If I was Roy....

I would be thinking what the hell do I have to do to get a win on this damn ball team? It has got to be so frustrating to give it your all in heat like that and not have your team get a hit until the 7th inning. Sportnets kept saying Roy wasn't great today, it wasn't Roy's best outing. Give me a break. The guy can't be expected to get all his wins giving up only one or two runs. The guy just pitched 7 innings, gave up 3 runs, NO WALKS and 11 hits and some of those hits were bloopers or infield hits. I think there were about four balls hit hard all day. And what bothers me more is the following:

In 2008, Halladay pitched 5 games where he gave up 3 or less earned runs in 7 or more innings and either lost or got a no decision.

In 2007, it was 6 games.

In 2006, it was 5 games.

This year: It has been 6 games already and certainly more to come!!!!

I would love to know what is going through his mind when he sits on that bench after he's done in the 8th and he could have been playing for the Phillies who probably would have found a way to win that game, but here he remains surrounded by guys who can't get up the energy to get him a few runs off a relative no-name pitcher.

The offense is anemic.

That's at least 22 games more games Roy probably would have won if he was playing for a better team.  The guy is too nice to think that way, but after this many quality starts with a no decision or a loss, it absolutely has to cross his mind. He is too polite. I think it's time Halladay tore a strip off this organization and called a few players out onto the carpet. Something like: "You know I would consider signing long term with the Jays if some of the higher paid players would perform a bit better and if Rogers would pony up some cash to bring in some quality players." Instead he says, "I want to wait and make a decision without having to predict the future". Hell yeah you have to predict the future because you are playing with the likes of Vernon Wells who we can't trust and is very unpredictable and who sucks up a very large part of the budget, an owner who isn't sure if they are raising the payroll or reducing it from year to year, a GM who doesn't know what kind of budget he'll have to work with and whether he should be rebuilding indefinitely, building around Halladay for 2010 or building around Lind and Hill for 2013, another guy named Rios who just doesn't seem to care sometimes, and a whole bunch of pitchers who seem to be hurt or are playing their first year in the majors, a manager who has no idea what lineup to use because the only thing that is consistent is the inconsistency. You call this a team? I call it a three-ring circus with only one act and he's bloody annoyed.