IdahoBert

When I was a kid, I just loved Earl Gibson. I especially loved how he talked about Detroit being a great place and being able to “live the life“ in Detroit that he couldn’t live elsewhere His stories about spring training during segregation are revealing, and how the Red Sox white players had to bring sandwiches to him in the bus because he wasn’t allowed to go into all sorts of places when they were traveling. My recollection is that he permanently relocated to Detroit and was a salesman.

I love how DD used to procure some non-entity no one had thought about and add the secret sauce by saying “we’ve had our eye on player XYZ squared for a long time.”

Per Harris: “I hope that I've demonstrated here that we're focused on winning baseball games and trying to win a World Series, not winters or deadlines,” Harris said earlier this month. “Sometimes that means that we're going to go into a winter and we're going to chase the flashiest name, and we're going to offer a lot of money. And sometimes that means we're going to go into a winter and focus on more targeted needs. I don't know exactly what this winter is going to be.” I don’t think I actually believe he’s uncertain about what he wants to do except for the goal of winning the World Series. But of course he’s not going to be open about it.

This makes a lot of sense.

A few minutes ago, I did a quick search of “Skubal” and according to THE TIMES OF INDIA the Atlanta Braves are devising a trade to get Skubal, but they’re not offering anything in return. Probably a bad deal.

Win. I hate how I get sucked into something as lame as giving a crap about another team, but it happened again. At least I don’t feel betrayed.

It was cool to see Koufax and Magic Johnson together.

Guess this is not a moral dilemma I have to face.

It would be wrong to root for more runs. It would be like dancing on someone’s grave. But if the Blue Jays score more runs in the top of the ninth, I won’t celebrate, but I won’t hang my head either.

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Six runs. My work is done here.

Trey Yesavage! Wow!

This is a long time for Yesavage to sit.

5-1. Bo Bichette singles on a line drive to right fielder Teoscar Hernández. Andrés Giménez scores. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to 3rd.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walks. Addison Barger scores. Andrés Giménez to 2nd. Passed ball by catcher Will Smith. 4-1 Jays

Vlad coming up with 2 on and two out in the top of the seventh. This is pretty exciting.

Yesavage is not afraid to pitch to Ohtani, but that diving catch in right pretty much saved him there

Yesavage get his 10th K in five innings of work.

Yesavage just decided to hit Freeman to keep them guessing.

I hate in-game dugout interviews, which I presume is the kind of thing that tickles the hearts of casual fans. Grrrr

Ernie Clement out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Enrique Hernández. Daulton Varsho scores. 3-1 Toronto.

Daulton Varsho triples Yes!

And streak ends as Enrique Hernández homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

5 Ks in a row for Yesavage

I’m in the mood for some add on runs by the Blue Jays.