Published 8/19/2008
by Matthew Di Nicolantonio
at Bleacher Report - MLB
The Toronto Blue Jays open the most crucial homestand of the season tonight against the New York Yankees.
While many baseball insiders and experts have already written them off, the team is certainly in control of its fate, based on the number of games remaining against those ahead of them.
For the Blue Jays, it is vital for them to keep the good times rollin'. Too many times in the past decade the team has put together a string of wins in late July and early August to put themselves back in contention, only to follow it with some of the most abysmal play of the season.
The Jays went 5-1 (and easily could have been 6-0) on their recent trip through Detroit and Boston, but now must carry that into the series against the Bronx Bombers, a team decimated by injuries this season. A sweep of the series will vault the Jays into third place in the American League East.
Tonight is a chance for A.J. Burnett to prove that he is a real-deal, pressure-situation type pitcher. Allowing his club to be ...
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