Official 2009 Toronto Blue Jays Thread | Page 6

Apr 24, 2009 at 8:22 AM

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Originally posted by NinerFanMT:
Originally posted by King49er:
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Originally posted by King49er:
wow,a thread of a team in 1st place in the FIRST month of the season....wow

"The last two teams to open the season with five straight series victories were the 2003 San Francisco Giants and the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Both went on to win their division."

The NL West and AL West at that time weren't as loaded with good teams like the AL East is this year. Only solid teams I can think of then were the A's and the Diamondbacks.

Who are the teams in the East who are loaded? The same 2 teams who couldn't even beat the Tampa Bay Rays last year??

Besides your lil birds the Rays, Yanks, and Sox are all loaded and there's no mistaking the Rays were the best AL team in baseball last year. That young group has done a great job under Madden and wasn't last year supposed to be the year where the Jays were actually supposed to give the Yanks and Sox a run? Instead they finished a lovely 4th in the standings.

Well we've lost most of our pitching staff and still are managing to beat teams that would kill us last year,so I'm happy with what I see so far

Apr 24, 2009 at 8:24 PM

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Aaah, friendly banter. Anyways...we're spanking the White Sox HARDCORE tonight. Tallet is lookin' good comin' outta the pen for five/ six innings as a starter. I likey...

Apr 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM

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Originally posted by DShanghai69er:
Aaah, friendly banter. Anyways...we're spanking the White Sox HARDCORE tonight. Tallet is lookin' good comin' outta the pen for five/ six innings as a starter. I likey...

better than the Yankees hahahaha

Apr 26, 2009 at 1:38 AM

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Mmm, and we should be able to keep our streak of winning series going tomorrow with Halladay on the mound. No way he gets "roughed up" a second time in a row. He'll be on his game tomorrow and I'm sure we'll be able to put up Contreras' 8.03 runs per game, which'll be five more than we need to win...

Apr 26, 2009 at 2:53 PM

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6 series in a row and still the best team in the AL,it's been a great month,hopefully the wins keep coming

Apr 27, 2009 at 7:07 AM

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Best record in the Majors,but Boston is creeping up with that 10 game winning streak

Apr 29, 2009 at 11:09 AM

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A month in and the Toronto Blue Jays are the best team in baseball with a bunch of no name pitchers

May 2, 2009 at 1:23 AM

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May 2, 2009 at 5:16 AM

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Man, with the injuries to our starting rotation, I'm surprised we're still on top of the East. Thus far, our middle relievers and set-up men have been fantastic, but I think with a healthy rotation of Halladay, Romero, Litsch, Marcum, and Tallet / McGowan, we could be competitive all season...