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Is it me, or did Charlie miss a beat by not pinch running Zimmer (or Capra) for Kirk in the 7th? Zimmer would have had a chance to score on that double. Kirk was in the DH slot, and they still had Collins to catch in an emergency. I was yelling at my TV.
That's great that you got a response from Vernon Wells! Great player, intelligent, thoughtful and a seemingly classy guy who didn't seem to fall into the typical athlete stereotypes. However, I remember one year that he 'added muscle' during the off-season and then when all the PED stuff was being outed later that year, suddenly lost the muscle/weight. The one-time I was back in Toronto and actually got through to Mike Wilner on Jays Talk, I asked him if he thought Wells may have been dabbling with PEDs and then wised up quickly. I expected a roasting, but Wilner sort of agreed with me and said 'well, it does make you wonder'. I think there were a few Jays around that time that were probably using PEDS...as there would have been on every team.
Ugh. The Jays offence struggles again, the bullpen finally breaks, and the Yankees win.
Imagine if I told you before the season that Cavan Biggio, Raimel Tapia and Bradley Zimmer would be cumulatively as valuable as Joey Votto?
Is it me, or did Charlie miss a beat by not pinch running Zimmer (or Capra) for Kirk in the 7th? Zimmer would have had a chance to score on that double. Kirk was in the DH slot, and they still had Collins to catch in an emergency. I was yelling at my TV.
That's great that you got a response from Vernon Wells! Great player, intelligent, thoughtful and a seemingly classy guy who didn't seem to fall into the typical athlete stereotypes. However, I remember one year that he 'added muscle' during the off-season and then when all the PED stuff was being outed later that year, suddenly lost the muscle/weight. The one-time I was back in Toronto and actually got through to Mike Wilner on Jays Talk, I asked him if he thought Wells may have been dabbling with PEDs and then wised up quickly. I expected a roasting, but Wilner sort of agreed with me and said 'well, it does make you wonder'. I think there were a few Jays around that time that were probably using PEDS...as there would have been on every team.