Cito Gaston returns as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, as John Gibbons and three other coaches were shown the door.
I say it's two years too late, but better late than never. Listening to Fan 590 tonight will be very interesting, as Gibbons/Blue Jays shill Mike Wilner will no doubt try to cover his ass for protecting Gibbons for the past 3 years. Wilner is never worth listening to except when you want to learn how not to play the game of baseball.
As for Cito, it will be good to see him back, but I have to feel sorry for him. Being handed a baseball team that can't hit is much like being given the keys to a car that's missing a couple of cylinders. Still, he's got nothing to lose. If the team continues to tank, it's all on Gibbons and general manager JP Ricciardi. If the team does well, then he can take credit.
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Swing And A Miss...And A Miss...And A...
I remember watching the movie Fever Pitch, a comedy about the Red Sox. It was made before the Sox won the World Series a few years ago, so there were lots of funny lines about what losers they were. I remember one of the characters saying, "They've elevated losing to an art form."
Move over Rembrandt, hello Blue Jays.
Tonight, they blew it in magnificent style. Nobody out. Bottom of the 9th. Game tied 2-2. Eckstein on first. Rios at the plate.
Whoops. Eckstein is thrown out at first base, caught leaning. The odds of seeing a man picked off at first are worse than 1 in 100, but the Jays manage to do it with nobody out in the bottom of the 9th.
Rios walks.
Next batter comes up, gets called on a dumb check swing while Rios steals second. Two out.
Wild pitch. Rios to third.
Rollen grounds out.
Next inning, Seattle scores, game over. Ah, but how did the Mariners score, you ask? Simple: Blue Jays pitcher Jason Frasor walked the bases loaded, and the Mariners put on a safety squeeze.
That's the Jays. Bottom of the 9th heroics that involve runners caught leaning, and check-swing strikeouts. Then the very next inning, their relief staff walks 'em loaded.
But wait, it gets better. Believe or not, the Jays still had a chance to win after the Mariners went ahead 3-2. That's right, the Blue Jays loaded the bases twice in the bottom of the tenth, and still did not bring home a run. That is not easy to do in professional baseball, but the Jays, like the Red Sox of old, have turned losing into an art form.
Makes me wish hockey season was back already.
Move over Rembrandt, hello Blue Jays.
Tonight, they blew it in magnificent style. Nobody out. Bottom of the 9th. Game tied 2-2. Eckstein on first. Rios at the plate.
Whoops. Eckstein is thrown out at first base, caught leaning. The odds of seeing a man picked off at first are worse than 1 in 100, but the Jays manage to do it with nobody out in the bottom of the 9th.
Rios walks.
Next batter comes up, gets called on a dumb check swing while Rios steals second. Two out.
Wild pitch. Rios to third.
Rollen grounds out.
Next inning, Seattle scores, game over. Ah, but how did the Mariners score, you ask? Simple: Blue Jays pitcher Jason Frasor walked the bases loaded, and the Mariners put on a safety squeeze.
That's the Jays. Bottom of the 9th heroics that involve runners caught leaning, and check-swing strikeouts. Then the very next inning, their relief staff walks 'em loaded.
But wait, it gets better. Believe or not, the Jays still had a chance to win after the Mariners went ahead 3-2. That's right, the Blue Jays loaded the bases twice in the bottom of the tenth, and still did not bring home a run. That is not easy to do in professional baseball, but the Jays, like the Red Sox of old, have turned losing into an art form.
Makes me wish hockey season was back already.
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