The Jays are Shit

I really can't sugarcoat it. Leaving the pitchers aside, the Jays offense is really that bad. The Angels series will not be televised and thankfully most Jays fans wont be able to see this horrific display of untimely hitting (or lack there of).

The best example of this came in the bottom of the 7th inning where the Jays got runners on 1st and 3rd with NO OUTS down 1 run. With the Angels conceding the run, all Scott Rolen had to do was not strike out and not hit a pop fly. If Scott Rolen is playing for any of the other 29 teams, he'd most likely put the ball in play. But he plays for the Jays, so on cue he struck out. Then Matt Stairs went up their swinging and HORRIBLE pitches and after looking like a 40 year old piece of crap just barely fouling off pitches, he finally grounded into a double play.

JP Ricciardi has stated that he will not make any more moves or changes to this offense. As a huge Jay fan, I can only hope he'll make changes this off-season because there is no way this team will compete with the guys they have now. I just feel sorry for guys like Doc who work their ass off and get nothing in return. If he demanded a trade, I would not blame him at all.

With every passing day that goes by, its quite clear that Alex Rios is not a superstar player. He may be a good player, but its safe to say that he is not worth almost 11 million a year. The only superstars the Jays have are Doc and maybe Wells. Mark my words, Rios will NEVER hit 30 HRs or 100 RBI in a season. He's much too streaky and his power seems to come and go.

Quick Notes:

- The Stanley Cup opens up in Detroit on Saturday. Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Final will also be played in Detroit on Saturday. Great scheduling there Gary Bettman. The NHL will look like even more of a joke when there are empty seats scattered around the Joe.

- How exciting was the Champions League final? I usually don't watch a full soccer game unless its Euro Cup or World Cup but this one was amazing. Chelsea dominated and deserved to win. Had it not been for the rain, John Terry may have won it for Chelsea in penalties but we'll never know. Now he'll have the whole summer to think about it as England didn't qualify for the Euro Cup.

- Celtic/Laker final? Thats what ABC is hoping for at least.

- Brandon Webb has just lost his first game of the season... to the Marlins who happen to lead the NL East. Am I the only one cheering for an all Florida World Series? They could play Game 7 at Disney World. And maybe Hanley Ramirez and BJ Upton would finally get a chance to appear on FOX/TBS.


DD