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Well, Hyun-Jin Ryu didn't have it, nor, later, did Tyler Chatwood, although only one of these two Blue Jays pitchers made kind of a fuss about it when they were pulled (guess which one!). 菊池 雄星 (Kikuchi Yūsei) was largely dealing -- this is to say, he largely dealt -- and so aside from a nice three-for-four-with-a-homer for Marcus Semien, and a couple of hits from both Bo Bichette and Téo, that's about all there was to this one. However! Later in the day we learned that the Blue Jays will have three -- three! -- starters in the All-Star Game this year: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Marcus Semien, and Teoscar Hernandez. No surprise for Vladdy (the youngest player ever to lead in overall voting, I have read) and Semien (an easy call), but a very pleasant surprise indeed in Hernandez! Nice! Three All-Star starters is pretty wild, when you think about it (it is nearly a third of them). The last time the Blue Jays had three starters in the All-Star game, they actually had four: Joe Carter, Roberto Alomar, John Olerud, and Paul Molitor (this was, as you can see, some time ago). I wonder if this works against Bo Bichette getting named to the team? Like, it may be thought that the Blue Jays quite rightly have enough guys going? That would be understandable yet unfortunate.
To more immediate concerns, though: here come the Rays for three, and the Blue Jays trail them by five games for the Wild Card. A good weekend would be good! A bad weekend would be bad! This is I suppose true of all weekends, and for all of us, and yet this particular instance feels more pressing than most. But we'll see, I guess.
KS
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