Reality check, kids....
Reality check, kids....
So Matthew E got us started on predicting the playing time at third base for the 2011 Jays. Now let's take a step back (or, more accuratbely, forward and to the left) and see how Bauxites think the Jays' 162 pitcher starts this season will be divided up.
There are many options, including, but perhaps not limited to ...
Phillies 6 - Blue Jays 3. At least we can say that the Jays' bats showed the first signs of life for 2011. Sloppy is as sloppy does. We had more errors than hits through the 7th inning.
With pitchers and catchers already in camp and the balance of the squad arriving on Friday, Dunedin began the annual welcome of the Toronto Blue Jays to this delightful Florida coastal town just west of Tampa Bay. The traditional welcome of the Jays is the address by a Toronto executive to the Dunedin Council of Organizations (DCO), a 100 strong group of local opinion leaders, community activists and volunteers.
Okay, it's Valentine's Day, so 'fess up ... who's your all-time baseball "crush"?
Not your favorite player, necessarily; not even necessarily a player on your favorite team. In fact, let's make that a rule -- step outside the "family" boundaries of your favorite team(s) and tell us who that one player is who, for whatever reason (one you might not even be able to articulate) you just could not help yourself, you had to root for him.
For me? That's easy. It was The Red Baron himself -- Thurman Clyde "Rusty" Greer ...
- Me, while ripping John Gibbons a brand new orifice for a decision I didn't like a whole lot.
Ere the other side you see
---- Tim The Enchanter
So many questions
Still left unanswered
So much I've never broken through......
I don't know much
But I know I love you
That may be
All there is to know
Over the weekend, with the freezing weather in Ontario, I took the opportunity to clean out some old files while finding time to look at my newly arrived Baseball Forecaster. Some of the stories and clippings I looked at reminded me of how little we know about baseball performance, one of the reasons the game appeals to us.
At this time last year there were people calling for Jose Bautista to be traded, and expecting that Randy Ruiz would be on the bright spots for the 2010 Jays. Aaron Hill and Adam Lind were going to carry the Blue Jay offense and Brett Wallace was waiting in the wings.