Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Miller and Rauch blow it as Jays bullpen craps the bed once again

In a game with three times more home runs than Jose Bautista hit in the home run derby, Toronto fans who stayed up late had to endure an all too familiar site - Jon Rauch and the Jays bullpen handing away another game.  This time things started out promisingly with Eric Thames putting the Jays up 2-0  in the first inning.  Later it was Canadian phenom Brett "Don't say I have a girl's name" Lawrie putting the Jays up 5-4 with a solo bomb to left.  In the 8th inning, the Jays called upon Trever "Near 2.00 WHIP" Miller to face a couple lefties.  On an inexcusably flat breaking ball right down the middle of the plate, Mike Carp fished one out of the park to tie the game up.  Shame on John Farrell for letting Trever Miller be the one to blow the game in the 8th inning; at least put out there somebody who has a chance of getting the job done.  Speaking of who not to bring in, up strolls John Rauch who promptly allows Casper Wells to scare up a home run and suddenly the Jays who had led all game are trailing due to another case of inept bullpen work.  In the top of the 9th, the Jays went down like kittens to end a frustrating game.  The game ends and the camera shows Rauch sitting there staring blankly ahead in the Jays dugout.  Perhaps he is considering a new career as a salesman in a "Big and Tall" men's suit store rather than subjecting himself and us to this frustration night after night.

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