NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT THE RADIO!!!

It was a fine radio. It was a good radio. It did much for us, and asked little in return. And now, like so many before it, it has left us far too soon.

Surely you can find a similar radio somewhere, NFH. Surely there must be some way to preserve the memory of ol'... radio...ee.

But on a related note - being entirely blind to today's game is quite a letdown considering how pumped I was after yesterday's full broadcast and extendo-jays talk. It felt like the regular season, it did.

When is the next radio broadcast?

I can get another one for $50, but still...

Post-mortem indicates that the gear that drives the dynamo has broken a tooth.

Tomorrow's game will be broadcast on bluejays.com, though I don't think it'll be Tom and Jerry calling it.

I hunted around for a Cleveland station and this is the best i could come up with. They doen't seem to be covering the game either. =/

http://www.sportstalkcleveland.com/

MLB.com Game Day Audio has it listed under WTAM from Cleveland. I'm going to listen to it there while at work.

http://www.wtam.com/listen_live.html is the official live stream for their radio station, but it looks like they black the game out. Hey, for $15 I bought a year of MLB audio for days like this!

heh guys,

i'm looking for the blue jays 2005 preview. i'm very interested to read how the "new and improved" jays are perceived throughout the baseball ranks?

My thoughts on this season are as follows: I'll work my way through each position.

Catcher: This year Zaun will get the majority of minutes earlier on. Once their "future" arrives with Quiroz his and Crash's minutes will diminish. Quiroz apparently is a STUD with the bat. Plus defensively he's got a cannon for an arm. Can't wait to see it!

1 bag: Hinske i think will bounce back offensively. He's definitely got the tools and know how to have a productive year. Shea will give him a much needed breather a couple of days a week... which will be good. Defensively i can see Hinske being an upgrade over Delgado. I'm sure he'll have a little more range... and since he'll have to throw the ball a lot less this year, his arm won't be an issue. Not sure if anyone remembered or not, but, he was VERY SOLID defensively last year.

2 bag: What can i say about O-Dog. He is a stud defensively, and this year he will hit .300 I can also see him swipe between 15 & 25 bags. With Gibbons being forced to create runs this year, as opposed to waiting for the round tripper a lot of his regulars will steal more often. (They'll have to!!!)

SS: This will be their toughest position. The rook (Russ Adams) will no doubt make his mistakes in the field. But, he'll have to play through the blunders to get better. As long as he limits his mistakes throughout the year he'll be fine. I can see him hitting some where around .260 this year. Hopefully 15 or so SB's.

3 bag: Koskie should and most likely will have an outstanding year! He is one of the best 3rd baseman in the majors defensively. His "goalie" first mentality (block the ball) pick it up and throw him out style is a style any ball fan loves! I know i do. He'll also be an upgrade over Hinske with the bat. I'll be surprised to see him hit less than .280 with 25-30hr's. His RBI's should be slightly over 100 as well.

OF's Starting with Rios. This kid really excites me. He definitely is a 5 tool type player. This year i predict he will show us some of the power he is capable of. 10-20hr's. Defensively he's got a gun in RF. Plus, tonnes of range. Awesome to watch daily!

VW-- All i'm gonna say about this guy is:
.300+ 25HR, 20SB 130RBI's
He's our best player!

Catman, Reed, and Gabe will see their share of work. With the majority going to both Catalanotto and Johnson. Gross will be a valuable guy coming off the bench in the late innings... speed, and a decent bat!

Pitching: Doc, Lilly, Batista, Bush, and probably Towers starting seems pretty good to me. Hopefully by the Trade deadline J.P. can upgrade this group. No surprise here... but, i can see League, Frasor, and Arnold having huge huge years! These guys can flat out pitch! I'm thinking Brandon League will the closer by July. No offense to Justin Speier who i think will be a decent closer (has the makeup) but, this League kid throws seed after seed. Plus, he just looks like a closer! Being a former player myself this can be intimidating!
Also, i want to mention the year Doc will have. He can and will bounce back from his disapointing year last year. (health wise) I'm predicting 17-22 wins with an ERA around 3.50 Based on his 1st start it sounded like he had good "zipp" on his FB and sinker. This is great news for BJ fans!!!

Manager: I'm excited to really see what Gibbons style will be... i'm thinking 1 or 2 hit and runs per game... with also loosening the leashes a little bit with the quicker runners on the team. i hope he also doesn't remain to loyal with the pitchers when they begin to struggle. ( A la Cito) His mentality should be 1 game at a time. (i know mine would be!) Do what you have to do to win the game your playing! With protecting your pitchers arms obviously...

GM: J.P. now that you have the semi-vault at your disposal i hope you just don't jump at a big name! Please please please stick to your game plan. Which is build from within. The pitchers we have in our organization now right from Rookie ball all the way up to T.O. are just sick! Teams will come calling for some of these arms. This will be JP's ace in the hole! And he knows it.

My .02

Interested to see what you guys think!?

Laloosh.

The MLB.com feed for WTAM is streaming dead air - no game yet. It seems they are having a problem.

ecnl, our Jays preview will be the last (I think) of the previews posted -- we're doing one team a day, which means the Jays are still a couple of weeks away.

I found a working Cleveland radio feed, but the sports update said that the game against the Jays (they said the "Tribe at Toronto", which is the opposite of what bluejays.com said) was tonight at 7:00.

Can someone with gameday confirm/deny?

the WTAM listen live link is streaming some talk show.

this doesn't bode well does it ;)

MLB.com has it listed as 1:05 pm start.

Kevin, the WTAM stream I was listening to was running some syndicated talk show.

Top 1st: Millwood pitching. Rios with a long drive to left for an out MacDonald tags and moves to third.

I personally don't under why Hinske is playing first base. They need him to turn around his offense and pick up some of the offense slack without Delgado around. I fear that learning a new position will distract him at the plate.

Why not DH him for the first few months of the season? Let him straighten out his bat while Shea Hillenbrand plays first base. After he starts hitting, then ease him into the field.

As it stands right now, they're setting him up for failure. I wouldn't be surprised to see him hitting .230 come June and get shifted to the bench with Shea at first, Johnson in LF and Cat at DH.

Hinske loops a single into right center, scoring MacDonald. 2-0 Jays.

I found a working Cleveland radio feed, but the sports update said that the game against the Jays (they said the "Tribe at Toronto", which is the opposite of what bluejays.com said) was tonight at 7:00.

Can someone with gameday confirm/deny?

According to yahoo, the game is in progress

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/tor

(1 out btw) Gross takes a fastball for a strike. Gross swings through another, and its 0-2. Offspeed pitch in the dirt. Count is 1-2. Hammered to deep right center field and Gross cranks his 3rd of the Spring and its 4-0 Jays!

Gross really doesn't want to go back to syracuse does he?

Yeehaw!

Thanks for this, Kevin, you're definitely going to be getting free beers at the RC in April.

John Hattig the third baseman looks at one outside for a ball. Changeup swung through for a strike. Ball. Lined to the gap in right center for a single.

John-Ford Griffin the left fielder up. looks at a strike. fouls one back, 0-2. up and in for a ball, 1-2. Breaking ball outside, 2-2. Offspeed down low to run the count full. Hattig goes, and Griffin fouls it off. 76 degrees out and 'delightful'. Hattig runs again and Griffin foul tips it at the plate. Griffin fouls another back to the screen. Chopped to first, out unassisted at first as hattig moves to second.

FYI cleveland is playing split squad. the other half of the team is playing the yankee's right now.

Hank,

Thanks so much. i stumbled on this website after hearing the boys talk about it on the FAN. I'm very excited to hear what you guys think this year about the Jays and the rest of the majors.

I'll look forward to the Jays preview.

Looks like Gross is lighting it up! Maybe he'll be starting this year in left!?

Laloosh.

Catcher Ken Huckaby, the right hander, swings late at a fastball, 0-1. High and in, 1-1. Swing and a foul to the right, 1-2. Swing and a chopper up the middle for a single, scoring Hattig and its 5-0 Jays!

5 runs in on 6 hits as Millwood is still in there. 9th place hitter, Negron, smokes one past the dive of the first baseman into right for a single. Huckaby stops at second. Chopper to third, 5-4 force at second to end the top of the first inning. Jays send 10 to the plate, get 7 hits score 5.

Bottom 1st: Batista pitching. No windup, working from the stretch. CoCo Crisp takes one low for a ball. High fastball, 2-0. Fastball wide and its 3-0. In there for a strike, 3-0. Sharply up the middle, Johnny Mac back hands bobbles, recovers, throws late to first for an error.

Second baseman Cora looks at one outside for a ball. Shot foul into the seats on the right side, 1-1. Wide for a ball, 2-1. In there for a called strike, 2-2. Fouled back to the screen. Swing and a miss, Cora strikes out.

Thanks again, Kevin.

DH Travis Haffner swings and misses strike 1. Fouled back, 0-2. high and wide for a ball, 1-2. Upstairs for a ball, 2-2. Snap throw to first, Crisp dives back in on a close play. Outside and high, full count. Runner goes, payoff pitch is high, for a walk.

The switch hitting catcher Victor Martinez, batting left, takes a strike at the knees. Bullet to first, Hinske snares it and steps on first for the DP. End of 1, Jays 5, Indians 0.

Is there anyway that Gabe Gross can be put on the opening day roster? I guess it would have to be a trade of either Cat or Hinkske.

Top 2nd: New Indians pitcher David Riske. Tough first outing for Millwood, who threw 37 pitches. MacDonald flies out to center on the first pitch, bringing up Alex Rios the DH. takes low and away ball 1. At the knees for a strike, 1-1. Low, 2-1. takes one wide and its 3-1. fouled back, full count. Payoff pitch fouled back over the roof and its still 3-2. Riske steps off. 3-2 split change in the dirt, walking Rios.

1st baseman Hinske takes it low and in, ball 1. looks at one on the inside corner for a strike evening the count. Hinske belts one to deep center, Rios running on the play. A great leaping running catch by Crisp (whose back was to the plate 420 ft away) Rios, who rounded 2nd had to come all the way back to first.

Is there anyway that Gabe Gross can be put on the opening day roster? I guess it would have to be a trade of either Cat or Hinkske.

Not at all - they'd merely need to cut someone or keep them at AAA - the most likely candidate at this point being Koch.

This is better than Gameday any day. Man's got a real gift.

Gross, the right fielder, watches the count go to 1-1. Runner goes, Gross swings through it as Martinez bounces his throw and Rios gets the SB. Gross golfs one foul and the count remains 1-2. Way outside and high, 2-2. Upstairs, count goes full. Payoff pitch fouled off third base side, count stays full. Pop up near the seats on 3rd base side reaches the seats. Outside for a walk.

Hattig cuts and misses, 0-1. Rios leads of 2nd, Gross off first. Hattig fouls one off and its 0-2. Way outside, 1-2. Swing and a miss, strike 3. End of top 2nd, still 5-0 Jays.

Wow, Gross is seriously impressing me so far this spring. He's mashing the ball AND working the count by drawing walks. He's going to force the Jays hand soon if he keeps this up, IMO.

GO JAYS!!!

P.S. And thank you so much for the play-by-play! You're awesome

Technically, Gross could end up on the opening day roster without any trades being made, if the team went with an 11 man pitching staff. The team would have to use Hillenbrand at first, third and as a part-time DH. He'd get maybe 400-450 ABs, as would Cat. Stranger things have happened...

Bottom 2nd: Juan Gonzalez grounds out to third on the first pitch.

Andy Abad watches the count go to 1-1. Loops one on 1 bounce to third, thrown out by Hattig at first on the run, beat him by half a step.

Let's try some Kurkjian math, shall we? If Gross hits three Homeruns in four Spring Training games, then that means, in the regular season, he will hit ... carry the one ... 19,000 HRs! How can we lose?!!

Jose Hernandez looks at strike 1. check swing went too far and the count is 0-2. looped high in the air to shallow right, Gross makes the grab for the final out. We've played 2 and its still 5-0 Jays.

Gross really has nothing more to prove in AAA. He is a notorious slow starter, and considering the Jays current position, they would be much better off giving Gross 400 AB's this year than Hillenbrand, Cat, or Hinske. If Gross does make the team out of spring training, it has to be with a full-time role, otherwise you are just letting him waste away on the bench.

JP won't be trading his Hatteberg (Cat), and his newly acquired player Hillenbrand. That just leaves Hinske. If Hinske isn't traded, keep Gross in AAA. I want him up, but not as a bench player.

Top 3rd: Bob Wickman the new Indians pitcher. John-Ford Griffin takes it inside, ball 1. Chopper up the middle, Cora with a nice bh stab, leap in the air, throws to first to rob JFG of a hit. Nice stretch by the 1st baseman. Huckaby fouls it off, 0-1. Grounds out to second.

Negron watches the count go to 2-0. Strike on inside corner. Strike on the corner again and its 2-2. Breaking ball strike 3 called. Wickman gets em 1-2-3. We go to the bottom of the third!

I know that JP likes Cat, but he's ideal trade bait -- signed for a reasonable contract, high BA. And he's expressed a desire to play in New York.

I like Cat, too, and apparantly he is good in the clubhouse, but he might be very good trade value. Maybe in June, with Gross coming up for good and having a chance to get over his promotion slump this year, ready for next year. I'd rather trade Cat than Gross.

Bottom 3rd: Gaudan the pitcher. John Rodriguez steps in watches the count go to 1-1. Temp hovering near 80 degrees lots of blue sky. Ball inside, 2-1. Takes outside, 3-1. Splitter down low. Strike at the knees called as Rodriguez throws the bat away and the crowd boos. Full Count. Laced in the hole, Hinske with a back handed stab, throws to Gaudan covering for the out at first.

A little off-topic. Tomorrow's Jays broadcast is supposedly on Bluejays.com. Will we have to pay for that (ie. a season's worth of MLB audio) or will it be free?

Peralta the shortstop flies out to right. Crisp flies out to Griffin in left. End of 3, still 5-0 Jays.

Let's try some Kurkjian math, shall we? If Gross hits three Homeruns in four Spring Training games, then that means, in the regular season, he will hit ... carry the one ... 19,000 HRs! How can we lose?!!

Well, let's take it a bit more logically - he's had three plate appearances, and each one has resulted in a homerun.

Thus, if we make him a full-time player, we can expect him to get about 650 plate appearances.

Thus, about 650 plate appearances in the whole season gives him that many home runs, or up to 2,600 RBI, more than the Jays scored all of last year.

It's a safe bet, I'd say.

Top 4th: Russ Adams, the leadoff man and shortstop takes a strike from new Indians pitcher Kyle Denny. The leadoff the game with a triple off Kevin Millwood. Looped in the air to left for the out.

doesn't Gross have at least a couple of walks under his belt as well?

Mike, tomorrow's game should be a freebie.

MacDonald grounds out to third. Rios flies out to Young in right center who robs Rios of extra bases. We go to the bottom of the 4th, still 5-0 Jays.

Bottom 4th: Alex Cora takes low from Gaudan, then lines a base hit into left for the Indians first hit of the game.

Hafner takes outside ball 1. Fouled back over the screen. High in the air to right, Gross makes the catch near the line for the out.

Victor Martinez smokes one to short, eats up Adams and into left center for a single, Cora to third, Martinez digs for second and makes it with a slide as Griffin's throw gets by the 2nd baseman. Credited with a double. Young up (in for right fielder Juan Gonzalez), low ball 1. Over but low, 2-0. fouled back, 2-1. another ball makes it 3-1. lined to center, Negron with the grab. Cora tags and scores easily and ints now 5-1 Jays.

Abad lines one down the left field line, Griffin makes a running catch while drifting into foul territory. End of four innings, 5-1 Jays.

In other good news, Rios has now flown out to the track on three seperate occasions. Hopefully that's sign of some blossoming power.

Top 5th: Denny still pitching. Hinske pops a foul back that drifts back behind the screen. Fouls out to Hernandez near the stands on the third base side.

Gross swings, tries to hold up at one in the dirt, and its 0-1. Low and in, 1-1. Curve ball and a dandy looked at for strike 2. Gross sizzles one to first, diving stop by Abad, throws from his knees high to Denny, who jumps up grabs it and steps on 1st to just nip Gross.

Hattig swings through a breaking ball to strike out. Middle of the 5th, still 5-1 Jays.

Rios actually has walked once and flied out twice deeply.

Well, let's take it a bit more logically - he's had three plate appearances, and each one has resulted in a homerun. Thus, if we make him a full-time player, we can expect him to get about 650 plate appearances. Thus, about 650 plate appearances in the whole season gives him that many home runs, or up to 2,600 RBI, more than the Jays scored all of last year. It's a safe bet, I'd say.

Well hes got 1 walk and 3 hr's i believe, so that wouldnt work out quite right Tyler.

I'm not sure why people keep saying that Gross has nothing left to prove at triple-A. Are you telling me only nine home runs is acceptable from a corner outfielder in the big leagues? Not to mention he only hit .209 in 129 big league at bats. The power this spring is nice to see but it is ONLY Spring Training. Lots of players do well against the cripple pitchers in the spring and struggle once the regular season starts. I don't think it would be a bad thing at all to see Gross start the season in triple-A and prove that he can provide consistent power and good plate discipline. Having him wasting away on the bench would be a bad idea.

Great Job Kevin,

anybody else prefer this to the radio.....i might be crazy but the anticipation of waiting for the next post is great......Thank you

Bottom 5th: New Jays pitcher Glynn. Hernandez bangs one up the middle for a single. Curve ball in the dirt gets away from Huckaby, Hernandez moves to 2nd on the wild pitch.
Rodriguez sees the count go even at 2-2. Swing and a tapper to the mound, Glynn looks the runner back and throws to first for the out.

Peralta looks at a nice hook for a strike. High chopper to third, Hattig throws on the run to first for the out as Hernandez moves across to third.

Crisp looks at a curve for a strike. looks at another strike 2. ripped foul outside first, count remains 0-2. Working from the stretch Glynn delives a called third stike. End of 5, Jays still leading 5-1.

Top 6th: New Indians pitcher Jeremy Guthrie. Dusty Wathan catching Franklin Gutierrez in center. John-Ford Griffin taps back to the mound for an easy out.

Huckaby takes low and inside ball 1. Lifted high in the air to Young who crashes into the wall in foul territory down the right field line by the bullpen for an amazing catch.

Weak roller to second by Negron, thrown out on a close play at first by Cora. Middle of the 6th, still 5-1 Jays.

Bottom 6th: New Jays pitcher lefty Adrian Burnside. Cora lined into left for a base hit the other way.

Quiroz catching. Alfiro at third. Anton French in left. Gabe Gross moves to center. Right Fielder we think is Raul Tablado. Travis Hafner the batter.

Sorry, Kevin. I meant Rios had flown to the track three times so far this spring. I guess twice today makes it four. I like that.

Hafner watches the count go to 2-2. (We are told Singleton is in center and Anthony Sanders is in right) Hafner stays alive with a foul tip in and out of the glove of Quiroz. Swings thru an inside pitch to whiff.

Marc, you're right. It is early. But, Crain and Millwood are not cripple pitchers. They may be working the kinks out, but they're fine major league pitchers.

Gross has had 559 triple A at-bats. He's hit .284 with 45 doubles, 4 triples and 14 homers and 84 walks. Sure it would be better if 10 of those doubles were homers, but it's not chopped liver either.

Gutierrez absolutely crushes one off the wall in left for a double, Cora stops at third. Young drilled with a fastball baring in to load the bases.

Abad the lefty hitting first baseman hits an easy inning ending DP to MacDonald at second who boots it for his second error of the game. Cora scores making it 5-2. Bases remain loaded. Credit Abad with an RBI.

I agree with Marc re: Gross.

You can't make a lot of decisions based on spring training. A lot of the pitchers are not even locating their breaking balls yet. Send him down to AAA. If he stays hot, you have a nice problem and can trade Shea or Cat near the all star break. Gross would then come up with lots of confidence. He will also serve as valuable depth in the event of an injury.

Rodriguez swings and misses at a ball in the dirt to whiff. Bases still loaded.

I'm not sure why people keep saying that Gross has nothing left to prove at triple-A.

He hit .380/.456 in 2003 and .381/.454 in 2004.

It's not the worse thing to have him in Syracuse for a few months this year, but I think he'll be a better player for the Jays than either Cat, Hinske or Hillenbrand this year.

""I like Cat, too, and apparantly he is good in the clubhouse, but he might be very good trade value. Maybe in June, with Gross coming up for good and having a chance to get over his promotion slump this year, ready for next year. I'd rather trade Cat than Gross.""


It seems one of Gross, SH, Hinske or Cat will be traded. Of all of them, I'd want to keep Gross. But then again, of the four Gross would have the most value.

Slider low and away swung through. Fastball inside evens the count 1-1. Check swing blooper towards third over the leap of Alfiro into left for a single, plating 1. 5-3 Jays bases still loaded.

I know its spring training ...but i thought Johnny Mac was brought in for his glove...........maybe he left the good glove in cleveland

Peralta takes low ball 1. Drilled foul down the right side, 1-1. Swing and a miss at a high fastball, 1 ball 2 strikes. Chopper to third, throws to second for the force ending the threat. End of 6 innings, 5-3 Jays.

Top 7th: Guthrie pitches to Adams, fouled back, count is 0-2. (Adams tripled in the first and scored) In the dirt, count is 1-2. Fouled down the left side. Down low, 2-2. Pitch up high to load the count. Payoff pitch, Adams grounds out to Abad at first unassisted.

First pitch to MacDonald down low 1-0. Up high, 2-0. Up near his noggin, 3-0. Fastball right down Broadway, 3-1. In the dirt and he walked him.

Rios looks at one low, 1-0. Swing and a miss, 1-1. Guthrie's throw to first is in the dirt, dug out nicely by Abad on a very close play. Breaking ball lined into center for a single. MacDonald stops at 2nd.

Hinske looks at a fastball outside at the knees for a strike. Looks at a breaking ball outside 1-1. In the dirt to the backstop, both runners advance on the wild pitch. Pitch outside, 3-1. Infield is in. Hinkse checks his swing, called a ball for a walk loading the bases. Matos runs for Hinske.

Anthony Sanders looks at ball 1 low. Big rip and a miss, 1-1. Infield at double play depth. Another big rip at a hook and a miss, 2-2. Breaking ball hangs up high. Fouls a fastball back to the screen. Another breaking ball fouled back to the screen. Swing and a miss strike 3.

Alfiro watches the count go to 2-0. Fouled back to the screen. Swing and a miss at a high fastball evening the count at 2. Curve hit high and foul. Inside fastball loads the count. Breaking ball hit to third, thrown to first for the out. Middle of 7, 5-3 Jays.

Bottom 7th: Michael Nannini pitching for the Jays. Matos at first. Bryant Nelson at 2nd. Tablado at short. Wathan lines a single to center.

Morbon, batting left handed, watches the count even at 2. Fouled off. Chopped between 1st and 2nd for a single. Wathan stops at 2nd.

Hafner grounds into a 3-6-1 DP as Wathan goes to third.

Gutierrez watches the count go full before spanking one to deep left center field. French dives and gets leather on it, but can't pull it in. Wathan scores as Gutierrez pulls in with a double. Grounder to third, Alfiro backhands it and makes the long throw to first, pulling Matos off the bag. Matos recovers in time to slap the tag on for the third out ending the 7th with the score now 5-4 Jays.

Top 8th: Cabrera pitching. French watches the count go full before fouling one off. French then walks on a high fastball.

Quiroz chopped the first pitch over the head of the third baseman into left for a single. French, who never stopped running dives into third.

Singleton walks on an outside 3-1 fastball to load the bases with no outs.

Tablado takes ball 1 inside. Inside and high, 2-0. Ball 3 low. Strike at the knees called, 3-1. Fastball high walks Tablado. French scores, Quiroz to 3rd, Singleton to second. Credit Tablado with an RBI. 6-4 Jays.

Nelson takes ball 1 low. Offspeed pitch down low, 2-0. Skied foul down the left field line. Peralta makes a running catch just outside the line for a foul out.

Rios looks at a called strike 1. Slider for a strike, 0-2. Fastball low and in, 1-2. Fouled left, count stays 1-2. Shot to left center for a base hit, scoring Quiroz and Singleton. Tablado stops at 2nd. 8-4 Jays!

Dittler relieves Cabrera. Matos opposite field single, scoring Tablado, Rios to 3rd.

9-4 Jays!

Check that, Robbins is pitching. Sanders whiffs on a letter high fastball up and in. 2 down men still on the corners.

Alfiro drilled in the left rib cage to load the bases.

Rios seems to be having a pretty decent preseason at the plate in spite of the sore shoulder thing.

Anton French swings through the first pitch for strike 1. Weak roller to second, for a 4-3 putout. Middle of the 8th with the score 9-4 Blue Jats.

They couldn't trade Cat. I want my McFarlane action figure!

Bottom 8th: Vince Perkins relieves. Abad looks at strike 1 then strike 2. It's clouding up as the rain is moving in. Little outside 1-2 the count. In the dirt, 2-2. Fouled away to the left. Abad hit by the pitch.

Kevin Koosemanoff (sp) gets ahead in the count 3-0. Strike 1 called. Hit a ton to dead center, Singleton can only watch as this ball sails over 430 feet for a 2-run homer. Score now 9-6 Jays.

Has Jason Arnnold pitched yet this spring? In this game? how has he done? anyboy want to fill me in , i would appreciate it

Kevin Kouzmanoff (A-ball hitter headed to AA) just smoked a mammoth HR off Perkins to dead center, the Indians announcers estimated "over 430 feet". It came on a 3-0 pitch.

And now... Rodriguez bashes a double off the wall.

John Rodriguez smokes one to left center, and catches the wall half way up for a double.

JDog, No Arnold in this game or any other yet this year.

Craig B - the Homer came on a 3-1 pitch.

Peralta walks.

Wathan flies out to right for the first out of the inning. Rodriguez tags and moves to third.

Morbon looks at a 3rd pitch strike to whiff.

Panther, batting for Hafner, watches the count even at 2. Smashed up the middle for a single, scoring JRod. Jays lead cut to 9-7.

Franklin Gutierrez swings through a 1-2 fastball to whiff. End of 8 with the score Blue Jays 9, Indians 7.

Guys, its been fun, but I have to go pick my son up from school. Can someone else pick up the play by play? Thanks!

ono! thanks for getting us to here though :)

Quiroz rips a double to left to lead off, and Justin Singleton works a walk on a 3-2 count. Robbins is still pitching for the Tribe.

Raul Tablado sends a FORGET ABOUT IT home run into the left field bleachers. 12-7 Jays.

Bryant Nelson hits an opposite-field single, there will be a PH for Rios, and it sounds as if the Tribe announcers have packed it in. I heard a "Who knows" off mic, and then the line went dead.

We'll have more when the feed is restored.

The PBP man sounded utterly dejected when Tablado (who'd already missed with a home run swing) connected with his three-run shot.

Pretty funny that a late inning spring training HR can ruin an announcer's day.

Apparently the jays end of the 9th is over. Still 12-7

Hehe... the line is still dead, so I suspect that at 12-7 in the ninth, someone pulled the plug. Thanks for tuning in, everyone!

There's a lot of positive stuff to take from this game - Gabe Gross in particular, obviously. If nothing else, Syracuse is going to break camp with a pretty good AAA team, which is a nice change.

The other half of the Indians beat the Yankee's 3-1.

Hey, does that mean the Yankees are still winless in Spring Training?

I'm getting tingles in all the good places.

Who are the Yankees putting out there to be winless?

No glee for the A's being winless so far? And I mean WINLESS! That 17-4 drubbing wasn't fun.

Don't make me quote Weaver's first law again, kids!

When the Yankees start losing games that count in the standings, I'll be happy. Doubly so if they lose to the Jays.

RE: The A's. They're like the Ottawa Senators or Vancouver Canucks of MLB. You don't care if they win or lose in the regular season, because you know they're going to get drummed out of the playoffs pretty quickly. :)

Yankee's boxscores:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250303110
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250304123
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250305106
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250306110

Nothing for today yet, and yesterdays isn't exactly complete.

Well, according to yahoo the game is final now. 12-9

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250307105

Thanks jsut. They seem to be fielding a somewhat decent lineup for the most part. I'll take these games with a grain of salt but keep in mind that any Yankee losing is good Yankee losing. :)

Hate to Hijack the thread, but I need some help with the Fantasy Pool. Heres my lineup so far (yahoo baseball).

C J. Mauer (Min - C) C TB 7:05 am 33/107 107 18 33 8 6 17 1 .308 .369 .939
1B A. Dunn (Cin - 1B,OF) Pit 1:05 pm 151/568 568 105 151 34 46 102 6 .266 .388 .957
2B E. Alfonzo (SF - 2B,3B) 2B @CWS 9:05 am 150/519 519 66 150 26 11 77 1 .289 .350 .757
3B H. Blalock (Tex - 3B) 3B ChC 8:05 am 172/624 624 107 172 38 32 110 2 .276 .355 .855
SS K. Greene (SD - SS) SS @LAA 9:05 am 132/484 484 67 132 31 15 65 4 .273 .349 .795
IF J. Giambi (NYY - 1B) IF Cle 7:15 am 55/264 264 33 55 9 12 40 0 .208 .342 .721
OF B. Bonds (SF - OF) OF @CWS 9:05 am 135/373 373 129 135 27 45 101 6 .362 .609 1.421
OF S. Finley (LAA - OF) OF SD 9:05 am 170/628 628 92 170 28 36 94 9 .271 .333 .823
OF A. Kearns (Cin - OF) Pit 1:05 pm 50/217 217 28 50 10 9 32 2 .230 .321 .74
Util W. Pena (Cin - OF) Pit 1:05 pm 87/336 336 45 87 10 26 66 5 .259 .316 .843
Util S. Burroughs (SD - 3B) Util @LAA 9:05 am 156/523 523 76 156 23 2 47 5 .298 .348 .713
BN R. Quinlan (LAA - 1B,3B) BN SD 9:05 am 55/160 160 23 55 14 5 23 3 .344 .401 .926
BN B. Schneider (Was - C) BN @Det 7:05 am 112/436 436 40 112 20 12 49 0 .257 .325 .724
BN B. Hawpe (Col - OF) @Ari 3:05 pm 26/105 105 12 26 3 3 9 1 .248 .322 .722
Pos Pitchers Edit Opp Status IP W L CG SHO SV K ERA WHIP K/BB
SP M. Clement (Bos - SP) NYY 1:05 pm 181.0 9 13 0 0 0 190 3.68 1.28 2.47
SP F. Garcia (CWS - SP) SP SF 9:05 am 210.0 13 11 1 0 0 184 3.81 1.22 2.88
SP Ja. Wright (NYY - SP) SP Cle 7:15 am 186.1 15 8 0 0 0 159 3.28 1.28 2.27
RP Fr. Rodriguez (LAA - RP) RP SD 9:05 am 84.0 4 1 0 0 12 123 1.82 1.00 3.73
RP S. Shields (LAA - RP) RP SD 9:05 am 105.1 8 2 0 0 4 109 3.33 1.30 2.73
RP S. Kline (Bal - RP) RP Fla 7:05 am 50.1 2 2 0 0 3 35 1.79 1.07 2.06
P J. Kennedy (Col - SP) @Ari 3:05 pm 162.1 9 7 1 0 0 117 3.66 1.42 1.75
P J. Francis (Col - SP) @Ari 3:05 pm 36.2 3 2 0 0 0 32 5.15 1.50 2.46
P C. Park (Tex - SP) P ChC 8:05 am 95.2 4 7 0 0 0 63 5.46 1.44 1.91
BN A. Osuna (Was - RP) BN @Det 7:05 am 36.2 2 1 0 0 0 36 2.45 1.17 3.27
+ Luke Hudson (CIN)

Now... sleepers? Most of Colorado's Rookies already got taken, but who is off the radar that probably wouldn't have been picked. (especially pitching, because I think hitting is my strong point.)

Boxscore: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/scores/final/preboxscore.aspx?GAMEID=12169

One thing I noticed is that you've invested in the Reds, albeit with good players, but what are the chances of all three doing well?

Sleepers....any of the new, young A's pitchers (Haren), Luis Ayala of the Nats (6-12, 2.69 era [2.30 minus April], 1.18 whip), Chris Young (Rangers), Jason lane, Cliff Lee, Paul Byrd (who pitched well last year), Runelvys Hernandez, maybe Kip Wells (he's probably taken, but he didn't pitch well after coming back from his injury last year, so he may be available)

Yeah I realize I'm stacked with Reds. Willy Mo was a 16th round steal, not to mention a great backup if anything happens to Kearns. Giambi was also 15th round.

The Hernandez one seems really interesting, might pick him up later in the season i'll keep an eye out.

Everyone else (cept young) was taken on that list btw.

Can you tell us who some of the free agents are? I'd list some names, but the other owners probably have them.

On a nicely half-related note:

I've set up a free fantasy league for people from the box.
Simply get a Yahoo account, and go here: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/register/joinprivateleague

League Number: 189935
Password: box

Very simple.

FYI to all. Sportsnet is carrying the Blue Jays/Yankees this Thursday at 7:00et. Also, Twins/Jays on Saturday at 1:00et on Sportsnet Ontario only.

It was a decent Monday for some of the Canadians. Rich Harden struck out 3 over 3-innings in Oakland's win. Peter Orr stroked a 3-run shot for the Braves, and Aaron Guiel went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a KC victory.

Why does Sportsnet Ontario always get the good stuff? I'll bet those of us with Snet Pacific get stuck with "Legends of Hockey" or some boring crap like that.

Sportsnet west is pretty bad too. At least you guys carry games exclusively (mariners). West probably has the worst Baseball coverage in the country.

Sorry guys. I'm just the messenger. Sportsnet Pacific has the Giants/Mariners on the 16th, while SNWest has the Angels/White Sox on the 15th. The other regions don't show those games, so it's not all bad.

If you just get the digital package you get tons of games. I get usually at least 2 Basketball games per night w/ the Sportsnet package.

Is TSN doing any spring games? I know they did some last year.

As one of those guys who likes to watch baseball but isn't concerned with following other specific non-Jays teams, I'm really happy with a digital bundle that includes all four Sportsnet feeds -- there's a game on virtually every night of the season, often two or three, or at least there were last year. Here's hoping they've got more of the same lined up for us this year.

I was happy to see the promos last night during Sportsnet news for Thursday night's telecast, and when I came here to share the news I found I had been scooped by gv27.

I wonder how he found out about it before you...haha

Actually someone posted the Sporsnet Baseball schedule for April yesterday before gv.

You're right, Braby21. Admittedly, I did have the advantage on Hank. My best friend has a cousin who has a sister-in-law who has a Bridge partner who works at Sportsnet!

gv27 just proved that it's possible to be six degrees of seperation apart from yourself. :)

I'm my mother's brother's father's grandson!

Yes, but are you related to Pepper Martin?

No, but he has an uncle in the military.