Watching the Jays struggle with the Rays. Could be because home plate, Mike Estabrook forgot where the strikezone is? Fuckin' brutal. Why umpires take the black away from pitchers is beyond me? I guess it's just a hitter's game these days. I wish I could ump just once. Somewhere. Anywhere. I'd ring more people up than a telemarketer working for Goodlife (Stop calling us, and Getalife btw).
Anyway, watching the Birds struggle with the Fish. One club blew it's proverbial (you know what I'm getting at) too soon. The other hasn't even unleashed the monster yet. Tampa was too good last season, with too many bright spots to have the lights go out in its second attempt at creating something truly memorable. We, the Jays, and the entire league are about to be reminded why the Rays are American League champions. They can mash. Like, fuckin' MASH. And it's timely too. Minutes after Vernon Wells stranded a pair of runners with a first pitch swinging fly ball to centre-field, Willy Aybar steps up to lead off the next inning and pops one into the seats. It added some insurance to Tampa's slim advantage at the time and once again reminded the Jays how those almost-big innings usually come back to haunt you. While destined for another 4th place finish in the "Beast", the Jays shouldn't be too disheartened. They're still playing above pre-season expectation. We can only hope they'll do the same in 2010, and that by then we'll be expecting much, much better.
Dream catcher
BTW: Jays' catcher, Raul Chavez has been fun to watch. He's passionate, and has a hose from behind the plate. He's probably the best throwing catcher we've seen in Toronto for some time. The funny and unfortunately thing is, he'll probably be shown the door when Rod Barajas and Michael Barrett are back and ready to go or when and if the Jays call up one of the kids from Vegas. As a guy who's been around for a while and obviously knows the system, you have to believe Chavez accepts the reality of his pending doom, yet unwilling to allow it spoil the fun he's having living his dream.
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