This is getting ridiculous...

I know I have snidely remarking that it appears that MLB is doing whatever it can to hand the yankees a playoof spot, but this is kind of getting ridiculous now.

Due to an unexplained "family matter" the Toronto Blue Jays excused #2 starter AJ Burnett (who has been SMOKIN hot lately and mowed right through the Red Sox last week) and replaced him with fill-in rookie starter Jesse Litsch - record of 6-9 with an ERA over 4.00.

Fortunately, the Blue Jays lineup which is an absolute shell of the one that faced the Red Sox is not rolling over against Andy Pettite.

So we'll see. But don't put your money on the rookie in the Bronx if you know what's good for ya. Hopefully Litsch will have a chip on his shoulder.

Unless Bud Selig had it surgically removed in the dark of night last evening... but then maybe the Sox would get this sort of treatment if THEY had won 25+ titles too. Of course if they HAD, we'd have a salary cap by now.

Ridiculous...