Land of the Leaf

Oh where to start?  Well, the Blue Jays were swept by the team that everyone else in Canada loves and I don’t want to talk about it.  Yeah, it was a strong dose of reality juice, but it will be different next time.  I promise.

We’re still in first, remember that you Boston dick-heads.

My TSN2 feed cut out for a good while, which left me with an opportunity to take a look at what was going in Pittsburgh last night.  Evgeni Malkin is sickatating.

Speaking of Pittsburgh:

Former Buc Jose Bautista could see his playing time take a big leap.  Travis Snider was optioned (read: sent packing) to AAA-Las Vegas.  J.P. Ricciardi sure loves him some ex-Pittsburgh Pirates, so unless Adam Lind learns how to not look awkward in left field or Gaston chooses to go with Kevin Millar (who actually handles right handers better than lefties as a right handed hitter) then we could be seeing more of Bautista.

According to Griffin, it sounds like Snider may have went Hal McRae and had a little hissy fit after the news of his demotion.  He’s young, red-faced by nature, and looks loaded with testosterone.  It’s fine, nothing to worry about here.  He’ll go to triple-A Las Vegas, hammer some balls, spend some time in a few casinos, and be back before Manny Ramirez.  The demotion was bound to happen at some point, but those huge homers at the start of the season took a long time to land.

It’s off to Hotlanta for a weekend series, and World Series rematch for Cito Gaston and Bobby Cox.  We got this.