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29757 Jan 30, 2014   Alan Boodman   Blue Jays @ Yankees, the road to elimination, game 4
29758 Jan 30, 2014   Rick Field   ATN (CM) Week 25
29759 Jan 31, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 24 update
29760 Jan 31, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   keeping time-stratomatic
29761 Jan 31, 2014   Steve Bivens   Expos at Cardinals Week 24
29762 Jan 31, 2014   Robert Rescigno   NYA @ BOA & CM
29763 Jan 31, 2014   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners 3, Rangers 1
29764 Jan 31, 2014   Gil Smith   Cubs at Montreal results and CM
29765 Feb 1, 2014   Mike Mashanic   DEATOA149
29766 Feb 1, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   CHAOAA149
29767 Feb 1, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   NYNCHN149
29768 Feb 1, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   SMILEY-OAA Final CM
29769 Feb 1, 2014   Jeff Tripodi   Re: [SmileyList] KC Royals Final Week 25 CM attached.. [1 Attachment]
29770 Feb 1, 2014   James Pardee   Re: [SmileyList] KC Royals Final Week 25 CM attached..
29771 Feb 1, 2014   Thomas Treece   Florida vs. New York (NL)
29772 Feb 1, 2014   Patrick Carr   SFN CM for week 25
29773 Feb 1, 2014   Mike Mashanic   PINFLN149
29774 Feb 1, 2014   Michael Rescigno   TEX@MNA WK 24 & FINAL CM
29775 Feb 1, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   NYN CM for week 25
29776 Feb 1, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@PIN WK 24 & FINAL CM
29777 Feb 1, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   MNA @ CHA?
29778 Feb 1, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   White Sox week 25 CM
29779 Feb 2, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 25 begins
29780 Feb 2, 2014   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners CM week 25 vs OAA
29781 Feb 2, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   SMILEY-OAA @ SEA Game 1
29782 Feb 2, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   SMILEY-OAA @ SEA Game 2
29783 Feb 2, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   SMILEY-OAA @ SEA Game 3
29784 Feb 2, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   SMILEY-GAME 4 OAA @ SEA and series files
29785 Feb 2, 2014   Mike Mashanic   SMILEY updated Pittsburgh CM for Chicago Cubs Week 25
29786 Feb 2, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   NYNSLN 156
29787 Feb 2, 2014   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners at Royals
29788 Feb 2, 2014   Alan Boodman   Reds @ Giants, games 1 and 2
29789 Feb 2, 2014   Alan Boodman   Reds @ Giants, game 3
29790 Feb 2, 2014   Alan Boodman   Reds @ Giants, game 4 & files
29791 Feb 2, 2014   James Pardee   Re: [SmileyList] Mariners at Royals [1 Attachment]
29792 Feb 2, 2014   Mark Simons   Milwaukee @ Toronto
29793 Feb 2, 2014   Alan Boodman   Blue Jays @ Red Sox, game 1
29794 Feb 3, 2014   Alan Boodman   Blue Jays @ Red Sox, games 2-4 & files
29795 Feb 3, 2014   Michael Tomeo   Re: [SmileyList] Blue Jays @ Red Sox, games 2-4 & files
29796 Feb 3, 2014   Patrick Carr   SFN at ATN
29797 Feb 3, 2014   Rick Field   ATN @ CON
29798 Feb 3, 2014   Patrick Carr   Re: [SmileyList] ATN @ CON [1 Attachment]
29799 Feb 4, 2014   Billy Vanson   updated mgr for HERB W...Dodgers vs Colorado
29800 Feb 4, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** DODGERS @ PADRES
29801 Feb 4, 2014   Steve Bivens   Expos at Cubs Week 25
29802 Feb 4, 2014   Herb Wilson   CON @ LAN
29803 Feb 4, 2014   Gil Smith   Cubs at Pitt results
29804 Feb 5, 2014   Michael Tomeo   boa@dea
29805 Feb 6, 2014   Michael Tomeo   sdn@cin
29806 Feb 6, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   RIP Ralph Kiner
29807 Feb 6, 2014   James Pardee   Re: [SmileyList] RIP Ralph Kiner
29808 Feb 6, 2014   Thomas Treece   Florida at Montreal
29809 Feb 6, 2014   Charlie Steinhice   BAA @ NYA Week 25
29810 Feb 7, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 25 update
29811 Feb 7, 2014   Alan Boodman   draft lottery reminder
29812 Feb 7, 2014   Michael Tomeo   Re: [SmileyList] BAA @ NYA Week 25 [1 Attachment]
29813 Feb 7, 2014   James Pardee   Re: [SmileyList] Week 25 update
29814 Feb 7, 2014   Alan Boodman   Re: [SmileyList] Week 25 update
29815 Feb 7, 2014   James Pardee   Re: [SmileyList] Week 25 update
29816 Feb 7, 2014   Michael Rescigno   tex@cha final results
29817 Feb 7, 2014   Michael Rescigno   sln@fln final results
29818 Feb 7, 2014   Robert Rescigno   NYA @ MLA
29819 Feb 7, 2014   James Pardee   KCA@TEA 4 Game Series
29820 Feb 8, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cincy & Toronto roster cuts
29821 Feb 8, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   CHAMNA159
29822 Feb 8, 2014   Mike Mashanic   PINNYN159
29823 Feb 8, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   Re: [SmileyList] CHAMNA159 [1 Attachment]
29824 Feb 8, 2014   Mike Mashanic   DEABAA159
29825 Feb 8, 2014   Thomas Treece   Marlins' roster for 1994 and draft
29826 Feb 9, 2014   Alan Boodman   random number spreadsheet for today's lottery
29827 Feb 9, 2014   Alan Boodman   1994 draft lottery results
29828 Feb 9, 2014   Alan Boodman   postseason trading window is open; trade announcement
29829 Feb 9, 2014   Alan Boodman   cuts, claims & draft reminder
29830 Feb 9, 2014   Rick Field   Atlanta Braves 1994 Roster Moves
29831 Feb 9, 2014   Patrick Carr   SFN cuts for 1994
29832 Feb 9, 2014   Patrick Carr   Re: SFN cuts for 1994 - CORRECTION on claim
29833 Feb 9, 2014   Charlie Steinhice   Orioles tentative cuts/claim for 1994
29834 Feb 10, 2014   Steve Bivens   1994 Expos Keeps/Cuts/Claims
29835 Feb 10, 2014   Jonathan Fellows   NYN Cuts
29836 Feb 10, 2014   Michael Tomeo   boa sdn cuts
29837 Feb 10, 2014   Ben Lea   White Sox cuts and not claims
29838 Feb 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   trade window closes tomorrow
29839 Feb 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   CIN & TOA updates
29840 Feb 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   cuts/claims reminder
29841 Feb 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   to the Expos, Braves, Yankees & White Sox
29842 Feb 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   1993 playoff files
29843 Feb 11, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   Re: [SmileyList] cuts/claims reminder-A's
29844 Feb 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   trade announcement
29845 Feb 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   another trade announcement
29846 Feb 11, 2014   Mike Mashanic   Detroit and Pittsburgh cuts/claims
29847 Feb 11, 2014   James Pardee   KC Cuts/Claims
29848 Feb 11, 2014   Michael Rescigno   Cardinals cuts/claims
29849 Feb 11, 2014   Michael Rescigno   Rangers Cuts /Claims
29850 Feb 11, 2014   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners cuts/claims
29851 Feb 11, 2014   Herb Wilson   Colorado cuts
29852 Feb 12, 2014   Alan Boodman   cuts/claims reminder
29853 Feb 12, 2014   Steve Bivens   Robert Lee Johnson
29854 Feb 12, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [SmileyList] Yankee cuts
29855 Feb 12, 2014   Mark Simons   Brewers cuts
29856 Feb 12, 2014   Billy Vanson   dodgers cuts and 1 claim
29857 Feb 13, 2014   Alan Boodman   files & draft page updated; draft begins now; Marlins are up


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Message #: 29757
Message from: Alan Boodman
Sent: Jan 30, 2014
Subject: Blue Jays @ Yankees, the road to elimination, game 4

The Jays conclude our penultimate road trip of 1993 having staved off the inevitable for a few more minutes.  Today's contest featured the routine (LOB 11, miss almost every split card chance, choke away a five-run lead) but also the not-so-routine (we didn't lose!)....
 
 
Another interesting contrast in "luck" between starting pitchers: Toronto's Pat Hentgen, a 20-game winner (so says his card) who has struggled just to achieve mediocrity in 1993, vs. New York's Scott Kamienicki, who has pitched miserably for the most part and therefore wins almost 75% of the time.
 
Things went according to form then: Hentgen was mediocre (worse, actually) and Kamienicki was miserable.  The only notable exception to the rule was that Kamen-lucky didn't win.  Nor did he lose, despite being on the short end of a 6-1 score at the time of his premature departure.
 
The Toronto offense today was mostly the Devon White Show.  White led off the contest with a split card chance at a home run -- and didn't miss!  He then doubled leading off the third (and was LOBbed), missing the same HR chance he had hit in the 1st, then homered again in the 4th.  Three batters later, John Olerud came through with a 2-run double and the Yankee bullpen was summoned.
 
Hentgen quickly gave back a run in the NYA 4th and then, needing just 3 more outs to qualify for what should have been an easy victory, Hentgen recorded exactly zero of those outs.  He opened the NYA 5th with a free pass, a perfectly executed hit-and-run single, and followed those with an RBI split-card double and the coup de grace: a 3-run split-card gopher.  Just like that, the 5-run Toronto lead was now a 0-run lead.
 
Being in the process of forfeiting yet another important game, Hentgen's choke gave the Jays the opportunity to engage in some nostalgia -- we sent to the pen for Dave Stieb, acquired just days earlier off the scrap heap for sentimental reasons and surely not to help win games.
 
But he most certainly and unexpectedly did help.  Stieb faced 7 batters and permitted 3 of them to reach base, but nobody scored and the game remained knotted at 6.
 
When Paul Molitor hit the Jays' third homer of the game leading off the 7th, and Tim Jones came through with a 2-run bases-loaded double with still nobody out (of course we LOBBed from that point on), Toronto had a 9-6 lead and Stieb was in line for the win!
 
Not so fast.  Mike Timlin took over for Stieb and momentarily lowered his ERA almost below the 9.0 mark.  But a surgical split-card RBI triple from Mighty Mike Gallego cut our lead to 9-7 in the 8th.  Jesse Orosco entered and immediately made it 9-8 when Gallego waltzed home on Randy Velarde's groundout.
 
But Orosco hung in there and retired the next 4 NYA batters, 3 of them on strikeouts, and the Jays hung in there for a 1-run win via an incomplete choke.  Final score: 9-8.
 
Joe 'not a 4' Orsulak picked up where Kevin McReynolds had left off in left field, blowing every x-play hit his way, but he also added 4 hits to Toronto's 17-hit, 29-total base onslaught that should have resulted in a far easier victory.  But the final margin turned out to be just enough.
 
Stieb will end his season with a nice 1-0 record and 0.00 ERA, unless HAL brings Stieb in just to destroy him in front of the home fans.
 
Alan
 
 

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