Toronto Blue Jays!!

[Kevin Pacey]

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Now the score's 8-7 in favour of the Jays, for those not in the know. :)

[Kevin Pacey]

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I'm not watching the game tonight. Can't watch a game unless I have a bet on it and I didn't buy a ticket.

Just as well. The Jays just blew a 2 run lead in the seventh, allowing 3 runs.

[Gary Ruben]

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The momentum may be starting to shift in tonight's Jays game, as I write these words.

I'm not watching the game tonight. Can't watch a game unless I have a bet on it and I didn't buy a ticket.

[Kevin Pacey]

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I once considered running for president. A good friend told me that if I won it would likely be the most miserable year of my life. I took his advice.

I got similar advice after I even just joked about my thinking about it.

The momentum may be starting to shift in tonight's Jays game, as I write these words.

[Kevin Pacey]

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Glad to see that Vlad is running for CFC President. :)

On the Jays again, I would have been very content before the season was underway if they just made the playoffs. Afaik, there are two wildcard spots per league as of last year (at least the Ottawa Sun newspaper seems to show two such spots per league in the daily standings), making for a total of 5 available playoff spots for the 15 teams in the American league.

Jays are leading tonight early against the Red Sox. They might be nearer a point of no return if they don't win, but if they do they might be just 5 1/2 out of a playoff spot after tonight, if certain other teams in the hunt falter. In short, perhaps this could be a pivotal game.

[Gary Ruben]

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Vlad Drkulec announced on the CFC forum that he is running for president.

I once considered running for president. A good friend told me that if I won it would likely be the most miserable year of my life. I took his advice.

[Felix Dumont]

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Really? Is the person someone of importance in the chess community?

Vlad Drkulec announced on the CFC forum that he is running for president.

[Gary Ruben]

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...... and i have heard rumors that there is a CFC presidential candidate in the wings.

Really? Is the person someone of importance in the chess community?

[Gary Ruben]

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There are 30 teams in the majors. 15 in the American League and 15 in the National League. At the end of the season there can be only one team which wins the world series.

Saying any one of them will not be the one is always a safe bet. You have 29 out of 30 chances of being right.

Injuries are part of the game. Lots of injured players on the teams including stars. Some teams have the depth to plug the holes and others don't.

A couple of the Jays new pitchers have come from the National league to the American League and might not be very familiar with the hitters. They also have to get used to a new catcher. It could take them a season to get comfortable.

[Kevin Pacey]

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The Blue Jays are rough to watch and i have heard rumors that there is a CFC presidential candidate in the wings.

Interesting. Hope at least one person announces soon, to start a (public) race for the presidency going.

Regarding the Blue Jays, I didn't think there was much I could add at this point. Like I alluded to might happen, by even this point in the season, at least, the Jays have dropped at least 3 points (or less) more out of a playoff spot per month. Boston and the NY Yankees are both at the top of the East. Indeed, the East currently is the strongest division in the American league, when comparing first through fifth place teams in each division to each other (plus both wildcard spots are held by East teams). The Jays are slowly accumulating injured players.

I'd say I rest my case, but then I recall Churchill saying that there are two kinds of victory, initial and ultimate...

[Ken Craft]

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The Blue Jays are rough to watch and i have heard rumors that there is a CFC presidential candidate in the wings.

[Kevin Pacey]

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That's refreshing to read, but the topic is the Blue Jays.

Bindi mentioned switching to watching golf. I thought I'd let him know what I'd do, possibly even sooner than next baseball season. Plus this is a chess message board, so I thought I'd slip some reference to it in, off-topic I admit. :)

[Gary Ruben]

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Kind of reluctant to, as there's no sign of a CFC presidential candidate appearing yet, let alone a good one.

That's refreshing to read, but the topic is the Blue Jays.

[Kevin Pacey]

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I kind of hate being right about the Jay's ill fortune holding up again this year, even if my conclusions drawn from perceived trends in recent years may have been flawed, according to more knowledgable fans.

It may take only a week or so before I just read the papers once a week to check for any sign of a Jays comeback in the standings (or else watch games when I have nothing else to do), as I've done in later months of a baseball season than May in previous years. Too painful to do otherwise.

I can use my evenings without baseball to decide what to do in my next term as a CFC Governor, if I run and am elected. Kind of reluctant to, as there's no sign of a CFC presidential candidate appearing yet, let alone a good one. One poor or non-communicative CFC president might be all it takes to send the CFC into a serious slide. At least 2 EOCA Governors are already planning not to run again, and at last years OCA AGM a faction from Toronto tried to take one more Governor for itself at EOCA expense (the minutes are archived on the CFC Website).

[Gary Ruben]

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I read they will, or maybe have by now, do a MRI on Dickey's neck. Something about a problem which has been bothering him for the last 3 games.

Here's the players notes on him.

"Apr 28 R.A. Dickey (neck) expects to have MRI sometime this week.

Advice: Dickey is dealing with same injury he's pitched with in his last three starts. At this point the MRI is precautionary, but a stint on the disabled list can't be ruled out if more damage is found. Dickey threw seven innings and allowed three runs in a loss Sunday against the Yankees."

Toronto is a great sports town. We all understand there's always next season. :)

John Buck is on his way to a career season at the plate. He's really hitting. Of course, the Jays had to give someone decent up to get someone decent.

Price, who won the Cy Young in the American league last season, is also having his problem early this season. Worse ERA than Dickey and less wins. I guess it's hard to know.