...Will be there by the fire
We’ll sit and talk about Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
Like the Astrodome and the first tepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
A bittersweet evening for the Jays, who were shut out by the Expos but offered a glimpse of a promising future as 24-year-old David Bush excelled in his Major League debut.
Summaries: Jesse Sanchez at MLB.com has the lowdown on Bush's inaugural appearance, with he and Tosca noticing his poise. Geoff Baker decries the lack of run support. Shi Davidi describes Bush's "wily" performance in "sauna-like humidity" here (note to copy editor: it's "Latin"). The Sun's Mike Rutsey likewise extols Bush's effort and bemoans the "damp, heavy air." Come visit me sometime during the next two months, Mike.
Whither Carlos? Will Delgado return today, Sunday, Tuesday, or some indeterminate future date? Jesse Sanchez has the lack of answers at MLB.com along with Carlos Tosca's somewhat optimistic thoughts on which Jays should make the All-Star squad, while an AP story via the Toronto Star claims Delgado won't swing a bat in San Juan.
In a byline-free story from the Star, Delgado admits he doesn't stand outside the dugout when "God Bless America" is played. "It's a very terrible thing that happened on Sept. 11... but I think it's the stupidest war ever. Who are you fighting against? You're just getting ambushed now. We have more people dead now, after the war, than during the war. You've been looking for weapons of mass destruction. Where are they at? You've been looking for over a year. Can't find them. I don't support that. I don't support what they do. I think it's just stupid."
Rutsey talks Hinske, Delgado, Bush, Pond, Ligtenberg and Menechino in his Blue Jays Watch. A busy Rutsey also discusses Orlando "Web Gem" Hudson and his admirers. In an interesting article, Mike Ganter puts human faces on the names appearing in agate-type at the back of the sports section. Richard Griffin points out the good and the bad in Gregg Zaun's day.
Elsewhere, Arizona jettisoned manager Bob Brenly 32 months after winning the World Series, Philadelphia drew and Baltimore issued a club-record eighteen walks in the course of a six-hour game, Cleveland sits at .500 and a mere four games out of 1st after 78 games, Texas designated catcher and former Blue Jay Ken Huckaby for assignment, and Year Three of Derek Bell's "Operation Shutdown" continues unabated.
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