An Unpopular Stance

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The More Things Change...
Published 6/21/2008 by eyebleaf (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports And The City
... You know what I do miss, though? The home run. The Jays have hit 49 home runs this season, good for 28th in the league. Alex Rios, who's only hit three bombs this season, last touched them all on May 1st. May fucking 1st. (For more on how much Alex Rios sucks this year, check out The Mockingbird.) Scotty Rolen has only hit three jacks in 51 games. Don't get me wrong, he's been great, but the Jays need more power production from everybody in the lineup, especially Rolen, Rios, Wells and Overbay. ...

Tim Lincecum Is Good
Published 7/6/2008 by eyebleaf (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports And The City
... he's doing over in the Bay Area. Things might certainly be different in T.O. had the Lincecum/Rios trade gone through. First of all, this post is not meant to demean Alex Rios. I heart Rios. I think he's one of baseball's best up-and-coming stars, and he's got a bright, bright future in the game. I'm more than glad we got his name on a long-term contract. But Rios, like the rest of his Blue Jays brethren, has severely underperformed this season. His struggles have been well documented. We're 85 games into the campaign and Rios has only four home runs and 33 ...