GT: 2020 Opening Week! Blue Jays (0-0) @ Rays (0-0) July 24th 6:40PM ET - July 26th

carnage24 · Post #1 » by **carnage24** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:10 pm

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Lets start off with a WIN!

polo007 · Post #2 » by **polo007** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:54 pm

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Post #3 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:06 pm

We're 0.5 back of the division lead with only 60 games to go...this is a position that few of us expected we'd be in back in January.

And the final series thread from 2019 has finally been unstickied, a mere 10 months after it was posted.

Brinbe · Post #4 » by **Brinbe** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:30 pm

oh hey, we're back. let's go buffaaaalooo

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Post #5 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:49 pm

The Rays supershift with two strikes owes to the fact that i) it's really hard to hit a breaking ball the other way, and ii) by creating a setup that vastly favours the breaking ball, it makes it even harder to catch a high fastball.

Wo1verine · Post #6 » by **Wo1verine** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:51 pm

If they pull that crap again, I rather Biggio gamble and bunt with 2 strikes.

They'll keep disrespecting if you don't adjust.

Lateral Quicks · Post #7 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:59 pm

And so it begins...

I peg us as a .500 team, but in a 60-game season there's a chance we get hot and actually make the playoffs. Should be fun. Hopefully we get the full 60 games in.

Good to have baseball to watch again.

Post #8 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:09 pm

Wo1verine wrote:If they pull that crap again, I rather Biggio gamble and bunt with 2 strikes.

They'll keep disrespecting if you don't adjust.

They'd probably sacrifice all manner of things to Beelzebub in order to get Biggio to bunt with two strikes. The risk/reward favours them so strongly; in all but rare circumstances you aren't getting more than a single, and it's even harder to bunt a breaking ball oppo than it is to hit one.

Davey0 · Post #9 » by **Davey0** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:14 pm

Only one game but, based off the two exhibition games, I'm liking what i'm seeing from Fisher.

Post #10 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:15 pm

Derek Fisher is literally the totality of our offense to date this year.

SharoneWright · Post #11 » by **SharoneWright** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:31 pm

Joe West squeezing Ryu...

Post #12 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:32 pm

Ryu's arm might fall off tomorrow, but until then I'm going to really enjoy him throwing 50 change-ups a night.

Lateral Quicks · Post #13 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:37 pm

Vladdy looks like he actually gained weight... not to mention the extra 50 pounds of neckwear he seems to be wearing.

SharoneWright · Post #14 » by **SharoneWright** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:37 pm

Joe West squeezing everyone...

Post #15 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:40 pm

All Grichuk needed was to bring back the 2003 box goatee, apparently.

T-d0t · Post #16 » by **T-d0t** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:41 pm

That's what I call old school Rays baseball

Post #17 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:43 pm

Sound fundamental offensive baseball, exactly what we expected from the big beefy sons.

We have 3 runs in 4 innings without an XBH. Baseball is weird, man.

rapstarter · Post #18 » by **rapstarter** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:48 pm

Are we going 60-0?

SharoneWright · Post #19 » by **SharoneWright** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:52 pm

Anyone else think Ryu doesn't pitch anything like Mark Buehrle?

Post #20 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:55 pm

SharoneWright wrote:Anyone else think Ryu doesn't pitch anything like Mark Buehrle?

He doesn't remotely pitch like Buehrle. One was a pitch-to-contact sort, the other is an strikeout artist.