mlbastian.mlblogs.com - 6/20/2009
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Anyone wondering why Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston didn't utilize the double switch in the eighth inning of Thursday's win over the Phillies will be relieved to know there is a simple explanation. "As soon as I got out...
mvn.com - 6/25/2009
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mvn.com —
Jerry Crasnick recently penned a column discussing how
Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells has failed...
to live up to his massive contract so far. Crasnick did a fine job of describing the issue and touching on Wells' offensive struggles, even going to the player to see what he felt ...
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Wells Deal Likely To Get Worse For Blue Jays
baseballreflections.com - 6/25/2009
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baseballreflections.com —
When my partner in crime, Tom, penned his
last epistle about our beloved azure corvidae, things were...
just going great in the Queen City . He mentioned how much he was enjoying the season thus far, and confided that he wasn’t sure how long the Jays could keep it up. The answer – not ...
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June Reflections on the Blue Jays
tylersarticles.blogspot.com - 6/24/2009
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tylersarticles.blogspot.com —
Jerry Crasnick recently penned a column discussing how
Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells has failed...
to live up to his massive contract so far. Crasnick did a fine job of describing the issue and touching on Wells’ offensive struggles, even going to the player to see what he ...
(more)
Wells Deal Will Likely Haunt Jays
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Cito Gaston is confused
Circling The Bases —
... on Wednesday, he encountered more trouble by messing up a double-switch in Thursday's game. Gaston intended to take out Brandon League and put in Jason Frasor, while swapping out catcher Raul Chavez in favor of Rod Barajas, so that Barajas could lead off in the top of the ninth in the pitcher's spot, but you see, he went ahead and screwed that whole thing up . "I thought about it, and then after I went to the mound, then you couldn't do it. You have to approach the umpire first before you do that and I went to the mound. If I had the intentions of doing it, I screwed it up ...
Closing Thoughts: Registration still open at Cito Gaston's Interleague Management Summer Camp. Hurry!
Roto Arcade —
If you're an aggrieved owner of Jason Frasor who's wondering why, exactly, Jeremy Accardo picked up a save last Thursday, Jays manager Cito Gaston has an explanation for you: "I screwed it up." Specifically, Gaston screwed up the double-switch protocol. In case you haven't read the details already, we'll recap. Toronto held a one-run lead over the Phillies in the eighth inning. There were two outs, a runner was on second base, and the Jays had the pitcher's spot due up ...
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