Saturday, August 18, 2018

Game #123 Toronto Blue Jays (55-67) @ New York Yankees (76-46)

Two guys named Dave.  Both pitched no-hitters.  Dave Stieb & Dave Righetti.  Stieb was a helluva pitcher. 

Saturday August 18, 2018 | 1:05 pm Yankee Stadium, | Bronx, NY 
Sean Reid-Foley (0-1) 5.40 ERA vs. Luis Severino (15-6) 3.27 ERA

This will be a verrrry interesting game, folks. Oh, probably not.  But you never know, and that's part of why we love baseball!  Our ideal outcome here is that Sean Reid-Foley pitches well and the bats give him a couple runs of support.  I suppose you could say that about any start, dating back to the halcyon days of Dave Stieb. Interestingly, both Reid-Foley and the beloved Mr. Stieb sport moustaches. Whose duster do you prefer?

Seany-boy wants to be considered a helluva pitcher.


Line-ups are as follows:

Your Toronto Bluejays:

White (CF)   .315
Alomar (2B) .330
Molitor (DH) .340
Carter (RF)   .280
Olerud (1B)   .368

Fuck.  Wait.  Here is their actual bloody line-up.  Does anyone have a shot of hitting .300?  No.  To be fair, nor does a Yankee.

BJ's
1. Billy McKinney (L) LF  -- Never heard of him!  Hope he does well!
2. Devon Travis (R) 2B
3. Curtis Granderson (L) DH
4. Justin Smoak (S) 1B
5. Kevin Pillar (R) CF
6. Teoscar Hernandez (R) RF
7. Danny Jansen (R) C
8. Aledmys Diaz (R) 3B
9. Richard Urena (S) SS

Yanks:
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
3. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
4. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
5. Miguel Andujar (R) 3B
6. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
7. Greg Bird (L) 1B
8. Neil Walker (S) RF
9. Austin Romine (R) C


Now, a plug for scoring the ballgame.  Give it a try sometime!  You can print scorecards from the internet, or order a book from Bob Carpenter.  He supplies such luminaries as Buck Martinez & Pat Tabler.  Scoring the game is super fun!













Martine Gaillard once saw me scoring a game and complimented me on it.  Oh baby!

Finally, here is a pic of me and some pals at the 'Dome on a stag ten years ago.  We saw Halladay pitch against the Rays.
I'm the bald fella on the far-right.  I designed these shirts to commemorate our trip.