It’s a grand old game, on both sides of the 49th parallel
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009As the 2009 MLB season begins for Toronto Blue Jays …
Club offers ray of hope to T.O. fans
Starkman’s hope a constant through Jays’ ups and downs
it can be a lot of fun to think back and remember …
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Major League Baseball Comes to Canada
Opening Day for the Blue Jays, April 7 1977
Winfield [finally] proves clutch in October, Jays win Championship
Carter hits a dream blast, Jays walk off with World Series trophy
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With Marco Scutaro [SS] now established as an everyday player in the middle infield, the return of Aaron Hill [2B] to the line-up, the addition of two solid everyday left-handed bats like Adam Lind [DH/LF] and Travis Snider [OF/DH], and the arrival of a veteran right-handed swinger with some pop as well, i.e. Kevin Millar [1B/DH], this year’s version of the Jays may not qualify for the post-season … given the injuries sustained last season to up-and-coming pitchers Shawn Marcum [RH-S}, Dustin McGowan [RH-S] and Casey Janssen [RH-S/R], plus the loss of mercurial AJ Burnett [RH-S], via Free Agency/Early Opt-Out … but what they just might be able to do is set the table nicely for another run to the top of their division during the 2010 campaign by re-establishing the team’s once potent offense which has been MIA for the last several years.
Once all hands are finally healthy, this team SHOULD/WILL be ready to take flight again, as they first did 20 years ago, under the steady guidance of a then much-younger skipper by the name of Cito Gaston.
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My how time flies …
