Wherein I Attack Some Prick

Through Fark, I found a blog on Bareknucks.com and an article by some dickhole attacking the Jays titled Toronto Blue Jays Fans: Please stop getting your hopes up.

Some of the gems (anything bold was bold in the original).

"The first thing you have to look at is the history of this franchise. Not since 1993 have the Blue Jays won the American League East division. In fact, they’ve only been crowned the Eastern division champion five total times since the division’s inception in 1969."

And? What's your point dude? The Jays weren't in the division for eight of those seasons anyway, so those are a wash. In addition to that, the Red Sox have only won the division 6 times and yet you continue to attach your mouth to a red sock coated penis throughout your article since their the "surging, hot, dominant" Boston Red Sox. In addition to that, a team that had never won the division before last season won it last season, I'd love to hear you write off last year's Rays solely because "their past rosters with different players haven't won the division enough to win it now".

"In 2008, Toronto went 4-2 against the dominant powers of Boston and New York to start the season, even taking two out of three from the defending champion Red Sox. They finished that promising start in April by losing eight out of their final nine games of the month to sit at 11-17. Then there was 2003, when they started 5-2, which included a five game winning streak. How did they follow that up? By losing 12 out of their next 14 games."

The Jays swept the Sox to start the 2008 season, that's called taking three of three; get your facts right before you try and use them. As for talking about 2003; there are two players still on the Jays roster from the 2003 season. Vernon Wells and Roy Halladay, in addition to changes in coaching staff. The 2009 Jays share very little with the 2003 Jays.

"The Jays have faced two out of the three last place teams in the American League divisions in the Indians and Athletics, picking up four of their fifteen wins against those two teams."

The almighty Red Sox have picked up four of their wins against the last place teams, in addition to six losses. So what exactly is the point here that makes the Jays a pretender based on winning four games against the cellar dwellers? At least the Jays have a winning record against the basements.

I'm not even going to bother quoting any of the B.S. examinations of players like Hill, Bautista, Lind, and Richmond. But I'll leave it at this: just because a player is suddenly having the year of their life, does not mean that they are destined for failure. There is this little concept called "improvement".

As someone works on a skill set like say, pitching or hitting, they tend to get better at it; this is what's happening here. It's not some bulls*it fluke like you're writing it off to be. Show a little respect towards what these players are doing before you just write them off.

The only thing that I agree with is that yes, May will be a test for this team, but to say that only because they haven't played any division team means that they're a fluke team with no shot, is utter and complete bullshit.

Oh and one more thing.

"Expect the Jays to again fade into the background of the AL East and again make baseball fans all over the world feel bad for the wasted talent of Roy Halladay."