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Jays Home Opener Review
So, after it's all said and done the Blue Jays won the game in a rump, with a 12-5 victory over the detriot tigers.
To say things were great tonight would be an understatement. The weather was similar to the way it was back on April 7, 1977 when the Jays played their first game in the MLB at home against the White Sox, in another snowy affair (although the rogers centre with the retractable roof was not around so the players played in the snow). The jays won that game 9-5 in front of 44,649 fans.
Today it was another snowy affair, 32 years later and the jays put on a show in front of the home crowd of 48,027 to kick off the 2009 season in winning fashion. The games bright spots include Roy Halladay, Adam Lind and Travis Snyder.
The doc posted an impressive outing overal, even with the 4 run outburst in the 7th inning. His stats include 7.0 IP, 6 Hits, 5 Earned Runs, 2 HR allowed and 2 strikeouts. Brian Tallet played the 9th inning for 3 up, 3 down to close off the game.
The young guns of Adam Lind and Travis Snyder showed no signs of slowing down from spring training. Lind wen 4-5, 6 RBIs 2 Runs and 1 HR, while Snyder went 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 Run but hit a monster homerun off Verlander in the 4th before Verlander got the yank. Although i said these were the bright spots, everyone had a solid game, except for Barajas and Overbay at the plate, both goign 1-5.
After tonights game, the jays look like they finally solved their batting problem which has plagued them for years. The only issue i forsee is the youth pitching. We saw litsch prove he can play in the majors last season but romeo, richmond and purcey all have to prove they made the team for a reason. With that said if the bats keep hot i think the pitchers will have a good season and the Jays may finish in the playoff mix.
All we can do is hope that the jays stay healthy and motivated.
Only 161 games left in the regular season and the jays are perfect.
Let's Go Blue Jays, this is the year for playoff magic.
Nuff Said!
DPP
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To say things were great tonight would be an understatement. The weather was similar to the way it was back on April 7, 1977 when the Jays played their first game in the MLB at home against the White Sox, in another snowy affair (although the rogers centre with the retractable roof was not around so the players played in the snow). The jays won that game 9-5 in front of 44,649 fans.
Today it was another snowy affair, 32 years later and the jays put on a show in front of the home crowd of 48,027 to kick off the 2009 season in winning fashion. The games bright spots include Roy Halladay, Adam Lind and Travis Snyder.
The doc posted an impressive outing overal, even with the 4 run outburst in the 7th inning. His stats include 7.0 IP, 6 Hits, 5 Earned Runs, 2 HR allowed and 2 strikeouts. Brian Tallet played the 9th inning for 3 up, 3 down to close off the game.
The young guns of Adam Lind and Travis Snyder showed no signs of slowing down from spring training. Lind wen 4-5, 6 RBIs 2 Runs and 1 HR, while Snyder went 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 Run but hit a monster homerun off Verlander in the 4th before Verlander got the yank. Although i said these were the bright spots, everyone had a solid game, except for Barajas and Overbay at the plate, both goign 1-5.
After tonights game, the jays look like they finally solved their batting problem which has plagued them for years. The only issue i forsee is the youth pitching. We saw litsch prove he can play in the majors last season but romeo, richmond and purcey all have to prove they made the team for a reason. With that said if the bats keep hot i think the pitchers will have a good season and the Jays may finish in the playoff mix.
All we can do is hope that the jays stay healthy and motivated.
Only 161 games left in the regular season and the jays are perfect.
Let's Go Blue Jays, this is the year for playoff magic.
Nuff Said!
DPP
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