Jays Roundup - I Thought I Had the Whole World in my Mouth

Tuesday, July 06 2004 @ 09:12 AM EDT

I thought I could say what I wanted to say
For a second that thought became a sword in my hand
I could slay any problem that would stand in my way

There was no Blue Jays game yesterday, so there's not a whole lot to report on.

1. Spencer Fordin brings good news in "Delgado on the comeback trail". I hope he's playing tonight as he's a slight upgrade over Chris Gomez. I gotta admit, though, Delgado does look pretty spiffy in a Syracuse Skychiefs uniform. I'm a sucker for pinstripes.

2. In "Pen skip's pal" Mike Rutsey brings up something that we've been talking about a bit on the Box: How great Frasor and Vinnie Chulk have been of late. Or in Rutsey's words:
   
   
   There was a time when Carlos Tosca crossed his fingers and said silent prayers when he had to go to his bullpen in the eighth or ninth inning in a tight game.
   
   Thanks to the emergence of Vinnie Chulk and Jason Frasor, Tosca isn't sweating those innings like he used to.
   
   Now he sweats the sixth and seventh.
   
   I still think Speier is going to be alright, so if Chulk and Frasor can keep performing, the Jays should have a pretty good front end of a bullpen in the second half.

3. Geoff Baker thinks that Carlos Tosca played a hand in getting Lilly nominated to the All-Star game, as suggested in his "Tosca lobbies for lone all-star".

4. Tonight's game could be the best one in the series. The 32-48 Mariners are sending the 6-4 Jamie Moyer to the mound. The 36-46 Blue Jays are countering with the 7-5 Miguel Batista. Any Cheer Clubbers going to tonight's 7:05 start at the Dome?

5. The Globe and Mail is full of all kinds of non-Jays news today, including "Gagné's save streak ends" by AP, "Tigers' investment in Rodriguez pays off" by Larry Gage, and "Vidro happy to be home, no matter where it is" by Larry Millson.

6. As usual our friends over at The Hardball Times have been producing all kinds of great stuff, including Aaron Gleeman's "The Bizarro World All-Stars" and "Rock the Vote".

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