Monday, April 14, 2008

What's With All The Sweeping...

We swept the Red Sox. Then got swept by Oakland. And now we just swept a team that always seems to have our number in the past. 23 years to be exact. 1985 is that last time the Jays swept the Texas Ranges in Texas.

Wow. I wasn't even born yet.

None the less good series and it's nice to see the Jays back on top.

Plus side to this weekend? Vernon Wells has really stepped up. Which is obviously a really good thing. He now leads the team with rbis with 12, so it's nice to see him playing like he did in '06. That shoulder problem or whatever it was seems to have disappeared. Also the first save of the season for B.J. Ryan is always great. Too bad though that Brandon League got sent back down to AAA. O well. Hopefully he can work out some kinks and come right back.

Down side so far to the season? (other then our familiar inconsistency) Alex Rios is only batting .273 with no home runs and only 5 rbis. Plus he leads the team in strike outs with 14...but also leads in stolen bases with 4. So I guess he just has to read the pitches a bit better and things should snap back in place. He may be a bit distracted with the recent contract negotiations...but hey Hill ain't doing to bad...

So I was hoping that between the A's and Rangers the team would go 4-2. We got the next best thing and went 3-3. So not so bad. Next is the Baltimore Orioles who we are tied with for first place in the A.L. East division. Just two quick games...neither of which I will get to watch fully...o well. Gotta make money somehow.

-Stanton X

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