The Toronto Star does it again. "Abrams makes Tosca's day with big plays" -- so sez a headline in the "Baseball Buzz" sidebar this morning. The story, written by someone who knows nothing about the Blue Jays, refers to "first-round pick Russ Abrams" and gets young Mr. Adams' name wrong a third time. It's not like the kid's name is Mientkiewicz and they transposed a vowel; this is inexcusably sloppy writing and pathetic editing. If the Star wants to hire me, I'm available. If not, I suggest they start reading Batter's Box to learn the basics about the team they're supposedly covering. By any name, "Abrams" impressed, and let's not be too hasty to pigeonhole him as a 2B.
Today it's the home opener against the Phillies, at 1:00 pm, available on The FAN 590. Cory Lidle gets the first couple of innings, with Woodward (tender hamstring), Huckaby (bruised right hand) and Wilson (10 stellar innings at 1B yesterday) unlikely to play. In what we sincerely hope is the team's worst injury of the spring, Mike Moriarty was hit in the face by a 95-mph heater, and has fractures to his cheek and orbital bone, so his remote chances of making the 25-man roster have become nil, but he should be back in the Syracuse infield in about a month.
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