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Post#1 » by belowtherim » Wed May 30, 2007 2:42 pm

May 30, 2007

Toronto Star

Mad dash home a thrill for Hill
By Cathal Kelly
"We thought that it would be a break," Butterfield said of the pre-game plan for this situation. "Andy would be looking toward first base and they would be yelling `Step off!'He has to step off without balking and then he has to locate the runner and then he has to throw a strike to the plate. And that all happened."

A hard-sliding Hill arrived an instant after Pettitte's shoulder-high throw and an instant before Posada's tag.

The straight steal of home was the Jays' first since Raul Mondesi accomplished the feat on April 17, 2001. It was the first of Hill's career, from little league on up.


Jays' `Doc' is scrubbed up and ready to operate again
By Allan Ryan
Roy Halladay gets back down to business tomorrow night, but fans should realize he'll never be all he once was.

For the rest of his career, this horse is going to have to get by without an appendix. It was removed May 11 in what was, supposedly, the killer capper to the Blue Jays' almost laughable litany of physical setbacks.

The Jays, 13-21 when Halladay left, are 11-6 since, including last night's 3-2 win over the Yankees.


Toronto Sun

Now that's excitement
By Ken Fidlin
Ironically, that most exciting play by Hill, engineered by Butterfield, did not win the game. The play that won the game? A mundane, some might say, boring, sacrifice fly, accomplished without even a throw, an inning later after a Posada RBI single scored Jeter to tie the game 2-2 in the top of the eighth.

"There's nothing boring about that," Hill said. "That's beautiful baseball. I think it's awesome. Started with a double (by Adam Lind), Mac (John McDonald) got him over and then Rios hit a pitch at his head and got it far enough out there to get the RBI. That's baseball right there. A perfect way to end a ball game."


It's picture imperfect
By Ken Fidlin
Once upon a baseball time, it would have seemed absurd for a team to have more pitchers than position players but that's exactly how the Blue Jay roster is structured. With yesterday's arrival of pitcher Brian Wolfe and the demotion of infielder Ryan Roberts back to Syracuse, the Jays have 13 active pitchers and 12 position players.

The logical choice to be sent down would have been Jamie Vermilyea, a reliever who has not pitched in more than two weeks but Vermilyea suddenly is afflicted with a tender shoulder. As part of the collective bargaining agreement, a player who is injured or might be injured can't be sent down.


Globe & Mail

Toronto pulls off a sneak win
By Robert Macleod
Marcum was pitching under difficult circumstances, having had just a couple hours of sleep after he and their wife spent most of the night at the hospital with their seven-month-old son, Ryne, who became suddenly ill with an undisclosed illness.

"That was probably the main thing on my mind [as he pitched]," Marcum said, referring to the health of his son. "It was in my head the whole time. But you still got a job to do."

The victory went to Jeremy Accardo, who came on in the ninth inning to close out the Yankees in order.


Blue Jays sign two-year deal with CBC
By Canadian Press
The public broadcaster has signed a two-year deal with the team and will air eight games this season and between 20 and 30 games in 2008.

CBC last carried the Jays in 2002, airing 15 games.

"We are very excited to have CBC returning as a television broadcaster for Toronto Blue Jays games," Blue Jays president Paul Godfrey said in a statement. "Our organizations have a long history together dating back to 1977 when the CBC was our original broadcaster."


National Post

Rios caps wild final three innings with sac fly as Jays beat Yanks 3-2
By Shi Davidi
Combined with five key outs from acting closer Jeremy Accardo (1-0), it was enough to give the Blue Jays (24-27) two straight wins for the first time since May 15-16 and send the Yankees (21-29) to their fifth loss in a row and 13th in their past 18 games. Not even news that Roger Clemens will likely rejoin them next Monday in Chicago could do much to change their fortunes.

"I didn't think you could lose an American League ballgame like that," said Pettitte. "To be out of the stretch, what can you say? It was embarrassing."


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Post#2 » by OldNo7 » Wed May 30, 2007 3:18 pm

Hillenbrand stole home in 2005. So Mondesi in 2001 wasnt the last.
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Post#3 » by belowtherim » Wed May 30, 2007 4:03 pm

Sportsnet
Raul Mondesi is the only other Blue Jay to succeed in a straight steal of home, on April 17, 2001, also versus the Yankees. Shea Hillenbrand swiped home on a delayed steal against New York on Aug. 6, 2005.


I think they're differentiating a straight steal and a delayed steal, or they just messed it up, either works :D

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