Jays Roundup - A Summer Disregard, A Broken Bottle Top

Tuesday, July 27 2004 @ 09:32 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

And a one man soul
They follow each other on the wind ya' know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know

I'll repeat what I said yesterday: Ah, nuts.

  1. I think we have to admit that the Jays fared better yesterday than we all expected. Still, though, it's unbelievably frustrating to work so hard to tie it up, just to lose it in the next inning. Read the details in Spencer Fordin's "Jays chip away but fall in 10th", Mark Feinsand's "Yankees edge Toronto in 10th", Mike Rutsey's "Jays don't quit, but lose", Shi Davidi's "Jays' rally goes for not" and Larry Millson's "New York continues mastery".

  2. We mentioned it on the Box and now it's being mentioned in the Sun. Homeplate umpire Brian Runge wasn't giving Douglass the corner in the first inning. That's the undoing of a lot of pitchers: you don't get the call on the corner, you give up a couple of walks, you get frustrated and you throw one down the pipe because "you need a strike". Happens everywhere from 10 year olds playing Mosquito to the big leagues. Mike Rutsey's "Douglass done in by just one toss" sums it up nicely.

  3. Mike Rutsey wasn't the only one who wrote about issues we tackled on the Box yesterday. Jeff Blair's "Yankees good for baseball, so stop your whining" almost seems like a response to a poster last night upset at the lack of "competitive balance" in baseball. Mr. Blair sums it up excellently by saying:

      Competitive balance is all fine and well, but not when it results in bland, disposable McChampions. Professional sports needs its juggernauts to serve as an underpinning, and the Yankees do that better than any team in sports. They stay out of jail, play the game the way it's meant to be played and give baseball fans their money's worth.

    I couldn't agree more.

  4. Fordin Notes once again bring good news. If everything goes according to plan, Justin Miller could be back on August 8th. After the first inning, Douglass looked quite good last night, but I'd still rather have Miller in the rotation. I also enjoyed this Fordin Fun Fact:

      When Pat Hentgen retired, the Blue Jays met a strange profile. Toronto doesn't have a single player born in the '60s. In fact, at the ripe old age of 33, Dave "The Ambassador" Berg is the team's oldest player.

    That'll be a new milestone for me: The day I'm older than any Blue Jay. It's still a few years off, but the first time in my life I ever felt "old" was the day I went to a London Knights game and realized I was too old to be eligible to play on the team.

  5. I'm quite looking forward to tonight's 7:05PM EST start at the Dome. It's a rematch from a game in Yankee Stadium last week, with Orlando Hernandez taking the hill for the Yankees and Ted Lilly countering for the Blue Jays. Read the preview for more details.

  6. The Toronto Star has a new registration system based on e-mail addresses, so you'll want to sign up like my friend bselig at bselig@mlb.com did. Geoff Baker has the game recap in "Yankees extend Jays' suffering" and a story on Giambi's very serious illness titled "Giambi unfazed by talk of illness". Finally, Alan Ryan has some trade discussion in "Yankees have five days to do a Big Unit deal". He mentions that both Zaun and Frankie Cat could be moved.


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