Jays Roundup - We Shall Survive, Let Us Take Ourselves Along

Thursday, July 29 2004 @ 08:24 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

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To find who's right and who's wrong

It was an extra-inning game. Against the Yankees. And the good guys won!

  1. Looking over the box score, I had no idea that Batista only recorded one strikeout. It's a pretty good night when you only strike out one Yankee yet give up only 2 runs over 7 innings. To find out more things you may have missed about yesterday's game see Spencer Fordin's "Wells walk-off powers Jays in 10th", Mark Feinsand's "Lieber sharp, but Jays get to 'pen", Mike Rutsey's "Wells a one-man show", Shi Davidi's "Walkoff Wells" and Larry Millson's "BASEBALL: BLUE JAYS 3, YANKEES 2 (10 INNINGS)".

  2. Fordin Notes on moving Rios to the lead-off spot of the order. Here's the manager's reasoning behind the move:

      Alex Rios moved in as the leadoff hitter on Wednesday night, and Carlos Tosca said that arrangement may have some legs. With Frank Catalanotto still limited by an abdominal injury, Toronto's manager wants as much speed as he can find at the top of the lineup.

    The fact that Rios is hitting .391 since the All-Star break doesn't hurt either.

  3. Last night Gary Sheffield was only the 12th player to hit a fair ball into the fifth deck during a game, according to Mike Rutsey's "Sheff cookin' on high". It was the bottom of the article that caught my attention however:

      GIANTS LOOK AT CAT

      The San Francisco Giants are one of a number of clubs that have called Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi concerning left-handed hitting Frank Catalanotto.

      "We've had a number of calls about Frank but at this time we're not looking to move him," Ricciardi said last night.

    I don't think he'll be moved, but I guess there's always a chance. Who would the Jays want back from the Giants?

  4. The Yankees are in the market for another 1B/DH type with the illness of Jason Giambi. That role may be filled by Fred McGriff, recently released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I can't see the Yankees going for McGriff, but Fred is hopeful as shown in Larry Millson's "McGriff hopes audition works".

  5. A must read for all Batter's Box fans: "Hardball Questions: Kent Williams" by Robert Dudek.

  6. Today is an off-day, so you'll have to find something else to do with your discretionary time this evening.


Can anyone else access the Star website? It keeps timing out for me.

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