Signed in November 1794 and negotiated principally by future Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay, the eponymous Jay Treaty temporarily averted war between the United States and Great Britain. It also split American politics so severely it led to the creation of an opposition political party (of which Barack Obama is now the figurehead) headed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who were vocally pro-French and saw the treaty as a design by George Washington, John Adams and Alexander Hamilton to re-subjugate America under monarchical rule. Ultimately, the treaty expired in 10 years, and efforts -- spearheaded by Jefferson, ironically -- to renew it collapsed, leading to war in 1812.
What does this have to do with tonight's series-opening game between the first-place Red Sox and the refreshingly third-place Blue Jays? Well, nothing actually.
The Blue Jays enter the game having lost nine straight, the first three of which came against these very Red Sox. Tonight, Tim Wakefield takes the hill, and he's been alternating quality and non-quality starts for a month now. The good news is he's due for quality tonight. And unsurprisingly, Wake has received a decision in all but one of his starts thus far.
If you're around on a Friday evening, here's your place to comment away!
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"...he's due for quality tonight..."
on the other hand, you could say the jays are due for a win ;)
Posted by: dc | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 06:08 PM
The Jays were due for a win a long time ago dc ;-)
Nice bit of history there Paul. I love me some TJ.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 06:50 PM
Pedro walks, Youk walks, and then Bay gets an infield single.
Come on Ortiz, give us something good.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:16 PM
Oh my fucking goodness, Ortiz hits it RIGHT at the wall in center field, caught by Wells. He absolutely crushed that thing.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:17 PM
Lugo makes a shitty play and Hill is safe at first, though the replay shows him out. Bah.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:23 PM
Then Pedroia makes an error on a double-play ball. Goddamnit.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:24 PM
Hey we got the DP that time, even though Lugo almost fucked it up.
Remember when we had the best defense in baseball? Ahhh those were good times.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:27 PM
How much did Papi miss by?
Posted by: I'mBillMcNeal | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:29 PM
Maybe 5 feet IBM. Wells was flush with the wall, arm extended above his head.
Two singles and then an Ellsbury double puts the Sox up 1-0.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:36 PM
Why are the Jays fans chanting "Steroids" with Millar at-bat?
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:42 PM
Wow, horrible call by McLellan. Lowell safe by a step and a half, and the ump calls him out. Earlier he called a Jay safe even though he was out. Bah.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:06 PM
wow. that's some horrible work at 1st base by mclellan. alot of ump talk in this series. we shouldn't even know there names.
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:07 PM
jacoby singles kottaras home. 2-1 sox. should be more had lowell been on.
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:14 PM
Ellsbury with another hit and RBI, 2-1 Sox.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:15 PM
Awww Drew lets a ball fall down in front of him for a single. Scutaro is on my fantasy team though, so maybe he did that for me.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:20 PM
anybody know how to make a backwards K with the keyboard?
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:24 PM
Jason Bay doubles to the gap. Booya.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:27 PM
smoked double in the gap by bay. 9 hits for the sox through 4. should have more than 2 runs. papi's due..............................................
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:29 PM
Wakefield hits Rios to start the inning.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:32 PM
Grr. 4 LOB already for Ortiz.
Posted by: Hudson | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:36 PM
uhg. tie game.
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:38 PM
wake is starting to loose his control. hbp and a walk.
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:41 PM
A walk and some doubles and the Sox are down 3-2. Come on Wake, settle down.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:42 PM
Another single scores the other two runs. Goddamnit.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:43 PM
SCutaro doubles, scoring Barajas from first. This is a fucking joke.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:44 PM
Oof. Tito waaaay too slow with the hook.
Posted by: Hudson | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:48 PM
Bard stops the bleeding on two pitches (96 and 97 mph, according to GameDay).
Posted by: Hudson | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:50 PM
Boston: 2 runs on 11 baserunners over the first five innings. Feh.
Posted by: Hudson | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:52 PM
Great bunt single from Lugo, who is on for the third straight time.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:53 PM
Wow, four straight strikes all called for balls, two of which were RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. What the hell?
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Fantastic pitching from Bard; to go from a 99mph fastball to that hard biting curveball, it's like watching Nolan Ryan pitch again.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:03 PM
At least Bard is looking sharp.
Is the hope that he might someday setup for Paps, or is he expected to start eventually? (I confess I haven't been keeping up on the Bardiana.)
Posted by: Hudson | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:06 PM
Rumor has it he'll be the closer when the Sox let Papelbon walk next year.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:07 PM
drew!
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:10 PM
J.D. narrows the gap with a solo shot, now 6-3.
Posted by: Hudson | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:10 PM
Wow Drew crushed that. Keep chipping away at this lead fellas.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:11 PM
I hate when we get sh*tty Wake.
Posted by: Devine | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:21 PM
Bard's stuff is electric, and so far his command has been solid. Hitting the corners like it's billiards.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:23 PM
Strikes out the side. Child's play.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:25 PM
5 consecutive k's by bard. so, at least there's that.
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:25 PM
Game over. Sigh.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM
So, uhh, recycle this gamer again today? Penny looking OKAY through two, 4 hits and a run after 2 innings.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:01 PM
Penny's fastball is hitting 93 and has a lot of sinking action today. And as I say that he throws a flat one down the middle, double for Rios.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:10 PM
I'm here too, Ath! (though I'm not sure for how long)
Couple of long ABs here in the 3rd, and now a single makes it 3-2.
Hearing the Jays' color guy announcing with Orsillo is a real mind-f*ck.
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:20 PM
Yeah no kidding Devine.
Has your feed come back on yet? I have mlb.tv up and Gameday on another computer, and the Gameday shows that Penny just had a 1-2-3 inning but mlb.tv completely skipped that inning and has been showing commercials instead.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:32 PM
Pedroia hit on the knee, fuck. He's on the ground, trainers immediately out. This looks bad.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Walked away for quite awhile, but yeah, the commercial has been lengthy.
Oh, the top of the 5th just started!
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:35 PM
You're ahead of me, Ath, now I'm waiting for the terror.
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:36 PM
Pedroia picked off stealing 2nd.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:38 PM
Terry smiled pretty big there right before leaving Pedroia, like an indulgent, "Oh, you're such a stubborn little bastard" kind of smile.
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:38 PM
Shit.
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:39 PM
Offense has been SO lackluster these past four games. Really in search of a big inning. Two effing hits today.
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:44 PM
HAH that's exactly what Tito looked like Devine.
Baldelli runs into the wall, now he's on the ground with the trainers running out. Looks like his knees smashed into the wall hard.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:46 PM
Rocco out of the game, Drew heading out. That's the last thing we need: Drew playing right field when he's not properly stretched out. Watch him get injured too now.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:48 PM
Varitek throws out Scutaro at 2nd. Close call, but replay shows him out.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:50 PM
I wonder sometimes if the managers say anything to the umpires like, "Yeah, I know your call was good, but I gotta kick up a little fuss out here, see? Just chat with me a little longer to make this look good."
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:53 PM
Oh...guess I'll venture over to the actual gamer...
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 02:56 PM