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Game 1 @ Toronto - Tuesday 6/14


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I hate off days.

Ready for some freakin' baseball.

Can we put our foots on the Jays throat after the shellacking they got from Boston? Or, are we just what the doctor ordered from a Blue Jays standpoint?

Jakubauskas (1-0, 4.58 ERA)

Vs.

Villanueva (4-0, 3.89 ERA)

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I'm disappointed to see Reimold isn't playing. Luke Scott is hurt and I'd rather him get surgery now and get 100% healthy for next year. However, he has shown some signs of improvement but I'd rather Reimold out there.

Maybe tomorrow I suppose.

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O's HAVE to have my back today! Just to save the end of a really [crappy] day.

My computer died last night. I had a CPU heatsink problem I didn't discover in time. It either fried the CPU or the thermal sensor. Either way I'm screwed. :( At least my mom loaned me her laptop for a week til I can get back up and running.

Go ahead Orioles... Make my day!

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Thanks, Roch, for the lineups:

For the Orioles:

J.J. Hardy SS

Nick Markakis RF

Adam Jones CF

Vladimir Guerrero DH

Matt Wieters C

Derrek Lee 1B

Luke Scott LF

Mark Reynolds 3B

Robert Andino 2B

Chris Jakubauskas RHP

For the Blue Jays:

Escobar SS

Patterson LF

Bautista RF

Lind 1B

Arencibia C

Encarnacion DH

Hill 2B

Davis CF

Nix 3B

Villanueva RHP

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What'd they say?

They were just discussing the possibility of the 2-league realignment. Talking about a 162 game schedule would cause a scheduling nightmare. They said the Diamondbacks would make sense to join the AL. They talked about possibly reducing the number of games, and adding in double headers from time to time to have the season end about a week before the end of September so that the World Series isn't in November.

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