Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Time for a new direction... or a direction... or something that isn't annoying


Time to get negative.... or "confused" may be better word.

Although I didn't watch the entire game last night, I for some reason still decided to look at my blackberry every 10 minutes for game updates. Each time I looked I got more and more pissed off. I hate our lineup so much it is actually getting hard for me to justify why the Jays should peak my interest more then a outlet with nothing plugged into it.

Look I understand Cito has no ability to adapt (make change) and JP is desperately trying to look like he kinda knows what he is doing, but why in the hell is Kevin Millar receiving so many at-bats? Look, Millar's a good clubhouse and dugout guy, but let's get serious here, at this point in his career that's where he should be at ALL times. He has become a left hander masher who can't hit lefties anymore. Why Cito, didn't you pinch hit Overbay for him in the 8th inning? Why Cito, is he hitting 4th in the lineup? Why Cito, is he in the lineup in the first place??? Like what the F...

I just don't understand where this team is going anymore, and I think the Kevin Millar situation is a perfect microcosm of how this has no plan, no direction, and no hope in hell for improvement in the short to mid-term future. People tell me were going to complete in 2010, but how? Are Marcum and Litsch all off a sudden going to make us better then 2 of Tampa, New York, and Boston? Is Snider going to be the trump card agains the superstars our main rivals field? Come on...

Ok, I know this team was supposed to suck, but I was not expecting them to be the 3rd worst team in the majors since May 19th even though 3 guys in our starting lineup are having career years. Ok, I admit I didn't expect Wells and Rios to all of a sudden be mediocre at best baseball players, but wouldn't this ultimately give us a chance to figure out what the plan should be moving forward? Yet, instead, outside of a demanded trade, we decided to maintain the status quo at the trade deadline, and to piss fans off even more start to give the wrong players more playing time. Why doesn't Bautista play more then Millar? At least he makes contact sometimes, and has a killer arm? But no, let's go with what used to work 7 years ago(surrounded by superstars) just because he is a vet.

What the hell is going on here? What is the direction of this team? Are we going with the same group of guys who always finish 3rd and 4th in the division? Are we increasing payroll, or are we going to rebuild properly?

Something needs to happen and fast. 15 years is not a short time period.

The thing that really pisses me off is that I used to be able to answer questions about the Blue Jays, but know I have no f%^%&* clue whatsoever what is going on with this team.

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