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Shi "Diggity" Davidi wrote a column for Sportsnet about the little bit of saucy back and forth between Juan Rivera and Justin Verlander in the 7th inning of Verlander's eventual no-hitter. Rivera, after he grounded out, told Verlander he was lucky. Verlander didn't like it.
Rivera was right that Verlander was lucky. I mused earlier on Twitter that it isn't a true no-hitter unless you face the opposition's best hitter. That's true whether you no hit any lineup that is missing a Pujols, a Bautista or a Cabrera. Verlander didn't even have to face the Jays' hottest hitter in Adam Lind after Lind was forced to exit the game with a sore back.
Verlander went to Baberians, a schmancy steakhouse near Gerrard and Yonge, home of the 30 dollar appetizer to celebrate. Verlander is a classy guy and a beast of a pitcher. But now that we have seen one in the Dome, let's not ever cheer for another unless one of our boys throws one or Roy Halladay throws again, unless it's game 7 in the 2014 Phillies/Jays World Series. Wouldn't it be crazy if a no-hitter decided the World Series? How many heads would explode?
Brad Penny might as well have no hit us today, as it was just about as frustrating to watch the Jays try and fail to get anything going against him. Besides Bautista absolutely destroying a high fastball from Penny, there were some doubles and not a lot else. There was also a really weird play at home where Rivera threw a ball offline to home, which was cutoff by Encarnacion who fired a strike to a caught off guard Arencibia who tagged Victor Martinez, but the ball came loose and he was called safe, which erased the lead given by the 2 run Bautista homer. Encarnacion seemed really upset by the whole situation, and I'm still not quite sure what Arencibia was doing. I mean, I know he was going to catch the Rivera throw but it still seemed weird.
Morrow goes against Scherzer tomorrow to try to split the series. Expect strikeouts. About a million.
Rivera was right that Verlander was lucky. I mused earlier on Twitter that it isn't a true no-hitter unless you face the opposition's best hitter. That's true whether you no hit any lineup that is missing a Pujols, a Bautista or a Cabrera. Verlander didn't even have to face the Jays' hottest hitter in Adam Lind after Lind was forced to exit the game with a sore back.
Verlander went to Baberians, a schmancy steakhouse near Gerrard and Yonge, home of the 30 dollar appetizer to celebrate. Verlander is a classy guy and a beast of a pitcher. But now that we have seen one in the Dome, let's not ever cheer for another unless one of our boys throws one or Roy Halladay throws again, unless it's game 7 in the 2014 Phillies/Jays World Series. Wouldn't it be crazy if a no-hitter decided the World Series? How many heads would explode?
Brad Penny might as well have no hit us today, as it was just about as frustrating to watch the Jays try and fail to get anything going against him. Besides Bautista absolutely destroying a high fastball from Penny, there were some doubles and not a lot else. There was also a really weird play at home where Rivera threw a ball offline to home, which was cutoff by Encarnacion who fired a strike to a caught off guard Arencibia who tagged Victor Martinez, but the ball came loose and he was called safe, which erased the lead given by the 2 run Bautista homer. Encarnacion seemed really upset by the whole situation, and I'm still not quite sure what Arencibia was doing. I mean, I know he was going to catch the Rivera throw but it still seemed weird.
Morrow goes against Scherzer tomorrow to try to split the series. Expect strikeouts. About a million.