Hoping Gibby Uses Old La Russa Trick With Lineup  Oct 31, 2011;
St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa
announces his retirement to the media during a press conference
at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Scott Rovak-USA
TODAY Sports  The Toronto Blue Jays are starting a 7 game
national league road trip which means pitchers hit and there’s
no DH. They also have a national league series with the Arizona
Diamondbacks in September.  The Blue Jays need to find a way to
maximize their run scoring with their pitchers probably being
automatic outs for the majority of their at bats.  That brings
me to a thought I had. Or rather the thought I stole directly
from Tony La Russa.  Ex-St Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa
used to have his starting pitcher hit 8th in the batting lineup.
His thinking was that he wanted more base runners for the top of
the lineup or more specifically Albert Pujols to drive in. He
figured having a real hitter instead of a pitcher hitting 9th
gave the top of t