Jays Roundup - Now She’s in Purple, Now She’s the Turtle, Disintegrating

Monday, March 01 2004 @ 09:27 AM EST

Every new problem brings a stranger inside, but what do the newspapers bring?

1. Fordin Notes for busy Jays fans on the go, has the 411 on Bob File, Josh Phelps, and the impact Mike Bordick had last year.

2. Rosie DiManno (I spelled it right this time!) investigates the next great Jays closer in "Lopez learns ins and outs of closer's role". I guess there's more to it than not giving up runs.

3. Larry Millson's "Prospects bright behind the plate" looks at future Jays starting catcher Guillermo Quiroz. I'm surprised how quickly Q could come back from a collapsed lung. I had one, and it wasn't fun.

4. Jeff Blair let's us know that "Gagné refuses to dwell on Cy Young success". Has any athlete ever said, "Now I've won this prestigious award, I think I'll take baseball less seriously?" Anyhow, I for one think that Gagné will not be a Fighting Jay anytime soon. We will get to see him at the Dome from June 8th to the 10th, though we might not get to see him pitch, as the Jays are not planning to give the Dodgers any leads for Eric to protect.

5. In order to have an article that doesn't mention the firing of Jays scouts, Bob Elliott decided to write about the Orioles instead.

6. Mike Ganter tells us that "Hinske sees the light". Apparently the light has to do with "a hand injury and a weight problem". This should all cause us to remember the immortal words of Aerosmith: The light at the end of the tunnel may be you.

7. The Contra Costa Times has a piece on former Jays farmhand Michael Rouse. Are the Jays going to regret sending Rouse to the A's for Cory Lidle, if they don't already?

8. Speaking of former Jays farmhands, Todd Lorenz of MLB.com tells us that "Versatile [Ryan] Freel always giving it all". Good to know, Ken.

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