Buffalo Boy's Blog

The return of the Doc Watch last night at Roger's Centre (AKA Skydome) and the Jays didn't disappoint on opening night as they crushed Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers.

Doc went 7 innings and allowed 5 runs but really, it was over by the time he gave up those runs, he was coasting. He threw just 99 pitches nearly 70% went for strikes. A masterful first outing for Doc.

For those of you not familiar with the Doc Watch, it was my response to the Joba Watch in NY. Yankee fans have their Joba Watch as they watch a mediocre, unproven pitcher do average things. While we Jays fans watch the best in the game Roy Halladay, thus the Doc Watch was born.

Adding to last nights great first outing, Adam Lind and Travis Snider were both sensational. Lind had a 4 hit game and 6 RBIs, Travis Snider had two hits and a home run. Vernon Wells and Rios each had two hits, Rios scored 3 runs, Wells crossed the plate twice as well.

On the disappointing side of things....I was at the home opener last year when fans got a little out of hand at Roger's Centre (AKA Skydome) and my response was, it was just a one time thing, this won't happen again, Toronto fans after all my years of going up for Jays games are too good.

Last night I was proven wrong. I know its just a select few, but really, why can those select few not control themselves during a home opener? After all the years when Toronto filled Skydome and The Ex, there were very few problems and Skydome was sold out for years during the World Series years. Why are there problems now?

Seeing what happened last night on TV and listening to the Detroit announcers on the satellite dish, lets just say Toronto fans can do better. Granted that as of tonight there will be about 20,000 fewer fans in attendance until the Jays prove that they are for real and in a playoff run, but come on, throwing baseballs at players on the field? I was disappointed as someone from the States who talks up about the fans at Jays games and what great fans they are to have to see the Tigers pull their players off the field.

More security? Less booze at the games? At this point, I wouldn't blame the Blue Jays if they cut off alcohol after teh 5th inning from here on out.

What was an all positive night was briefly ruined by a few nut jobs. Hopefully this is the last time I have to post about the behavior of Jays fans because it hurt to see and Im not even from there.