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NEW YORK – As of Thursday afternoon, Marcus Stroman was still scheduled to be the Blue Jays starting pitcher for Saturday afternoons game at Yankee Stadium. Air Max 2018 Donne . Stroman is facing a six-game suspension for throwing in the area of Caleb Josephs head on Monday night. The Orioles catcher wasnt hit by the pitch. Stroman has appealed the ruling and as of this posting, no scheduled time for the hearing had been made public. The crux of Stromans argument will be that he didnt intend to buzz Joseph. Speaking to a few of Stromans fellow pitchers, none of whom wished to comment on the record, he may be speaking the truth. The truth, however, may not set Stroman free because the intent, as he admitted, was to run the pitch inside on Joseph. Stroman claimed the pitch slipped. According to teammates whove been in similar situations throughout their professional careers, the most difficult pitch to throw is the one where theres intent to send a message. Naturally, adrenaline starts pumping with the anticipation of the games dynamic changing. Pitchers will tell you its easier to repeatedly paint the outside black of the plate than it is to throw at or near a batter. There seems to be two schools of thought on the Stroman-Joseph situation: one is that Stroman needs to better differentiate between perceived offences. Some require retaliation, some dont. The otheris if a teammate shows frustration, there must be a response. Jose Reyes was upset when he scored a run in the fifth inning, sliding headfirst into home plate. Joseph spiked him. Reyes believed it was intentional, that Joseph moved his leg and he reacted, engaging home plate umpire Ted Barrett. The best explanation, if "best" is the proper term, for the retaliation culture in baseball is "its the way the game has always been played." Make of that what you will. It isnt likely to change. Manager John Gibbons reiterated on Thursday that if Stroman isnt able to pitch, hell go with a bullpen by committee approach to Saturdays game. In such a scenario, its likely Todd Redmond who would get the start. Cabreras absence crippling the offence Gibbons can only work with what hes been given and with whos healthy. His lineup on a night-in, night-out basis since Melky Cabrera was injured leaves something to be desired. Illustrating the Blue Jays general lack of depth, which an injury often has done, the five through nine spots in the Toronto order are a combined 45-for-212 (.212) in the 13 games since Cabrera suffered a season-ending finger fracture. Eliminate the three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs, the least potent team the Jays have faced since Cabrera went down, and five through nine has gone 23-for-157 (.146). Gibbons has been left to resort to a series of platoons. In Thursday nights 3-2 loss to the Yankees, four players occupied the fifth spot in the batting order. Danny Valencia (0-for-2) was pinch hit for by Colby Rasmus in the seventh. Rasmus struck out and was replaced defensively by Steve Tolleson. In the top of the ninth, Juan Francisco pinch hit for Tolleson. He struck out. Avoiding "Yankeeography" The Blue Jays didnt take batting practice on the field before Thursdays series opener at Yankee Stadium. The club took a similar approach its last time in to the Bronx and snapped a 17-game road losing skid to the Yankees, taking two out of three in a series from July 25-27. "It worked," said manager John Gibbons. "We couldnt get over that hump, then we won a couple of games last time. Plus, at this time of year, guys are tired. Its not going to hurt them. Theyll hit in the cage." Hey, if it isnt broken, dont fix it. In July, one of the aspects Gibbons said he wanted his club to avoid was the series of "Yankeeography" documentaries which play on the massive centrefield video board during visitors batting practice. The stories have made-for-TV production quality and typically document an illustrious player in Yankees history or one of the franchises many decades of on-field success. While entertaining and fascinating for anyone interested in the history of the sport and the Yankees in particular, a daily dose can become tiring. Air Max 2018 Scontate . And like the near entirety of last season, Jonathan Bernier and Torontos goaltending tandem is up to the task. Nike Shox R4 Offerte . Maximilian Arnold put Wolfsburg ahead in the eighth minute, when the stationary Fallou Diagne allowed him to guide Patrick Ochs cross beyond the helpless Freiburg goalkeeper, and Ivica Olic doubled the lead three minutes later after Luiz Gustavo did well to set him up. SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Even when they found themselves in a 3-0 series deficit to San Jose, the Los Angeles Kings never doubted they had what it takes to mount a memorable comeback. Thats what winning a Stanley Cup together two years earlier can do for a teams confidence and thats how a lack of post-season success can eat away at anothers psyche. Anze Kopitar scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and Jonathan Quick made 39 saves to cap the Kings historic comeback from three games down with a 5-1 victory over the Sharks in Game 7 of their first-round series Wednesday night. "When youve gone to the top of the mountain with the same group of guys its a little bit easier when youre at the bottom to come up," said captain Dustin Brown, who scored an empty-net goal to seal the game. "Thats what a lot of this team is about, our guys who have stuck together and played together for years." Drew Doughty, Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson also scored for the Kings, who became the fourth NHL team to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games. The Kings joined Toronto (1942), the New York Islanders (1975) and Philadelphia (2010) as the only teams to complete that comeback and now will get another California showdown in the second-round with the first Freeway Playoff against the Anaheim Ducks. "Thats fantastic," Doughty said. "This is something were all going to remember for the rest of our lives. Were not done yet. We have to move on." Matt Irwin scored the lone goal and Antti Niemi made 25 saves for the Sharks, who added perhaps their most bitter playoff disappointment to a history of them. San Jose has the second most regular-season wins in the NHL the past 10 seasons but has never made it past the conference finals. "This is as low as its been for me, and for the players that have been together for the six years that Ive been here," coach Todd McLellan said. The way the Sharks started this series by outscoring the Kings 17-8 to win the first three games, it looked as if this could finally be their year. But Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and the rest of their stars went mostly missing the final four games, the power play could not convert on its final 15 chances and the defence made too many lapses, leading to their second sstraight Game 7 loss to their California rivals. Scarpe Uomo Air Max 95. "Theres been a lot of low points, but yeah, this is definitely one of them being up 3-0," Marleau said. The Sharks took their first lead since Game 3 in the opening minute of the second when Irwins point shot beat Quick through a screen to provide a jolt to the crowd that only got bigger when San Jose drew a penalty less than a minute later. But a hooking call on Tommy Wingels negated that power play and Logan Couture then got called for an elbowing penalty, giving Los Angeles a two-man advantage for 6 seconds. Before Wingels could get back into the play, Doughty tied it when he beat Niemi from the faceoff circle. The Sharks had three more power plays in the second period to give them a chance to go back ahead, but Los Angeles killed every one of them with Quick robbing Marleau with a glove save on the goal line to thwart San Joses best chance. "Those were obviously critical," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "Jonathan was able to make that one highlight save. I think that gave us a little momentum." That save was emblematic of a remarkable turnaround this series for Quick, who allowed 16 goals the first three games but held the Sharks to just five over the final four wins. The Kings responded after the fourth penalty kill when last years Game 7 hero Justin Williams found Kopitar, who made a nifty move to beat Niemi with a backhand to give him points in all seven games this series. "Drew, Quickie and Kopi were our three best players tonight," Brown said. "You win and lose with your best players." The Sharks lost because their core players came up empty late in the series with Irwin and third-liner James Sheppard getting the only goals in the final three games. "I think their defence just swallowed us up right now, to be honest with you," Thornton said. "They just played real tight defensively and their goaltender got hot like he usually does this time of the year." NOTES: The Kings became the fifth team to beat the same opponent in Game 7 in consecutive seasons. ... Both teams were without a key defenceman as San Joses Marc-Edouard Vlasic missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury and Willie Mitchell was out for Los Angeles after getting hurt in Game 6. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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