Thursday, April 25, 2013

John Gibbons has a pulse


Josh Inglis
@B2Bsportsinglis


John Gibbons is alive, finally.  All it took was an anemic 8-13 start to the season for his club to wake him up.  John was ejected Wednesday night arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Mike DiMuro in defense of 3rd baseman Brett Lawrie. It was Gibbons first ejection of the season and the first by any Blue Jay player this year.

Watch John G get tossed

I imagine most Blue Jay fans are quite disappointed with how things have gone so far considering the teams expectations.  Competitive is all Torontonians want from their Roger Center inhabitants.  That includes once removed skipper John Michael Gibbons.  If you've paid the money to see them or caught the games on TV or on MLB TV you will have surely noticed this character throughout the game.....




This lump of mash potatoes is in charge of an underachieving group of talented players who, after 22 games looks like this statistically:

  • Tied for 2nd in the league for most runs against.  Trailing only the Chris Carter led Houston Astros
  • Tied for the most unearned runs in the league
  • Have allowed the most hits in the majors to date
  • 3rd most hits allowed
  • Has a 5.67 ERA between his first 4 starters in the rotation (I like JA Happ and not throwing him in with the group he sits at 3.68 ERA 1.14 WHIP and 7.77 K/9)
  • Their 3 and 4 batters are hitting .190 and .210 respectively 
Maybe the team needed someone to kick the tires and get things going or maybe it was just from a frustrated manager whose job may be in jeopardy come July if things don't improve. Either way the pitching is bound to improve and Jose and Edwin will find their strokes, but I'm not sure if that is going to equal a winning formula.  It sure seems John Farrell has things figured out right now in Boston.



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