When baseball and girly stuff collide, vol. 2: In which Rios is oh so pretty and AJ needs a manicure.

I wonder if AJ gets hurt in the offseason. Does he walk into doors? Stub his toes? Whack his head? Get slivers and papercuts? Cause it sure didn't take long for him to hurt himself in the spring. Apparently, according to a very amusing article by Jeff Blair (nice work, you), AJ has slammed his right index finger in the car door and therefore can't throw his curve. Actually, I'm kind of impressed he pitched at all, because I caught my middle finger in a screen door when I was about 13 and it hurt like a mofo. Split nail, cut skin, blood. So maybe he is not so much of a puss afterall.

AJ has tried to get it fixed by a manicurist, but it is too soon for him to get a fake nail put on. When the time comes, AJ, I recommend a paraffin wax followed by a french manicure. It's all about the tips, boy.

Anyway, Arnsberg (who was pretty hilarious teaching Hugh Burrill how to pitch: "I'm going to teach you how to pitch from the stretch, cause by looking at you I can tell there's gonna be a lot of guys on base") dismissed any talk of AJ seeing a doctor. And he also said that he thinks AJ will need to tinker with a changeup grip. Which is probably good news for my father. I remember watching a game with my dad and I asked him what he thought of AJ. And he said "Guy can pitch...needs a changeup. Anyone who throws that hard needs a changeup". It's all very dramatic in a way, and oh so AJ.

The CityTV broadcast of the Jays game yesterday was pretty brutal, but occasionaly amusingly brutal. Perhaps my favourite moment was this:

Katherine Humpheries: "Is it hard being so beautiful?"

Alex Rios: "No, not really..."

Wow, what insight.