Toronto Blue Jays: Damp and Shivering Reflections...

I'm still shivering literally and at yesterday's performance by Brian Burres. I'm glad to know that as of this morning, the Burres experiment is over! However, the shivers are not.

Nevermind how hard it rained in Kansas City...as I was so tired after spending 10 hours moving, seven of which were in the steady, then pouring rain, that I decided to pass out in damp clothes and awake dry, but shivering....but that's alright, that's a thought I'll put aside for now.

I also wondered if the damp and foggy conditions contributed to my eighth deer sighting in the last three or four years, four of which have come in the last eight months, but I'll also put those experiences aside to tell you this:

Like many of you, I've been riding the '09 Jays day in and day out, and there have been more moments of golden euphoria than stone-cold knockouts, and for that we are blessed.

When they win, we run like the deer do across roads, and when they lose, we see deer grazing at the side of the road, I guess? Alright, I'll get off this deer train before I end up working for John Deere...not that it would be horrible or anything..

Back-to-back losses? Forget it, Roy Halladay's on the mound tonight. It's like he's the end of all giant "L's", and the beginning of that amazing "W".

The terminator, they like to call him over at Drunk Jays Fans...

A series sweep of Baltimore isn't out of the question if David Purcey could pitch well enough to win. The way Halladay and Richmond have been pitching, along with a lights out bullpen, it's hard not to expect at the very least a series win...

And hey, it's not all bad news on this morning either, the Jays still hold a share of first place with Boston as the Sox were demolished 13-0 at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays. Garza pitched seven and two-thirds of one-infield-hit ball.

Look for Kevin Millar to destroy his former club tonight, as he likely gets the start in the place of Lyle Overbay with the towering lefty Mark Hendrickson on the mound.

I can't say our memories of Hendrickson are too great, but at the very least, the Jays should be able to score four runs off of him- he's like a Randy Johnson without the 99 MPH fastball, and that's certainly a stretch to be comparing him to great ol' Randy.

It's a see-saw season, full of ups and downs, and in the end you just hope the ups outweigh the downs and see your club take a shot at ultimate glory, and after all, who doesn't want to see a great division race?