Found July 25, 2011 on Batter's Box:
There's a lot of symmetry going around. The Jays sit at 51-51, which they've achieved by playing .500 ball on the road (27-27) and at home (24-24.) So much for Home Field Advantage (which in baseball, normally runs about 54-46.)60 games remaining will allow the manager to turn over his five starters a dozen times. If one of those starters was Roy Halladay, and if the Blue Jays were competing for something, another manager (read John Gibbons) might take advantage of the six off days between now and the end of the season to skip the fifth starter and keep his ace working on regular rest. But on this team, this year - what's the point?There's been no official word who will get the ball on Saturday against Seattle. I assume it will be Jesse Litsch, but Mills and Stewart have both been mentioned as candidates. I found the team's decision to give Jo-Jo Reyes 20 starts while sending Litsch to AAA vaguely... offensive. Among other things, baseball is - or ought to be - a...
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