Big Words From Winless Pitcher

What a way to win a series! The Blue Jays pounded out six runs off White Sox starter, John Danks, who was 0-7 going into this afternoons finale. Jose Bautista got things going with an RBI single to left. A couple batters later, Aaron Hill picked a great time for his first home run of the season with his first career grand slam home run. I am so happy to see Hill finally knock one out after 141 at-bats. I have always been a big fan of his and I only see his bat getting hotter as the weeks go by.

Edwin Encarnacion followed suit with his first home run. He has been taking a lot of heat (for good reason) and hopefully this is the beginning of the E.E. we saw finish 2010.

So, it took Danks over 50 pitches to get out of the first inning. Bautista popped up in the fourth inning with Toronto leading 9-2 and threw his bat to the turf in disgust in himself for not hitting his pitch. Danks took it upon himself to say some words to the reining home run king. Checkout @LottOnBaseball’s article of today’s game and the words the Chicago starting pitcher issued to Bautista http://natpo.st/kapdgv. He called him a “clown” for showing him up. Apparently Mr. Danks has never seen another player slam their bat to the ground for not hitting a pitch they should have. Instead of worrying about his now 0-8 record, he needs to find another way to take the heat off himself. Any player that does not show hustle, heart and compassion on every plate appearance, is not one I want on my team. Jose Bautista is the kind of player that runs out every ground and fly ball regardless of the score.

Also in John Lott’s article, the White Sox play-by-play announcer, Ken Harrelson, made a comment during the game that Bautista might be “corking his bat.” Apparently, if someone is not on performance enhancing drugs, they must be doing something else because certain mechanical changes in a player’s swing cannot produce the kind of numbers he has continue to post since the end of 2009. If you have ever watched a White Sox broadcast on WGN, you know by now how big of homers they can be. If their team is getting the snot kicked out of them, they try to find ways of demeaning the opposing team. I am not saying they are the only ones in sports broadcasting that root, root for the home team; but they do it in the most classless way possible.

Before I close, how about Corey Patterson? What an incredible display of hitting the last two games of the series. He went 5-for-7 yesterday including the walk-off home run in the 14^th inning. Today, 4-for-5 with another home run. Going into the four-game series, Patterson was batting .269. He bumped his average up 32 points to .301 after going 11-for-20 with a pair of home runs and four runs batted in (RBI) against the south-siders. He is definitely in the running for player of the week.

I saw Luke and Brayden Schenn at this afternoon's game. I asked Luke if he was showing his little brother around the town in preparation of him coming to the Big Smoke. They both chuckled at my attempt at humour. It is very nice to see the @MapleLeafs supporting the boys of summer.

The Blue Jays begin a three-game series tomorrow versus the Cleveland Indians to finish their seven-game home stand.

Until next time,

Let’s Go Blue Jays!

@ChaseHadden