Blue Jays 5, Orioles 0: 0-12

by Stacey on Jul 28, 2010 10:53 PM EDT in Post-Game Comment 14 comments

Ladies and Gentlemen, your gold glove center fielder.

Jeremy Guthrie lost this game despite not allowing an earned run. That is what this team has come to. Thanks to an error by Corey Patterson, Guts gave up an unearned run in the bottom of the second inning, and that's all he gave up. He pitched 7 innings with 6 hits, 3 strikeouts, 1 intentional walk, and 1 unearned run. And he took the loss. It's a shame.

Koji and The O Man stank it up after Guts left the game for the other four runs, thus ensuring that Eat More Esskay's sad goal of making it a save situation didn't come true (although Kevin Gregg did make an appearance. He was probably getting rusty, what with the Blue Jays having played the Orioles in two recent series).

Brian Roberts led off the game with a single and that would be the last hit the Orioles would get until the top of the 7th, when Jake Fox singled. Ty Wigginton added a double in the 9th, and those three hits plus three walks (one by Wiggy, two by Nick Markakis) would be the only base runners for the O's.

So who shut them down, you ask? What ridiculously talented pitcher could hold the Orioles to just two hits and three walks over seven innings? That would be Brad Mills. Never heard of him? This was his first appearance with the Blue Jays in 2010. Last year he made two starts for the Jays, lasting a combined total of 7.2 innings while giving up 14 hits, 6 walks, 4 home runs and 12 earned runs. He's been in AAA this entire year, making 16 mediocre starts before the Jays called him up for this cake walk.

Tonight's Most Birdland Player is Jeremy Guthrie. Do you disagree?

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I know he likes to play and everything...

…but for the love of Pete can we please move Miggi down in the order?

I’m over pretending he’s good to trade him. Mercy, already.

To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa

by James F on Jul 28, 2010 10:54 PM EDT reply actions

Guts without a doubt

Animated corpses could play better than Lugo

by Dodge that Bird! on Jul 28, 2010 11:00 PM EDT reply actions

I actually sat there thinking to myself, "At least my moral victory can come true."

And then the 8th inning happened.

Poor Guts. I wonder if he secretly wishes he would get dealt in all this trade deadline talk. But if he got dealt we would literally have zero reliable starting pitchers.

Baltimore is Baltimore. That's kind of what I know. - Manny Machado, 6/7/10

by Eat More Esskay on Jul 29, 2010 12:01 AM EDT reply actions

but we'll still have a reliable mentor!

I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck

by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, they are all RELIABLE

Reliably bad

"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude

by PBR me ASAP! on Jul 29, 2010 8:28 AM EDT up reply actions

I hate this team

Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck

by O'sFan21 on Jul 29, 2010 12:35 AM EDT reply actions

This just in: Guts QS, Orioles lose.

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"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Jul 29, 2010 5:52 AM EDT reply actions

I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE

I’ve been following this team since 1966…seen the glory days and the fall from grace since Davey Johnson left…………..and this is just the worst that its ever been!!!! I’ve tired of watching these guys mope around in the dugout, they have no player leadership whatsoever…..cmon, who is willing to take the lead? Nick? Brian? they would be the logical choices, but this team is so numb………..and it seems that nobody wants the responsiblity……..at least Nick spoke out earlier, but complete silence since….cnmon guys admit …YOU SUCK AND YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT…I DONT WANNA BECOME A NATS FAN BUT I DONT KNOW HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS I CAN TAKE…………

by Pete707 on Jul 29, 2010 7:52 AM EDT reply actions

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Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck

by O'sFan21 on Jul 29, 2010 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions

i think its osgirl21 under an assumed name!

I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck

by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Nice to meet you too

by kba26 on Jul 29, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Ahem: we are now threatening the .300 level again. Hmm. Remember the accepted wisdom of this sport: Very bad teams play .400 baseball

We’re soon going to be involved in a serious hunt for new adjectives. Maybe the most difficult search since 63-63 —> 4-32, a sequence which still stands, as far as I know, as The Greatest Collapse Ever.

This year, of course, never constructed anything which might collapse (or which we could collapse from), but still — you see what I mean. We’re going to be in some difficult semantic terrain very soon here. Whos’ gonna put on his/her hiking boots, hip-waders, swamp pants or the like and rustle up/fish out/ drain pump us a new descriptive term (or team moniker) for The .300 Bunch?

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Jul 29, 2010 8:58 AM EDT reply actions

The Glass Half Full version, of course, is that all we need to do is go 51-10 the rest of the way out to finish at .500.

Heh-heh. And if we push things just a bit and go 53-8, that yields us 83 wins — and the World Series title, of course.

If you’d like to try some of the halucinogens I’m currently experimenting with, put a large bunch of money in small, unmarked non-consecutive bills into a paper bag and meet me on the lower level of Moscow Municipal Parking Garage No. 6 tomorrow at midnight. Yeah, OK, we’ll roll a few up for samplers first. Wow, look at my hand. The veins really stand out if you look at it closely. Funny I never noticed that. Say, who’s your friend in the suit? I don’t think I like the looks of th—

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Jul 29, 2010 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Please AM, don't panic

This is the time when a leader will go one of two ways: panic and seek safety, or take the bold course that is right for the future. The bold course is to trade Guts for two prospects. If Luke or Wiggy command a prospect in return, trade them also. Our farm system, while improved, has many needs. Without a farm system that delivers major league players regularly the Os will never win.

The timid course is to keep Guts and the other salable players in hopes of breaking this year’s fall. Then, in the off season, sign the 2011 equivalent of Millwood, Atkins, and Gonzales in hopes of avoiding another melt down next year. Because of these signings, don’t spend the money to beef up international scouting, etc.

This season is history. It matters not whether we win a few extra games. Next year won’t be much better. Accept it. When AM took over in 2007, the major league team was terrible, the farm system was pitiful, and there was virtually no international scouting. The only way that a team digs out of this hole is to forget about winning at the major league level and pour resources into building a foundation. AM is doing this. My only fear is that he won’t be bold enough.

by BaltoBen on Jul 29, 2010 9:31 AM EDT reply actions