Right when I was in the middle of much opining and bitterness while writing about the clusterfuck that has been the 2009 Blue Jays today, it occurred to me that I have a habitual need to find the silver lining of every game. For instance, in digesting the shitkicking we took from PAUL FUCKING BYRD and the Red Sox yesterday, I found solace in the fact that Jesse Carlson had now gone 7 appearances without giving up a run and put up some pretty fucking awesome numbers over that span. I figured if I'm going to go through this habitual self-delusion after every game, why not spread the insanity?
One problem tonight - this game was kind of fucking awesome. Yeah, they almost gave it away and gave up 10 unanswered runs and the bats kind of went to sleep over that span, but c'mon. The boys put up 18 runs tonight. Aaron Hill, Adam Lind, Rod Barajas and Vern were pretty much all awesome. Vern saved the game with a leaping grab to rob Chris Davis of extra bases and preserve the lead. Barajas hit his 15th and 16th home runs, and appears to be playing his way to comfortable Type-B free agency. And Adam Lind. Seriously, Adam Lind. Scott Downs added 1.2 innings of shut-out ball to go to 4.2 IP of lights out relief since returning from the DL. And Jason Frasor came in and shut the door - albeit in quite possibly the lowest leverage situation of his career. So the first edition of "The Silver Lining" is pretty much irrelevant. But hey, wasn't that fantastic?
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