2010 Playoffs Begin, Biscuits In by a Thread for a Continental Showdown

Baton Rouge - AP

Ippy Nash

A collective sigh was heard emanating from Louisiana's capital city this morning as residents awoke to the news that the Biscuits, despite receiving a thorough drumming from top seed Pats, had clinched the final wild card playoff spot. They will face a strong Blue Jays club, still stinging from losing its #2 seed and a 1st round bye in the final week of the regular season. A Bigs expansion team that has caused a huge splash by surprising many around the league with their tenacity and grit, the Jays take the #3 overall seed into the postseason. Despite a weak core of keeper fielders, they stuck to a formula throughout the draft and season, mainly take as many players from Toronto as possible, and it's paid off. The four Jays sluggers on the club have hit over 100 long balls combined and former Blue Jay ace, Roy Halladay leads the league in almost every pitching category. But many Baton Rouge residents have questions about the Blue Jays skipper, Tony Gallant.

Gallant, pictured above in the position he's been for nearly two months, is what many canadians like to refer to as a "Busker." Defined loosely as a type of street performer, entertaining for money, Gallant has until recently been able to juggle his two identities. By day, Gallant worked in the front office and clubhouse, but his true passion began when he put on his tap shoes. Seen below in action with good friend Sid in 2008, Gallant was on top of the world, but that all changed when he took the big league position.

Sources close to the organization purport that a big stipulation from the GM of the Jays was that Gallant give up his "less than honorable" profession. He had worked his way up through the Jays ranks, managing the New Hampshire Fisher Cats for 10 years and most recently the Las Vegas 51's for 2 years. He was called up to the Northside after no one else in the universe wanted to manage the Canadian ball club and despite piecing together a dominant club in 2010, many believe he won't really be whole again till he can dance.

What should be of more concern to the Biscuits than Gallants' tapping shoes are the Blue Jays' bats. The clubs split their regular season matchup, but the confidence from the fans in the Biscuits is waning at best after the only consistence the club has shown all year has been its inconsistency.