Through the latex breeze
Synthetic fibre see-thru leaves
Fell from the rayon trees
It has long been my secret theory that the Blue Jays have suffered karmic punishment these last twelve years. They have offended the gods of baseball, and must be made to suffer.
The crime? Running Tom Henke out of town.
By now, you've heard of the fantastic start Brian Roberts is off to, and he's backed up by a bevy of powerful bats. The good news for the Jays is that other than the back end of the O's bullpen, there are some shaky arms set to face the home team.
This week's Scout features a lights-out setup man, an all-around star at short and a starting pitcher that may not get past customs. Seriously.
On to the Advance Scout!Here's Alex Rios, freezing on his way home just before reversing course to return to third base:
So, today's photo of the day is of (surprise) Eric Hinske, in the field at first base:
Anyway, here are a few notes on the game:
And now, we turn our Simon and Garfunkelian lonely eyes to Mike Green ... actually, this team is much more of a followup to the recent spate of colourful (or not-so-colourful) Hall of Names efforts, including Seeing Red, the White/Black/Gray matchups in A Complete Lack of Colour and going all the way back to the April 2003 more general True Colours team.
But this Green piece (har!) comes with a bit of a twist ...