After six months, the Toronto Blue Jays finally played in front of their fans again. Despite recent disappointments, the team chose to make promises rather than put on a show for the fans.
Things have not gone well since then – a playoff meltdown , a media-led coup that didn’t come off and a sly tease of an off-season ending in a sad trombone concerto.In another market, the organization might feel some pressure to put on a special sort of apology performance. Remind the people why they should care.
A hundred or so hard-hatted, reflective-vested, working-class heroes ringed the field before ritually laying down the bases. This same scenario cost the Jays in last year’s postseason. The club may act like everyone’s moved on, but the fans obviously haven’t.Cathal Kelly: The Blue Jays are contenders this year, but can they rise to the moment before the fall?
The tone is set again during the first week or so of the regular season. Is this team springing from the gate, or staggering out sideways? Is somebody hot right off, or is everybody lukewarm? The Jays have failed that test even harder.“For us, it’s about getting balls that you can hit hard,” manager-in-waiting Don Mattingly told. “Hopefully, within that, there’s some home runs.
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