Athletics 2, Blue Jays 0: Curse you, Rich Harden

Call it two.

So, not only are the Blue Jays very considerately doing most of their run-scoring on this west-coast road trip before I turn in for the night, they have also taken to doing their significant non scoring early, too. Last night, for instance, they loaded the bases in the first with nobody out, but left the bases full on strikeouts by Lind, Encarnacion and Rasmus. Josh Willingham hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning, and that was it. Brett Cecil only allowed those two runs in his seven innings, and Rich Harden gave up no runs on just two hits in his seven. Didn't miss a thing! 


I must note however that my two-day tolerance of Gregg Zaun has ended. He's awful. The whole problem here is that Pat Tabler, who along with Buck Martinez makes up the Blue Jays' horrible TV commentary duo, doesn't make all the road trips, which means sometimes Alan Ashby goes off radio duty and does TV, TV that is still unworkable because of Buck Martinez swallowing his tongue on every home run call and reading promos in a way that suggests he is sounding out a foreign language. So the TV is still a dud, and then you get Gregg Zaun telling aimless, self-indulgent stories on the radio, and all of a sudden you might as well be following along on Gameday. It's brutal.


KS