Jays Roundup - As Golden Days Break Wondering

Tuesday, July 20 2004 @ 08:36 AM EDT

Chance reflects on them a while
Love screams so quietly
Slipping back on golden times
Breathing with sweet memories

The Jays won!

1. Hilights of last night's game: 7 1/3 innings by Towers with only 2 earned runs, 7 hits, and no walks allowed. A balanced offensive attack that saw every starter other than Hinske and Phelps record hits. Homeruns by Wells and Delgado. If you want more information than that, check out Rick Eymer's "Towers plays role of stopper", Mychael Urban's "A's effort almost enough", Mark Zwolinski's "Wells, Delgado deliver for Jays", AP's "Towers of strength".
   
   
2. Fordin Notes (by Rick Eymer): Cat is going off of the DL, Halladay is going on it. Larry Millson and Mark Zwolinski have more details in "Halladay told to give his tired right shoulder a holiday" and "Halladay out up to six weeks" respectively. If there's good news here, it's that there doesn't appear to be any structural damage. Is it just inflammation? Where's Will Carroll when we need him?
   
   
3. It's an afternoon game today! Just wanted to make sure you didn't miss the 3:35 PM EST start. Today's game is a duel of young guns, with the A's bringing the 4-5 Rich Harden to the mound, while the Jays counter with the hard luck 0-1 David Bush. Rick Eymer has the game preview.
   
   
4. Richard Griffin has an article in today's Star called "Tosca on the firing line: Classy manager doomed from start". If you're having trouble guessing the tone of the article, here's a teaser:
   
   
   Now his unfocused team is in Oakland for a couple, where Ricciardi can cry on the shoulder of his friend, mentor and confidant, A's GM Billy Beane, about the cruel fates that have slain the wild-card dreams.
   
   Ouch!
   

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