Jays Roundup - Sometimes I Feel so Alive

Wednesday, July 28 2004 @ 08:24 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

Sometimes I feel so clear
Just like the way we always were
So young and free from fear

Welcome to the terse I have to run to a meeting edition of Jays Roundup.

  1. Last night's 7-4 loss was like a bad student movie: If there was a way to find trouble our protagonists would find it and you were pretty sure it wasn't going to have a happy ending. Delgado in particular had a rough night with a couple of strikeouts to match a couple of defensive mistakes. Read more about the game with Spencer Fordin's "Blue Jays can't hold Lilly lead", Mark Feinsand's "Posada provides pop in Yankee win", Mike Rutsey's "Bronx bombed", Shi Davidi's "Frustrating times", Larry Millson's "Bullpen bows to New York pressure", and Allan Ryan's "Yanks rock Jay relievers".

  2. Fordin Notes on Chulk and Frasor taking lessons from Mariano Rivera. Jeff Blair's "Blue Jay relievers learn from mistakes" examines the same topic.

  3. I'm still optimistic the Jays can take one game this series. Tonight's 7:05PM EST matchup features the 7-6 Jon Lieber for the Yankees and the 9-6 Miguel Batista for the Jays. Spencer Fordin has a game preview.

  4. In "Delgado's critics wrong" Bob Elliott suggests that some of you need to lay off of Carlos Delgado. Or more specifically:

      What is a no-trade clause? It is a bargaining chip. Why should Delgado have waived it unless one of the suitors was willing to offer a contract extension?

      We have heard Delgado knocked for not wanting to play in the heat of a pennant race, a la Juan Gonzalez, who vetoed a deal from the Detroit Tigers to the Yankees in 2000 after it had been worked out.

      Why should he waive his no-trade unless another team sweetens the pot?

    I agree with Elliott on this one.

  5. Mike Rutsey's "Cat gets claws out" gives an explanation of why Frank Catalanotto went ballistic at 2nd base umpire Gary Darling during last night's game:

      "Darling came running over like a bat out of hell," recounted Catalanotto who was in the dugout. "He was yelling at some of our younger players, dropping F-bombs all over the place.

      "I came out and said 'Hey Gary, what's the problem?' and then he turned on me, dropping F-bombs, MF-bombs and saying how we couldn't look at the monitor.

      "I've never seen anything like that before."

    I really hope MLB investigates this. Of course they won't.

  6. The title of Richard Griffin's article says it all. That title being "Tosca's patience with 'pen wearing thin". Can you blame Tosca? The toughest part of being a manager must be stomaching the mass quantities of Maalox you've got to drink whenever one of your relievers gets into a jam.

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