The Three Amigos

Look...I don't think I've made statements that were out of line here nor
would most disagree with.

I lauded Mr. Stairs' efforts and Rios' breakout year. I have also been very
complimentary towards the Jays' pitching staff all season. Blaming Accardo
and Janssen last week was out of line for me. They are not the reason why
the Jays are once again mired in mediocrity and I was wrong.

Let's be honest: Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, and Troy Glaus (the cheater)
are directly responsible for the Jays mediiocre showing this year.

I do not fault Frank Thomas. He leads the team in RBIs. If someone told you
at the beginning of the year FT was leading the team in RBI's you'd be
donwright giddy.

Fact is...the above three didn't get it done. If they had? Jays would be
right in it...right now.

BuNdO

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"Bundo" <bundoman DeleteThis @sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Look...I don't think I've made statements that were out of line here nor
> would most disagree with.
>
> I lauded Mr. Stairs' efforts and Rios' breakout year. I have also been
> very complimentary towards the Jays' pitching staff all season. Blaming
> Accardo and Janssen last week was out of line for me. They are not the
> reason why the Jays are once again mired in mediocrity and I was wrong.
>
> Let's be honest: Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, and Troy Glaus (the cheater)
> are directly responsible for the Jays mediiocre showing this year.
>
> I do not fault Frank Thomas. He leads the team in RBIs. If someone told
> you at the beginning of the year FT was leading the team in RBI's you'd be
> donwright giddy.
>
> Fact is...the above three didn't get it done. If they had? Jays would be
> right in it...right now.
>
> BuNdO
>

And it is primarily Ricciardi's fault. Right now Orlando Hudson, a gold
glover and 300 hitter,
could be the Jays second baseman (although he is now out for the season at
Arizona with a broken thumb)
and Aaron Hill at third. Gabe Gross, would be a big improvement over
Overpaid at fist base.
He can run, unlike Overbay who is almost the perfect double-play candidate.
Gross if allowed to play
everyday would have a much higher batter average than his .250 at Milwaukee.

Although Frank Thomas is doing better I would have given the DH position to
John Griffin-Ford who
hit 26 home runs at Syracuse this year. Ford can also run much faster than
big Frank.

But Ricciardi and Gibbons seem to favor these old veteran players like
Thomas, Glaus, Overbay, Stairs, Gregg Zaun
MacDonald etc. And, it would seem they are all coming back for 08.
Long-suffering Blue Jay fans certainly
don't have much to look foward to. Another .500 year or worse.