If the Blue Jays were one or two pieces away from immediately being a contender for the World Series, rookie general manager Alex Anthopoulos would strongly consider being a major player in the free-agent marketplace.Huh? They were arguably only "one or two pieces away from immediately being a contender" last offseason (and 2007 and 2008), why didn't they do anything then? And if that's true why are we supposed to believe that they will do those last one or two moves in the future?
The reality for Toronto, coming off a disappointing fourth-place finish in the American League East...Really, it was disappointing? I mean who exactly thought they were going to do better than 4th place before the season started? I bet if you go back and look at the pre-season predictions 4th place and 75 wins was probably about the best anybody expected. Maybe the hot start led to some increased expectations, but anybody who wasn't a moron should have known that once the pitching injuries started and Janssen didn't show anything, even .500 was going to be a huge stretch. If they had done better than they did wouldn't that have been a huge surprise of a JP Riccardi saving season? Before last season Romero was still the worst draft pick in the history of baseball.
After that it just gets more confusing, and the atos quotes, as usual, just don't clarify anything.
Basically I agree with most of what is said here about the rumored ticket price increases in theory. But I also agree here that it looks really bad. I can understand that the current Jays management wants to push as much blame onto the recently departed, and make you look to the future. But I think the message needs to be clearer. If you're message is going to be constantly repeating "We'll be better in the future, Promise. Pay more for some tickets now", great. But if you are going to actually say more than that it should make some sense to people who have a memory.
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