Rays 6, Blue Jays 1: Jose Baustista Finally Gets Run

That girl in the middle is aghast. She is awesome.

James Shields went the distance, besting twenty-one-year-old Henderson Alvarez, who allowed four runs over six. But the real highlight last night (aside from the five dingers, and I know we all enjoy dingers) was Jose Bautista finally getting tossed after his third strikeout of the night (video here). I say "finally" because Bautista is a fiery dude, and talks to/at the umpires kind of a lot. Bautista obviously has a first-rate eye and uncommon plate discipline, and honestly, when he takes close pitches and they're called strikes, he's usually right that they were pretty funny looking strikes. But he's really got to lay off the umps, not because I object to baseball players arguing with umpires or anything (I am not made of stone), but because it's not doing him any favours, right? Nobody likes to be shown up, and I've got to think Bautista is starting to get a reputation. For awesomeness, obviously, but also for yapping. 


KS