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p4 weekender july 26 1986 weekender omment summer must be savored a cool breeze rustles the leaves water splashes and children laugh and shout with excitement a bell rings as a street ice cream vendor makes his way through town summer is all of these things and more its swimming lessons trips to the cottage summer school cold popsicles hot grass cutting and for adults its a time when things slow down a little for some reason the summer air in late july and early august is laden with something like a magic vacation potion that cannot be resisted summer allows us that much- needed respite from the hustle and bustle in the other 10 months of the year the busy executive suddenly finds time to get out on the golf course the harried housewife leaves her housework behind and escapes to the beach what a welcome time of year- hot days and warm nights perfect for holidaying even those who re main behind to slug it out at the office or plant or in the kitchen find a way to sneak away to enjoy their favorite summer pleasures in a country where seasons are so pronounced summer is a most welcome time indeed ive been putting this one off for too long im afraid in the slim hope that something would hap pen to alter what has become a dreary state of affairs canadas baseball team the mighty blue jays of nearworld series glory only nine months ago have lost the magic after three years of teasing their fans with visions of midoctober sun shine and champagne the boys of summer toronto chapter are re discovering mediocrity just another lesson from the baseball as life textbook i guess in basball as in life one can never assume that success is permanent especially when the competition is as thick as it is in the american league east where the blue jays must work whats happened to the blue jays well for those who just jumped on the band wagon last summer when victory was a way of life this may be a perplexing question for those of us who ha ve from where i live ibxucz sbahuij been trying to figure this game out for decades its a simple mat ter of home economies the income is the same as always no were not referring to the megasalarics that have been showered upon these pampered sweathogs were talking runs scored per game and equating that to take home pay barfield bell and co have been bringing home the bacon in daz zling fashion where the problem has developed is in the cash cut department the blue jays are giving too much away the pitch ing staff is spending runs as if it were on a christmas shopping spree i wont bore you with statistics but the jays have lost a carl load of games this year in which theyve scored a bundle of runs the pitchers have been walking through minefields all season dave slieb the erstwhile maestro of the mound has been bom barded with cannon fire from day one he now finds himself mired in the summer of his discontent true things have started com ing together for the good guys lately several of the pitchers arc actually showing a pulse rate but take it from the baseball doctor its not going to happen i hate to be a carrier of gloom and doom but were merely being teased again all you have to do is look at those games the blue jays have lost by walking in tiie winning run to see that they just dont have it in the clutch this year for those of us who have come to see a baseball season as one chapter in an ongoing story this is but a minor setback next year will find the jays bouncing back manificently victory will seem all the more sweet in light of this seasons spin out in the meantime theres still a lot of season to go yet so the strategy must now be to concede the war while salvaging a battle here and a battle there sweeping the yankees three games to zip in the bronx zoo a few weeks back has provided a memory that will still be savored years from now jesse barfields meteoric rise after such a crummy start will have us watching him chase the home run title right down to the last day of the campaign and some of us still maintain that with a few design changes ranee mulliniks dont you just love that name could be another george brett the way he has been pounding the ball of late maybe hell prove us right by years end then of course hires bill caudill the same bill caudill who insisted only a year and a half ago that the jays stole his ser vices for a mere million dollars plus per season can bill continue his arduous climb back to the realms of respectability after bottoming out so badly every since donning blue jays threads as we said earlier some of us must learn the hard way that suc cess isnt always permanent jconomistsun the tribune weekender bruce annan publisher 9 heritage rd markham l3p1m3 2942200 4959440 6402100 6492292 published every saturday by metreland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 second class mail registration number 1247 the weekender is one of the metroland group ol suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press 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