Jays Roundup - I Pick Myself Up Off The Ground

Monday, July 26 2004 @ 09:35 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

To have you knock me back down again and again!
And when I ask you to explain, you say

SWEEEEEEEEEEEP!

  1. A strong pitching performance is par for the course with David Bush, but the three-run homerun by Delgado and the save by Kerry Ligtenberg were somewhat unexpected. If you missed the game, you'll want to read Spencer Fordin's "Bush the lead broom-bearer", paul C. Smith's "Jays series ends with a thud (from the Devil Rays perspective, that is), Mike Rutsey's "The kid's all right", Geoff Baker's "Booming Delgado lifts Blue Jays", and Richard Griffin's "This Bush could stick around for a while".

  2. The three-run homerun by Delgado had implications beyond yesterday's game, as those 3 RBIs put him at exactly 1000 for his career, as told in the following articles: Shi Davidi's "Carlos reaches standard", Mike Rutsey's "Delgado known for his style" and Larry Millson's "RBI VIP".

  3. Fordin Notes on recent call-ups Sean Douglass, Mike Nakamura, and Kevin Frederick, as well as newest Jay farmhand John Hattig.

  4. Sean Douglass is going to have to do his best David Bush impression if the Jays are going to compete in tonight's 7:05PM EST start at the Skydome. To counter Douglass, the Yankees are sending the 11-6 righty Javier Vazquez to the hill. Fordin's game preview can be found here.

  5. Jeff Blair's "Heart and numbers told Blue Jays' Hentgen 'it was time' to go" is a must-read because it contains all sorts of material, some of it only tangentially related to the Hentgen retirement. I found this paragraph particularly interesting:

      If Bush is the real deal, Ricciardi can take whatever financial flexibility is gained from Carlos Delgado's departure and some of the organizational depth at middle infield to add an expensive bat (he will make a serious run at the Montreal Expos' Orlando Cabrera if the shortstop declares free agency). First base will be filled with some kind of cost-effective platoon that could include Frank Catalanotto. Ricciardi can pursue a middle-of-the-pack starter instead of bottom fishing for another Hentgen, which would free up Justin Miller to join the bullpen.

    Orlando Cabrera? Another starter? What are your thoughts?

  6. In "Hall selectors should remember the Alomar", Garth Woolsey argues that the career of Roberto Alomar makes him a Hall of Famer. He'd join Paul Molitor and Dennis Eckersley who were inducted yesterday.

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