The Blue Jays will take the field in just a few short hours as the 2011 baseball season officially begins.  With 162 games still ahead of us, optimism is high.

However, after putting together this slideshow, I wonder if that optimism hasn’t morphed into delirium.  I’m usually the general leading his army of skeptics and buzzkills, but I think someone spiked my coffee this morning.

Regardless, the following 10 slides are set in stone.  So it is written, so it shall be done.

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