Jays Roundup - Bloodlust - Greek God - Gold Discovery

Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 09:30 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

Gone bust - Tight wad - Slow recovery
Axe job - Flame thrower - Ironbar and gun
Betting shop - New owner - A walk in the sun

What a game! Batista with a complete game shutout, strikes out 8 and walks 2. Howie Clark hits his second jack in two days, and Hinske steals a base, helping the Fish Candy out plenty. Did you also notice that 5 of the first 7 batters in last night's order are now hitting .300 or better?

  1. Here's what the real journalists have to say about the game: Spencer Fordin: "Batista blanks former NL rival", Ian Harrison: "Dodgers leave bats in LA", Larry Millson: "Mesmerizing Batista silences L.A.", Mark Zwolinksi: "Batista shuts down L.A.", Mike Rutsey: "Batista 'dominating'", and CP: "Batista brilliant for Blue Jays".

  2. Fordin Notes bring good news: Halladay should be able to return Saturday or Sunday. Hudson, Cash, and Delgado could follow soon after that.

  3. It'll be a challenge for the Jays to sweep this series, but who doesn't love a good challenge? The final game of the series features the 7-3 lefty Kaz Ishii vs. the 1-1 Josh "Bulldog" Towers. As with the other two games, we have a 7:05 start tonight. Spencer Fordin has a game preview.

  4. Jeff Blair asks "Wouldn't Izturis look great in a Blue Jay uniform?" I'll probably be branded a J.P. apologist, but my answer is "not particularly". While his glove is great, the guy hit .251/.282/.315 last year. Sure he's hitting .311 this year, but I don't think it's sustainable and it's a pretty empty .311. Just as last year, his OBP is only 31 points above his batting average, but now he's slugging 80 points better rather than 64. I imagine J.P. would like to have the trade back that sent Izturis and Quantrill to L.A., but as another Bauxite said, I doubt J.P. is losing too much sleep over not having Izturis.

  5. Griffin gives his thoughts on Izturis in "Ex-Jay showing his class with Dodgers". He also perpetuates a silly urban legend by saying "When the Jays dealt him in '01, along with reliever Paul Quantrill for Aussie starter Luke Prokopec, the Dodgers had been pushing a failed young starter named Eric Gagne."


Not to sound like Jerry Seinfeld, but what's the deal with "journalists" using the term 'on-base freaks'. It seems to have come up a lot lately. But would you call someone a 'doubles freak' or a 'first-to-third freak', or a 'stolen base freak'? It doesn't make much sense to me, but I guess that's why I don't work for The Toronto Star.

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