HOUSTON - There were a few snickers when talking to Colby Rasmus before Thursday’s game when the former Blue Jays centre fielder said:
“We’re going for the sweep,” said Rasmus, now the Houston Astros everyday left fielder, who headed south this winter as a free agent.
Rasmus hit a tie-breaking homer off Mark Buehrle in the sixth inning on the way to a 4-2 Astros win. Can this putrid Blue Jays season, billed as one in which they would contend in the wide-open American League East, get any worse than this?
The Rasmus bravado wasn’t quite Mark Messier guaranteeing a New York Rangers playoff win, but Rasmus proved prophetic.