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28550 Jun 17, 2013   Alan Boodman   Blue Jays @ Yankees, game 2
28551 Jun 18, 2013   Alan Boodman   Blue Jays @ Yankees, games 3 & 4 and files
28552 Jun 18, 2013   Mike Mashanic   PIN@CHN
28553 Jun 18, 2013   James Pardee   KCA@CHA 4 Game Series
28554 Jun 18, 2013   Ben Lea   First ever Rockies trade flier
28555 Jun 19, 2013   Michael Tomeo   boa@toa
28556 Jun 19, 2013   Rick Field   ATN @ LAN
28557 Jun 20, 2013   Michael Tomeo   sdn@cin
28558 Jun 21, 2013   Alan Boodman   Week 22 update
28559 Jun 21, 2013   Steve Bivens   Expos at Mets Game 155
28560 Jun 21, 2013   Mark Simons   Milwaukee @ Baltimore
28561 Jun 21, 2013   Steve Bivens   Expos at Mets Game 156
28562 Jun 21, 2013   Jonathan Fellows   Re: [SmileyList] Expos at Mets Game 156
28563 Jun 21, 2013   Steve Bivens   Expos at Mets Game 157
28564 Jun 21, 2013   Patrick Carr   Re: [SmileyList] Expos at Mets Game 156
28565 Jun 21, 2013   Steve Bivens   Expos at Mets Game 158
28566 Jun 21, 2013   Steve Bivens   Final Expos Manager vs. Cardinals
28567 Jun 21, 2013   Robert Rescigno   RE: [SmileyList] Week 22 update
28568 Jun 21, 2013   Michael Rescigno   sln@mon
28569 Jun 21, 2013   Michael Rescigno   Re: sln@mon
28570 Jun 21, 2013   Jonathan Fellows   NYN @ PIN
28571 Jun 21, 2013   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** DODGERS @ GIANTS
28572 Jun 21, 2013   Thomas Treece   Chicago at Atlanta
28573 Jun 21, 2013   Michael Rescigno   TEX@MIN
28574 Jun 21, 2013   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners results
28575 Jun 21, 2013   Charlie Steinhice   BAA @ DEA Week 22
28576 Jun 21, 2013   Andrew Kennedy   SMILEY-OAA @ TEA
28577 Jun 21, 2013   Andrew Kennedy   for the books?
28578 Jun 21, 2013   Michael Tomeo   Re: [SmileyList] for the books?
28579 Jun 22, 2013   Alan Boodman   new owner in Colorado
28580 Jun 22, 2013   James Pardee   Welcome Herb!
28581 Jun 22, 2013   Alan Boodman   tomorrow's draft lotteries
28582 Jun 22, 2013   Alan Boodman   SFN-SDN autoplay
28583 Jun 22, 2013   Mike Mashanic   DEA@BOA
28584 Jun 23, 2013   Alan Boodman   random number spreadsheet for the 1993 draft lottery
28585 Jun 23, 2013   Andrew Kennedy   league leaders
28586 Jun 23, 2013   Michael Tomeo   Re: [SmileyList] league leaders
28587 Jun 23, 2013   Alan Boodman   1993 draft lottery results:
28588 Jun 23, 2013   Andrew Kennedy   Trade-OAA FLN
28589 Jun 23, 2013   Thomas Treece   Trade-OAA FLN
28590 Jun 23, 2013   Alan Boodman   making it official
28591 Jun 23, 2013   Alan Boodman   CIN and TOA cuts
28592 Jun 23, 2013   Thomas Treece   relief help
28593 Jun 23, 2013   Alan Boodman   trade announcement
28594 Jun 23, 2013   Robert Rescigno   More relief help
28595 Jun 23, 2013   Charlie Steinhice   Orioles cuts
28596 Jun 24, 2013   Billy Vanson   Re: postseason window open?
28597 Jun 24, 2013   Alan Boodman   anyone need a part time 1B vs. LHP
28598 Jun 24, 2013   Jeff Tripodi   League-average starter for sale
28599 Jun 24, 2013   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners cuts
28600 Jun 24, 2013   Alan Boodman   1992 playoff files
28601 Jun 24, 2013   Alan Boodman   Re: [SmileyList] Mariners cuts
28602 Jun 24, 2013   Mark Simons   Brewers cuts
28603 Jun 24, 2013   Michael Rescigno   SLN & TEX CUTS
28604 Jun 24, 2013   Patrick Carr   Giants cuts and claim
28605 Jun 25, 2013   Steve Bivens   Expo/Marlin Trade Flyer
28606 Jun 25, 2013   Alan Boodman   trade announcement
28607 Jun 25, 2013   Alan Boodman   trade announcement
28608 Jun 25, 2013   Alan Boodman   Re: [SmileyList] trade announcement -- wait
28609 Jun 25, 2013   Steve Bivens   RE: [SmileyList] trade announcement -- wait
28610 Jun 25, 2013   Steve Bivens   RE: [SmileyList] trade announcement -- wait
28611 Jun 25, 2013   Alan Boodman   Re: [SmileyList] trade announcement -- wait
28612 Jun 25, 2013   Jeff Tripodi   Re: [SmileyList] league leaders
28613 Jun 25, 2013   Andrew Kennedy   Dave Winfield
28614 Jun 26, 2013   Alan Boodman   trade announcement
28615 Jun 26, 2013   Alan Boodman   cuts/claims reminder
28616 Jun 26, 2013   Alan Boodman   trade announcement, for real this time
28617 Jun 26, 2013   James Pardee   KC Royals Cuts/Claims
28618 Jun 26, 2013   Rick Field   Atlanta Braves 1993 Cuts / Claims
28619 Jun 26, 2013   Herb Wilson   Re: [SmileyList] cuts/claims reminder
28620 Jun 27, 2013   Alan Boodman   reminder: trade window closes tomorrow
28621 Jun 27, 2013   Jonathan Fellows   NYN cuts
28622 Jun 27, 2013   Michael Tomeo   Fermin and Gallagher
28623 Jun 28, 2013   Alan Boodman   final cuts reminder; trading window is now closed
28624 Jun 28, 2013   Andrew Kennedy   Re: [SmileyList] A's cuts
28625 Jun 28, 2013   Alan Boodman   add to cuts list
28626 Jun 28, 2013   Alan Boodman   really final cuts reminder
28627 Jun 28, 2013   Mike Mashanic   DEA & PIN cuts
28628 Jun 28, 2013   Gil Smith   Chicago Cubs cuts
28629 Jun 29, 2013   Alan Boodman   1993 league files and draft page
28630 Jul 1, 2013   Alan Boodman   1992 NLCS, game one
28631 Jul 2, 2013   Alan Boodman   1992 NLCS, game two
28632 Jul 2, 2013   Alan Boodman   please read and vote
28633 Jul 2, 2013   Herb Wilson   Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28634 Jul 2, 2013   Gil Smith   Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28635 Jul 2, 2013   Steve Bivens   RE: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28636 Jul 2, 2013   Alan Boodman   Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28637 Jul 2, 2013   Mark Simons   Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28638 Jul 2, 2013   Michael Tomeo   Re: Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28639 Jul 2, 2013   Ben Lea   Re: Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28640 Jul 2, 2013   Michael Tomeo   Re: Re: Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28641 Jul 2, 2013   Andrew Kennedy   Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28642 Jul 2, 2013   Mark Simons   Re: [SmileyList] please read and vote
28643 Jul 3, 2013   Alan Boodman   1993 draft begins now -- Marlins are up
28644 Jul 3, 2013   Thomas Treece   Marlins pick
28645 Jul 3, 2013   Alan Boodman   1994-1995 inflation factors
28646 Jul 3, 2013   Jonathan Fellows   Re: [SmileyList] 1994-1995 inflation factors
28647 Jul 3, 2013   Alan Boodman   Rockies are up
28648 Jul 3, 2013   Jonathan Fellows   Re: [SmileyList] Rockies are up
28649 Jul 3, 2013   Alan Boodman   Re: [SmileyList] Rockies are up
28650 Jul 3, 2013   Herb Wilson   Re: [SmileyList] Rockies pick


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Message #: 28550
Message from: Alan Boodman
Sent: Jun 17, 2013
Subject: Blue Jays @ Yankees, game 2

Another **EPIC** choke -- against the last place team in the division -- by the unparalleled masters of the art....
 
Our old buddy Jimmy Key and his 5+ ERA took the mound for the Yankees today against Bobby Witt, and who could have doubted that Key would pitch brilliantly, exactly as he always failed to do in critical contests while in a Toronto uniform?
 
Key and Witt matched goose eggs for 5 innings, Key being assisted nicely by 2 rally killing DPs which the Jays hit into in the first 2 innings.  There would be no more DPs however, we would substitute lots and lots of costly LOB instead.
 
Toronto finally broke through in the 6th when Joe Carter had a chance at a home run (split card: 20) but at least delivered a sac fly; Dave Winfield was intentionally walked (*THREE* times today -- HAL knows very well that we have only one clutch hitter among all this talent) and Ed Sprague followed with a split card of 19 to forgo an RBI.
 
With Dave Righetti now pitching, Tim Hulett gave us a 2-0 lead when he singled home Robby Alomar in the 7th but Jose Vizcaino was gunned down at the plate via yet another one of our typically atrocious split cards.  That's OK though; one run can't possibly make any difference in a baseball game.
 
Carter singled home a run later in the frame, and Winfield -- they couldn't IW him this time since the bases were loaded -- batted with 2 outs and left all 3 runners in place.  The lead reached 4-0 in the 8th when Alomar solo-homered.
 
And then with just 6 outs left to get, the Jays' true abilities shone forth in all their glory.
 
Bobby Witt's own error opened the 8th for the Yankees and the runner reached second on a blown-x wild pitch and then third on a groundout.  He strolled home seconds later on not a mere single, but a surgical split card triple by Boggs.  The 19's and 20's must have all been used up.
 
With the score now 4-1, that was all for Witt.  Enter ace reliever Doug Jones, who with every luckless appearance makes the Toronto GM look like such a genius by underachieving his card by several million miles.  And so it was again today: 1 batter faced, 1 run allowed.  Goodbye, Jonesie.
 
Gene Harris, another massively underachieving acquisition, then somehow induced a DP to stop the bleeding at 4-2.  Harris would continue to pitch for a while, but he had retired his last batter.
 
After the TOA offense choked up a couple more LOB in the top of the 9th, we proceeded to do what we do better than anyone:
 
In the blink of an eye, a walk and a single put the tying run on base with nobody out.  Literally every pitcher on the Toronto roster quickly announced that they were "fatigued" ("fatigued" as in "terrified") except one -- the guy who pitched 3.2 innings yesterday -- so on came Fortugno.
 
Pinch hitter Danny Tartabull got a 2B 1-4 fb(B) 5-20.  Do you really need to ask what kind of split card he got?  The supply of microscopic digits is never exhausted when the Jays are pitching.
 
Tie game.  A groundout put the losing run at third with 1 out and the next batter had a split card chance at an RBI single.
 
And he missed it!
 
But HAL decided that even the "out" result was a "single over the head of the outfielder" and the Jays had done it again, defying all the odds!  That 4-0 lead what had existed moments earlier became another routinely devastating 5-4 loss. 
 
LOB: TOA - 12, NYA - 5. 
 
RLISP 2-out: TOA - 11 (FIVE by Winfield alone), NYA - 4. 
 
Errors were a 1-1 tie.  Unearned runs allowed: TOA - 1,NYA - 0.
 
What do you call a reliever with a line that reads: 3 IP, 4 hits, 5 walks, 1 home run, and 3 runs allowed?  The key there is *only* 3 runs allowed.  You call him "winner" when he puts up those numbers against by far the chokingest team in the league.
 
Alan
 
 

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