NUKE: Can't you let me enjoy the moment?
CRASH: The moment's over.
Indeed. In fact, it's the famous words spoken by Winston Wolf, when Vincent and Jules are congratulating themselves on the wonderful job they've just done cleaning all the blood and gore out of the car, that come to my
mind right about now.
(You didn't think I was actually going to quote them, did you? I know for a fact that there are impressionable children reading this...)
To find the last time the Jays burst from the gate by winning five of their first six games, we have to climb into the Way-Back machine and venture back, back in time, all the way to ... last year? Never mind...
While Mr Wolf's immortal wisdom does remind us to take all this with a grain of salt, there are certainly many worse things than winning five of your first six games, all of them on the road. The Astros, alone of the thirty major league teams, are still looking for their first victory. It wasn't one of the more memorial homestands in team history.
Highlights of the week? Well, I sure enjoyed Marky Mark Buehrle's circus play in the White Sox opener...and Jason Heyward announcing his presence with Authoritah... and Joe West calling out the Red Sox and Yankees for the glacial pace at which they play...
You may have noticed that Zack Greinke has allowed 5 earned runs in his two starts. Last season he didn't allow his 5th earned run until his 9th start on May 21... And Miguel Cabrera, who I suspected might be ready to turn in a monster of a season after addressing some personal issues this off-season, is certainly off to a monstrous start...
And Casey Janssen, of course. I've always been a little bit skeptical about Janssen, but he seems such a decent and likeable fellow that I'd certainly like to see him succeed. And here he is, with more wins than the guy in Philly. More wins than anyone in the major leagues. Enjoy the moment, Casey. But I think Crash has something to tell you...
Janssen's accomplishment - winning three games in four days - doesn't quite match the feat of the immortal John Frascatore, who won three games in three days back in 1999. And winning two games in two days doesn't quite measure up to David Wells winning two games on the same day (17 July 1989, a SkyDome double-header.) But hey - any time a pitcher wins three games in a week, you've got to be pleased.
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