Not because the flowering trees are in bloom, the grass is green, and the birdies are twittering.
Austin ... Jackson went 3 for 5 with zero strikeouts for the second successive day, and has raised his average over the Mendoza Line, to .214 at the end of play today.
Brandon Inge went 2 for 4 with zero strikeouts, and is also over the Line, .209 going into tomorrow's game.
That leaves one guy in the starting lineup on the Interstate: Magglio Ordonez, I-79 (runs between Charleston WV and Erie PA).
Ryan Strikeout only whiffed once. For him, that's a good day.
Jose Bautista hit steroid-free homer number 10 in the second inning, with one on, and those were the last runs Brad Penny allowed the Blue Jays in seven-plus innings. Daniel Schlereth got the hold, and Papa Grande struck out the side in the ninth. 5-2 Tigers; the five runs our contribution to the American League's Day Of Fives. In each of today's eight AL games, one of the teams scored five runs. That hadn't happened in over fifty years.
And Mario Mendoza ... if he ever opened a sanctuary for rescued exotic animals, one could go there to see the Mendoza Lion.
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