Jays Roundup - Sailors Fighting in the Dance Hall

Thursday, August 12 2004 @ 09:38 AM EDT

Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the Lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show

1. Short recap: Indians 3, Jays 2. Justin Miller 4.1IP, 4BB, 1K, 1HR. Orlando Hudson 2 for 4. Longer recaps:
   
   
   
   • Jays can't get big hit vs. Tribe - Castrovince
     
   • Tribe takes giant step forward - Hill
     
   • Toronto offence rises late, only to sit back down - Blair
     
   • Lumber's in slumber - Ganter
     
   • Indians stumble, but the Jays just fall flat - Baker
     
   
   
   
2. Fordin Notes (by Anthony Castrovince) on Gibbons playing Woody more than Tosca did, Kevin Cash's haircut, and Miguel Batista's back problems. If Gibby's actions follow his words, we should expect to see a lot more of Chris Woodward for the rest of the year:
   
   
   On Wednesday, for the second time in as many days, Gibbons lauded the talents of Woodward during his pregame session with reporters.
   
   "In my opinion, he's an everyday player," Gibbons said of Woodward, who has started in 43 of the team's 113 games. "He's a heck of a shortstop."
   
   
   The Jays will be a much better team in 2005 if Chris Woodward can turn it around and become a solid every day player. In "Woodward gets rebirth under Gibbons" Richard Griffin discusses how Woodward is working toward that goal.
   
   
3. Castrovince and Griffin are not the only one writing about how Woodward will get more chances under a new manager. In "Gibbons takes a fresh look at familiar faces" Jeff Blair discusses how Chris Woodward and Justin Miller will make quite a number of appearances for the rest of the season.
   
   
4. Ganter Notes on the number of innings pitched by David Bush and the decision to play Frank Menechino at third base last night.
   
   
5. With lefty Ted Lilly on the hill for the Jays tonight we should expect to see the Indians debut of Josh Phelps. From a Toronto perspective, I don't like that matchup: Lilly tends to give up a fair amount of homeruns and Phelps tends to hit a fair amount of homeruns against lefty pitching. Pitching for the Indians in tonight's 7:05PM EST start is another lefty: The 10-4 Cliff Lee. As always, MLB.com has a game preview.
   
   
6. Bad news for Jays fans as Roy Halladay may not be back for another few weeks, as discussed in Mike Ganter's "Halladay willing to take it slowly". More specifically:
   
   
   It will be at least three weeks before Roy Halladay can even hope to get back in a game, but his personal hell is at least improving.
   
   A workaholic, even by the standards of the most diligent baseball players, Halladay has been restricted to exercising his lower body and doing cardio work since mid-July when the decision was made to let his ailing right shoulder rest.
   
   
   I'd really like to see Roy pitch a few more games in this lost season, but I wouldn't be surprised if he gets shut down for the year.
   
   
7. Geoff Baker discusses how much the strike of 10 years ago hurt the two Canadian MLB teams in "Did 1994 strike hurt the Jays? Well ... maybe.
   
   
8. Here's another must-read for long-time fans of the Batter's Box: Hardball Questions: Kent Williams (Part Two) by Robert Dudek.
   

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