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Blue Jays trying to corner the market on surgeries

By GARY LOEWEN

Last Updated: 28th April 2009, 3:03am



Just wondering: In a Stanley Cup playoff game, couldn't we, just once please, have a linesman waved out of the faceoff circle?

Pitching glitch

The past couple of seasons, the Blue Jays pitching staff has gone down harder than a team full of Cristiano Ronaldos.

Surgery for Casey Janssen, Shawn Marcum, Dustin McGowan ... other ailments sideline Jesse Litsch and B.J. Ryan ... even Ricky Romero's oblique strain is nothing to sneeze at.

You have to wonder if the Blue Jays have arranged a package deal with orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews:

Buy four Tommy John tendon transfers and get one free rotator cuff operation.

Gesundheit

That Ricky Romero sneezing injury seems kind of improbable.

Obviously, it was quite a blow.

But for a well-conditioned, young athlete to pull a muscle while sneezing -- well, if it wasn't so embarrassing you might think Romero made it up.

A better story might be that he was at a salad bar and wheezed wide of the sneeze guard, spraying the spaghetti squash.

Another diner took offence and poked Romero in the abs.

Rules of engagement

We get consistent complaints from a segment of the hockey viewing populace that Pierre (No Dead Air) McGuire gives their ears too much of a workout.

McGuire can be entertaining and does have interesting insights but he ought to consider idling the chatter occasionally.

The phrase that is wearing me out these playoffs is how players are "engaged."

The "engaged" word has been spouted so often you'd swear Pierre was reporting on Jennifer Aniston.

Dead ball era

You may have noticed a weekend story about a cemetery in Chicago that has erected a brick wall on its memorial grounds that is a replica of dead centre at Wrigley Field. The wall has "skyboxes" to accommodate the ashes of 228 Chicago Cubs ticket holders.

But you don't have to be a Cubs fan to die with your spikes on.

A company called Eternal Image is selling a line of official Major League Baseball urns, caskets and headstone markers.

They're for, y'know, the die-hard fans.

Pitching In

Good timing for Toronto FC coach John Carver officially leaving the team after a 1-0 win over Chivas in a game that featured shenanigans in the crowd at BMO Field.

Have to admit that Carver went out with a flare

Joe Shows

Hey, Joe Thornton, welcome to the playoffs. What happened on Saturday anyway?

Your golf game get cancelled?.

Lions history

The Detroit Lions may be rebuilding but they stuck with a bit of tradition -- having a Williams at wide receiver.

With the departures of Roy Williams (first round, 2004) and Mike Williams (first round, 2005) the Lions found a replacement, drafting Derrick Williams of Penn State in the third round yesterday.

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