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Twenty-nine year old Mike McCoy is the Blue Jays’ attempt to build a Bill Hall of their own. The utility man has played every outfield position and every infield spot except catcher and first baseman. Results are at times spectacular; his third inning web gem had him sliding on the warning track in left, snaring Yamaico Navarro’s fly ball on the backhand, and turning in time to stop his momentum with his back against the wall perpendicular to the Green Monster. Navarro got the better of McCoy in the fifth inning when his grounder slipped by the defender’s glove. The Red Sox shortstop reached third on McCoy’s gaffe and a run scored. The shaky defense unnerved Shaun Marcum. He threw three consecutive balls to Ryan Kalish and likely would have walked him if Kalish hadn’t gotten under a low and away fastball. J.D. Drew exploited Marcum’s weakness with a two-run jack over the Red Sox bullpen. While Boston is still mathematically alive, tagging Toronto with their 74th loss has eliminated the Blue Jays from the playoff picture. Jon Lester had four each of hits, walks, and strikeouts over seven innings. His pitching was not dominant but when Lester needed a...
Game 89: July 13, 2007 Blue Jays 6 W: Shaun Marcum (5-3)H: Scott Downs (11)H: Casey Janssen (12)S: Jeremy Accardo (12) 44-45, 1 game winning streak13-11-4 series record Red Sox 5 L: Kyle Snyder (1-2) 54-35, 1 game losing streak19-8-3 series record Highlights: Early runs by the Red Sox could not stave off the Blue Jays, who took the lead in the sixth and never looked back. Despite the loss, Mike Timlin, Joel Piñeiro (taking the place of the recalled Jeff Bailey), and Javier Lopez combined for three and one-third innings of near-perfect pitching. Boston has a winning record in one-run games, but just barely, 14-13. Shaun Marcum is far from my favorite “Shaun,” and that’s not just because he possesses one of the odder spellings of the moniker. Of course, that title belongs to Chone Figgins. My favorite Shaun is a plasticine creation from the mind of Nick Parker. The most noteworthy sheep from Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave was named Shaun. To me, this half-hour feature was the last of the series’ charming installments. At any rate, when pronounced with an English accent Shaun sounds like “shorn,” which is exactly what happens to the sheep....
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Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library’s Sports Temples of Boston.