All The Small Things...

I am a fan of small ball. Yes, I love a homerun as much as the next person, but you can’t always rely on power. You have to create run opportunities where you can.

So I was very refreshed watching at least 3 or 4 of the Jays bunting before the rest of the team took regular batting practice yesterday. That’s right, bunting. Now, the guys do usually do 2 cursory bunts before they start their regular round of hitting during bp, but this was actual bunting. That’s all they were doing. We probably haven’t seen that much bunting around these parts since Reed Johnson, or well…as decoration on Opening Day.

To this point, most of the production has come from the middle of the lineup. Well, that is kind of where you stack your power…but in order for the Jays offense to succeed this season I believe it’s going to have to be a full lineup kind of thing. So bunt away Blue Jays I say! At least if the situation calls for it.

Speaking of small things…yay Fred Lewis tagging up to get to third on Alex Gonzalez’s fly out to center in the bottom of the first. Yes it was sort of a close play at 3rd, but for how deep the hit was you’d need a perfect throw for the out and you won’t always get it. So then the situation became 1 out, runner on 3rd with the heart of the order coming up. Had Lewis stayed on 2nd the inning would have been completely different. I think the possible out was worth the risk, especially because it was only the bottom of the 1st.

It’s the little things that can make a game. Things that don’t always show up in the boxscore or highlights for the important part that they played for the outcome of the game. A held runner here, moving up on a fly ball there…

Baseball is the game of inches. The best (and sometimes most frustrating teams to face) take an inch for all its worth when they can. You know, the whole “Give ‘em an inch, they take a mile” adage?

I’d love to see that become the Jays’ unofficial motto.

Is it too early to suggest pulling out the brooms?

JaysGirl5