Jays came very close to letting Ozzie Guillen go out with one more big sound bite in his last game as a White Sox

The Jays started a series against the Chicago White Soxs and it was the final game that Ozzie Guillen would manage the White Soxs as he was released by the team so he could become the manager of the former Florida Marines next season as they rename themselves the Miami Marines and will be a huge celebrity in the Latin community of Miami. It was also another game that John Farrell was away from the team as his son is in surgery to remove a tumor in his brain and he said he might be back with the team for the middle game of the series latter tonight.

The Jays had a big opportunity in the second inning with one out and the bases loaded Colby Rasmus lined a ball and if it an inch this way or that way it would of been two or three runs but instead he hit a laser beam to Tyler Flowers who caught and it was apart of a 0 for 8 going into the ninth inning. In the bottom of the inning the Soxs had Adam Dunn walk and with one out Alejandro De Aza was hit by a pitch and could of been called out because the leg he was hit on was behind the plate and the pitch may of been a strike as he trying to bunt and that lead to Tyler Flowers hitting a three run homer and after that point it was extremely hard to hit a homer as the wind picked up and Adam Lind crushed a ball to lead off the fourth and it was killed by the wind and Alejandro De Aza caught it deep in center field. Carlos Villanueva came in for the fifth and sixth inning and retired 6 of the 7 batters he faced during the two innings but then Kyle Drabek came in and with two outs in the seventh he gave up a RBI double to Dayan Viciedo to make it 4-0 after seven. In the eighth the Jays got on the board as both McCoy and Bautista walked around a Thames foul tip strike out and then Adam Lind the new baby daddy grounded out to make it 4-1 as the Jays finally capitalized on the many walks the Soxs gave them which was seven of them. In the ninth Soxs closer Sergio Santos was unable to find the plate as he walked three batters and the big hit was David Cooper who hit a two run double to make it 4-3 and a wild pitch moved Chris Woodward to third and Thames stayed at first as was asleep and Bautista loaded the bases again but the new baby daddy struck out to end the game as Santos struck out the side to end the game.

The Jays really, really, really need to find a batting coach that focuses on getting hits which would be much different than Dwayne Murphy idea of just hitting long balls which is not the right way to do things as it does not help the Jays win games or even put fans in the seats. The Jays put together hits instead of just looking for jacks the Jays would be able to put together more runs which would lead to more wins and that would most importantly put more fans in the stands.

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Tom Mehegan