Jays Clobber A's

...I wish.

It was another disappointing start from an M&M boy, McGowan this time (pictured smelling himself). He pitched worse than his line indicates, he went 5 innings of 3 run ball, but he walked four and usually fell behind in counts from the get-go. This really made me think, though...

Can the rotation be based on the models that the pitchers set? Marcum mentioned that he pays attention to what Halladay does, and usually succeeds the day after because he took mental notes on Halladay's game. Is it possible that McGowan pitches well when he takes mental notes about Marcum's game? No, you're dumb.

They're both great, granted, but I think it's the different A's style that threw off the young right-handers. Let's hope a veteran pitcher in A.J. Burnett can set an example...

Tip of the Night: if you're gonna sneak food into the Centre, don't sit near the aisles. That lesbian bitch in field level gave me shit for it when she walked down the aisle between innings.

"All I brought in was this coke, that's okay right?" "WRONG"

The SOBAs

The "It's-All-Your-Fault-You-Son-Of-a-Bitch" Award goes to...

...who else? Brian Tallet. You clumsy son-of-a-bitch, go back to Cleveland. You're not wanted here. On a totally unrelated note, the Jays' record when Tallet's in the game is an astonishing 10-31; he obviously wasn't to blame for all 31 losses, but he did take 3 of them... the other 28 were Towers' fault.

The Good

Frank Thomas took the lead in the Jays' homerun race with his 20th and 21st homeruns of the season... and we were disappointed in him...

Vernon got a homerun too, his long awaited 15th to tie Matt Stairs on the team... hoorah? I don't know if that counts as a good thing.

Yet another double, that's 28 straight games.

Yet another amazing fucking play from Johnny Mac, a sliding over-the-shoulder Willy Mays-type holy-fuck play in foul grounds.

The Bad

The bullpen, our most reliable bullpen, gave up the lead. Fuckin' Tallet, stop sucking.

McGowan pitched pretty crappy, even though he was an inning away from a quality start. I think Gibbs should've left him in, and put Wolfe in the next inning. McGowan was on a roll, retiring the last 9 batters he faced before he was pulled with 95 pitches. By the way, he averages about 102 pitches each start.

We didn't do well at all with RISP, going 0-for-10. Every run scored was by a homerun.

The Ugly

Brian Tallets ugly-ass pitching. I understand why Gibbs put Tallet in rather than Downs versus Swisher. Swisher would turn to the right side and Tallet has been good against righties this year, but in reality Tallet sucks when it's his turn to save the game, even versus righties. He choked against Juan Uribe in Chicago, and he choked against Nick Swisher in Toronto.

Michael Vick's situation. Holy crap, what a sick bastard. I hope he never plays again.