I don’t know if you noticed the starting lineups today in the Blue Jays-Rays game (and really, why haven’t you?) but I’ve copied and pasted them below for you.
Steve noted first that Matt Stairs is still playing professional baseball, which is a little shocking, yes. He quickly went out and hit a homer. But no, the really strange thing is the 6-8 spot in the Jays order. I didn’t know who that DH was that’s taking over for Frank Thomas. It’s Robinson Diaz, making his first appearance, batting after Rob Barajas, a catcher normally who is playing 1b today, and Gregg Zaun, who actually is catching today. Here’s the fun part. Diaz is a catcher too!
Here in Minnesota, Ron Gardenhire won’t play Joe Mauer at DH or 1b when Mike Redmond is in there. That’s why they had a third catcher for a while, driving Twins fans nuts, just in cast something happened to the starting catcher. Let me tell you something, having Chris Heintz bat is almost as bad as having a pitcher bat, so what’s the point? But I digress. The Blue Jays and manager John Gibbons don’t have the same unfounded anxiety that Gardenhire and company do. Perhaps they are drunk. That would explain why they would put a catcher at first base on the same night as they have a righty pitching. The Rays have 5 lefties ready to pull it right at Barajas. Should be an interesting game.
Yes, I realize this is my second straight post about Canada in a row.
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