Jays Roundup - Do I Have to Tell the Story

Tuesday, July 13 2004 @ 09:10 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up getting wet

No Jays game last night, but there was a home run derby, won by Miguel Tejada. If you missed it last night, be sure to check out our Homerun Derby Thread. If you'd like to speculate on when/where Carlos Delgado and Miguel Batista will be traded, see Batista and Delgado Trade Speculation.

  1. Tonight's All-Star game does have some Jays content, as lefty Ted Lilly was one of the pitchers selected for the AL team. Lilly's thoughts on being selected to the team can be found in Ian Browne's "Lilly realizing dream after adversity", Bob Elliott's "Lilly's on Cloud 9", and Allan Ryan's "Lilly makes sharp lefty turn",

  2. Mike Rutsey plays the role of Dave Till by assigning All-Star Break grades to Jays players in "Making the grade". Rutsey gives Ds to quite a few players, but nobody earned an F. I guess this is one of those classes where you're not allowed to fail anyone.

  3. Jeff Blair must have been working overtime yesterday, because he has three articles related to players in the All-Star game: "Unlikely Tejada wins homer derby", "A couple of old foes join arms" on Clemens and Piazza, and "Streak has ended, but Dodgers still count on Gagné". In "500 Club gets its due in Houston" Richard Griffin opted to discuss all those players in the same article. Well, he did give Miguel Tejada his own article.

  4. Here's a fun one: Garth Woolsey looks back at the Pale Hose's "Disco Demolition Night" in "Thankfully, the Jays don't go for cheap theatrics".

  5. Richard Griffin discusses what he believes the Jays will do at the trade deadline in "GM walking a fine line". Personally, I believe Griffin is right. I don't think the Jays will wind up doing much of anything. They're not really in a position to.

  6. Geoff Baker looks back on the first half of the year in "Painful start for Jays".


Question of the Day: Any predictions for tonight's game? Mark me down for a 7-5 NL win.

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