Post Game Thoughts After a Jays Loss to Texas 7-6

Defensive Subs are the New "Closer"
I'm noticing more and more that managers seem to be inserting their good defenders when it's into the late innings in a close game. Maybe I haven't been watching enough baseball, but this seems to be a new trend amongst managers.

Bautista's Approach
It is a thing of beauty to watch Jose Bautista's approach to an at bat. He seems to anticipate the speed, location and pitch type for every throw he faces. Watching his eyes, you know that he's coldly analyzing the opposing pitcher's artillery. For every strike he faces he knows when to chop a close pitch foul, or take an obvious pitch outside the strike zone. And when he makes contact, his swing is pure, powerful and awesome. He's casual and confident, still yet calculatingly deadly, the ultimate weapon in all of Major League Baseball.

Too bad they're hitting him between McCoy and Lind...

In Defense of Lind
Speaking of Adam Lind, he's looking very adequate at 1st base. Considering he has less than a year's experience, he's doing incredible so far! Too bad his approach to the plate isn't as great. He's almost the exact opposite of Jose Bautista at the plate. He never goes deep into the count and often swings at the first pitch he sees. He may have had a big game last night, but so far I'm not convinced that's the norm.

Jo-Jo's got no Mojo
Jo-Jo Reyes just can't seem to catch a break. Just when it seemed he had things under control, with 2 outs, the ump called a 3rd strike a ball, there preceded to be a shit show of 6 runs in the 3rd. Thank God Toronto has a good bullpen. These guys are gonna be the ones who keep Toronto alive in the dog days of summer.

Quick Ironic Prediction:
The bullpen will be so strong that they'll help push Toronto to a late season wild-card chase, only being let down by those very relief pitchers for throwing for too many innings.

Trade Juan Rivera before it's too late!!!!
What a weekend he's had! Hitting around .500 with 2 HR. We are all now witnessing his peak. If Alex Anthopolous literally does not trade Rivera this instant, we will never recover from his negative-karmic energy.

Analogous Quasi-Palindrome of the Week
E5 got his 5th E (in the 5th?)