Jays Roundup - Conquering Myself Until

Tuesday, June 08 2004 @ 09:12 AM EDT

I see another hurdle approaching.
Say we can, say we will,
Not just another drop in the ocean.

Kids, teacher has a headache this morning, so this will be a quiet edition of Jays Roundup.

1. The Jays didn't play last night, but the draft brought us lots of news chronicled in articles such as:
   • "With Purcey, Jays get their man: Contingency plan Zach Jackson taken as sandwich pick" by Spencer Fordin (He's back!)

   • "Jays go to school on Day 1 of draft: Toronto focuses on college players on Monday" also by Spencer Fordin

   • "Ricciardi's big on left-handers" by Jeff Blair

   • "Blue Jays take turn to the left with first picks" by Mark Zwolinski

   • "Padres surprise with top pick, Jays draft southpaws" by AP

   • "Adventurous Blue Jays draft pair of left-handers" by Bob Elliot

   • The Star also has full draft coverage available here. What's with the old school Padres logo?

2. I'm thrilled that this story was printed in the media: "Jays' Gagné deal just urban myth" by Jeff Blair. As an Expos fan, this urban legend never made any sense to me. Why would the Dodgers give Gagné to the Jays for cheap, when you know the Expos would have loved to have this guy?

3. In Mike Ganter's "Help on the way" we learn that "[b]arring a drastic change in their conditions, the Jays are planning to have shortstop Chris Woodward, left fielder Frank Catalanotto and reliever Justin Speier for the first of three games with the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight as inter-league play begins."

4. Today's game features the 4-2 Ted Lilly for the 25-32 Blue Jays vs. the 3-5 Hideo Nomo for the 30-24 Dodgers. MLB.com has a game preview. All three games in the series against the Dodgers will be 7:05 PM EST starts at the Dome.

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