Indians 6, Jays 5

Dustin McGowan looks like a pitcher. Tall, big shoulders, long arms. But the boy needs to learn how to pitch. Not physically, his motion is smooth, his fastballs sizzle. He has a big league arm, but not a big league head.

V. glad to get out of Cleveland, where the Jays had leads in every game and then promptly got swept.

Fighting Jays: A mini-brawl (involving a second team, a refreshing change from 2006) happened in the fourth. Josh Barfield slid hard into Jason Phillips. There was a bit of yelling, McGowan tried to seperate them. DeLucci yells at Phillips and shoves him twice. Benches clear, boys all a fluster. It was kind of fun.

David Wells, in his book, talked about how when he first came up, he was a thrower who would just humped it in there and pray it worked out. Mike Flannagan (a 14 year veteran), Dave Steib and Jimmy Key took him under their wings and taught him how to pitch. How to work hitters, hypothetical situations. They would watch his outings, give him notes and basically talk shop. So my question is who on this current Jays team can do this? Cause some guidance is needed. And someone needs to kick AJ's ass. And I miss Eeyore or at least a true number three starter.

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