Found August 26, 2009 on Bleacher Report:
No matter how grim things are looking for the Toronto Blue Jays these days, they could always be worse. All you have to do is take a look at the New York Mets and see that even the second highest payroll in baseball doesn't always necessarily buy you a playoff spot.The other day I was having a conversation with one of my coworkers who is a huge Mets fan, and he was telling me how Johan Santana is the latest in a long line of Metropolitans who have spent time on the DL this year. We looked into it and there have been 20 Mets in total on the disabled list in 2009, which includes six of their Opening Day starters and four of their starting pitchers.The best explanation I've seen in the Mets blogosphere is that the 2009 Mets season is basically a baseball version of Final Destination which is seeking out each and every player and will eventually suck them all into the disabled list no matter what they do to try to avoid it.So how does this relate to the Toronto Blue Jays?Despite having ...
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