Jays Roundup - Because You Make The Darkness Seem So Far

Friday, April 23 2004 @ 08:36 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

And when I’m lost you’ll be my guide
I just turn around and you’re by my side

Welcome to your hockey-free Jays Roundup. [Feel free to bring it up. I just don't want to seem like I'm gloating :) ]

  1. It seems like forever since we've had good news in the game reports. We've got: Spencer Fordin's "Jays bats come alive in win", Larry Millson's "Gomez ends Jays' slide in grand fashion", CPs "Jays' 1st home win costs Schilling", Allan Ryan's "Jays rally in grand slam style", and Josh Horrigan of the Boston Herald's "Schilling not so grand: Sox 'ace' sputters, slammed by Jays".

  2. Today's matchup features the 0-0 Josh Towers for the 4-11 Blue Jays at the 1-2 Eric "Don't Call Me Josh" DuBose for the 9-5 Orioles. It'll be interesting to see the lineup, as DuBose is a lefty. Spencer Fordin has a game preview.

  3. Today's Fordin Notes features the use of the term "sample size". When does Mr. Fordin get his Batter's Box Offical Members Card? Who is going to teach him the secret handshake?

A trivia question I don't know the answer to

What team holds the record for most pitching changes (relievers used) in a season?

Last year the Jays made 442 pitching changes. You can calculate this using the data at Baseball Reference by taking all the games played for the pitchers and subtracting 162. Can you find teams that made more pitching changes? The Rockies would be a good place to start.

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