Kudos, Litsch

The Toronto Blue Jays, reeling from an unruly number of injuries (nine players on the disabled list, including starters Roy Halladay, Gustavo Chacin, John Thomson, and Victor Zambrano) brought up former Tampa Bay bat-boy Jesse Litsch to start today's game against Baltimore. Litsch didn't wilt under the pressure of his major league debut, responding to the call-up by going 8 2/3 innings deep and allowing one run to earn Toronto (and Litsch) the win. Said Litsch after the game: "It's probably the best day of my life. I never thought it would happen that way but it's a great experience." Having gone 5-1 with a 0.96 ERA in his six double-A starts this season, it's very possible that the Jays have found themselves something to be happy about in this disappointing first quarter of the season.





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