Today in Jays history: Happ hit by line drive
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Eight Years Ago Today
Demond Jennings of the
Rays. It was very scary looking. I’ll post the video, but I wouldn’t blame you for not watching.
From the recap:
Sean Rodriguez double and a
James Loney single. Rodriguez was put out at the plate on a squeeze bunt,
Edwin Encarnacion threw home late but the umpire felt that Rodriguez missed the plate. it looked like he was wrong to me, and to
Joe Madden, who argued and was ejected. Then a Happ wild pitch scored one. Yunel Escobar followed with a single.
So here is my favorite Francisco Lindor moment.
It was 2016 you know, four thousand years ago and Cleveland was playing the Rays at Tropicana Field. Desmond Jennings (in what would be his last season in the Majors, as it turned out) hit a popup in foul territory beyond third base, and Lindor ran under it. And then … the ball disappeared.
It had, as tends to happen at the Trop, gotten stuck on one of the catwalks and never came down. This is a bewildering situation for a baseball player; typically speaking, balls that are hit in the air eventually land. So Lindor, who realized how weird he looked trying to catch a ball that wasn’t coming down, decided to have some fun with it.
20:
Matt Joyce
Joyce owns one of the smoothest left-handed swings in franchise history, but he may want to watch out, because Tyler Glasnow is coming for this spot.
21:
James Loney
Loney didn’t do anything spectacular during his three years with the Rays, but he was a solid first baseman and helped the club reach the postseason in 2013.
22:
Chris Archer
He’s one of the best pitchers in franchise history, and he served as the face of the franchise through some of its harder struggles in the mid-2010s.
23:
Carlos Peña
Jake Odorizzi, Julio Lugo and Greg Vaughn also wore Michael Jordan’s No. 23, but Peña’s 46 home runs in 2007 make him the best No. 23.