I Hate To Repeat Myself, But...

Is it just me, or should Gibbs be fired/executed for what he's been doing to this team? Today he made two stupid moves that probably cost us the game. The first mistake was in the 4th inning; Aaron Hill lead off with a double, than Gregg Zaun moved him to 3rd Base with a groundball to the right side. Now the situation is: Hill's at third and McDonald, a very good bunter, is at the plate with only one out. Why isn't McDonald ordered to bunt? Well, it's because Gibbons' IQ is still in the single digits. That play cost us a run, and McDonald, who is speedy, may have gotten on base for Reed Johnson, who could've bunted HIM over for Rios, by far the best hitter on the Jays (who by the way hit a double in the at-bat). McDonald struck out, and so did Reed Johnson.

The second mistake was getting ejected. First of all, he was arguing the second strike on Hill, not the third. Second, he probably threw off Hill's timing, which would make sense since he struck out right after that.

The Good

Well, the Jays did, finally, hit with a runner in scoring position when Glaus knocked in Rios for the second run of the game. Maybe this will start a trend and get them back to hitting above the Mendoza Line with RISP... then again, probably not.

Lyle Overbay started the game a day after he passed out in his hotel room. He feels fine now, but he did scrape his face on a chair somehow. Apparently this has happened before, which just proves my theory that he's a fuckin' rockstar!

Our two injured pitchers, A.J. and Gustavo are making progress. Burnett threw off a mound today and didn't feel pain, and Chacin is on his way to a rehab assignment.

The Bad

Jesse Litsch got hit in the ankle by a comebacker off the bat of Richie Sexson, and after that he suddenly sucked. The Jays can't afford to have one more player on the DL, and even though Litsch said he's okay, he definitely isn't. Let's just hope he's alright so we don't have to call up Ty Taubenheim... oh please no!

The Ugly

Other than Yuniesky Betancourt the only other ugly thing was Jesse Litsch's performance after getting hurt. He not only gave up a monstrous homerun, but he also let up four runs on five hits.

Oh yeah, also that Vernon Wells continues to suck balls in the number three hole, having another 0-for-4 night. The last RBI V-Dub had was on July 7th, when he got hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded.

Rotation Troubles

Today I was thinking about a certain bald kid I like to call Gustavo, and how he keeps on having nagging injuries. Well, I thought of a problem involving everybody's favourite baldy. With all these nagging injuries from pitching, would it be a smart idea to move him to the bullpen? Chacin almost never pitches more than 6 innings, yet he still gets hurt from over-pitching... he does have good stuff, however. So why would it be a bad move to move him into the 'pen? He'd make a great long reliever, and he would have less time on the disabled list, in theory.

Also, with young arms strutting their stuff, we have a lot of depth in the starters' department. My suggestion to Gibbs is that when Chacin is activated from the DL, he should be a starter for only a few games, until Burnett's back and ready to pitch, than move him into the 'pen. With a rotation of Halladay, Burnett, Marcum, McGowan and Litsch, who needs a pitcher that's going to pitch 5 or 6 starts before he's put back on the DL?