I am going to hold off on my breakdown of the 2003 Jays for a few days yet. But I did want to give you all an opportunity to comment on the season now past.
I would be very interested if people would link to any post mortems on other sites (especially in the local media) that they find interesting. I can remember with brilliant clarity the aftermath of the 1998 season, when the team went 88-74 with a young team, and ended the season to the rapturous praise of the Toronto sports media. I am hoping that there is a similar level of optimism this year.
The Jays managed to beat my preseason prediction of 83-79 by three games... I stated at the time that I was being pessimistic in picking 83 (I guess I did see a greater downside risk than upside risk, dragging my prediction down from where it perhaps should have gone) and I am very pleased that it turned out to be the case.
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20030928103851999