.com not put this team at the top of its news headlines. The jays have the best record in baseball baseball fans or not, show Toronto the respect it deserves.

as long as Selig will rule the MLB, Canada won't get any respect... forget about it.

just thinking about how we got robbed our playoffs in 94 still just makes me sicks, and to top it off we then got robbed our team.

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Originally posted by Sly_Guy April means nothing.

+1

I am happy they are doing great right now but come August they will be out of the playoff race.

Re: Re: Jays... best team in baseball

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Originally posted by malek as long as Selig will rule the MLB, Canada won't get any respect... forget about it. just thinking about how we got robbed our playoffs in 94 still just makes me sicks, and to top it off we then got robbed our team.

+1

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced +1 I am happy they are doing great right now but come August they will be out of the playoff race.

By tod682 at 2009-04-23

If they win 90 games they will be lucky.....and thats the number they need to be looking at if they even want to stand a chance of making the post season. Halliday is good for 22-25 wins....so you are looking at 4 other starters to get 65 wins....and I don't think any of them have won 15 games in a season before. You basically have to hope for career years from 4 starters plus consistant hitting, which they have shown in the past they can't do.

you people are so negative, us drunk americans always have a positive outlook in regards to sports. I bet even if the b.j.s make it to the post season i will still be reading , were going to lose first round, were never going to be able to beat boston, etc. freggin cry babies ... dont think the blue jays dont know that toronto is a bunch of wankers thats prolly why they havent been performing the last 2 decades hahaha

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Originally posted by emonster4life you people are so negative, us drunk americans always have a positive outlook in regards to sports. I bet even if the b.j.s make it to the post season i will still be reading , were going to lose first round, were never going to be able to beat boston, etc. freggin cry babies ... dont think the blue jays dont know that toronto is a bunch of wankers thats prolly why they havent been performing the last 2 decades hahaha

lol +1... fans here are big time cry babies, but I can't really criticize since I'm one of them

I lovr BJ's!

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