A Tuesday night in Colorado Springs to forget for a recently demoted starter but a trio of outfielders is on the comeback trail. It was a 1-for-3 night for the affiliates but the one was a walk off win in extras.
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And the Jays win their second straight in Arlington.
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22 games corresponds to about 13.6% of the season. That's as good a time as any to take stock, right? No? Well, whatever.
It was a good win for the Jays tonight. The offense came out of their weekend funk with a nine hit, five walk performance, and three of the hits (homers by Patterson, Bautista and Rivera) gave Drabek enough support to pick up his second win. Let's go through what each member of the line-up did tonight and see where they're at on the season.
It was a good win for the Jays tonight. The offense came out of their weekend funk with a nine hit, five walk performance, and three of the hits (homers by Patterson, Bautista and Rivera) gave Drabek enough support to pick up his second win. Let's go through what each member of the line-up did tonight and see where they're at on the season.
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The Batter's Box Institute For Finding Meaningless Patterns Which Inform the Naming of Minor League Updates would like to inform you that all three minor league contests on Monday night ended in scores whose sums were 11. Only the best here at Batter's Box.
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Random shots from last April during a game at Citi Field involving the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers and from last August at PNC Park when the Mets visited the Pittsburgh Pirates.
New York Mets ace Johan Santana delivers.
New York Mets ace Johan Santana delivers.
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There were just two games on the schedule for the baby Jays on Easter Sunday. The clubs were 0-for-2 on the day. Since there wasn't much to report, I have included a bonus look at some of the young players in the system that face a make-or-break year in terms of their prospect status.
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There wasn't overwhelming feedback against my initial suggestion in the other thread, so we'll go with Opera Bob's on Wednesday for the first (of hopefully many!) Batter's Box Beer Clubs of 2011. Let me know if you plan on dropping by!
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A snow out shorted Las Vegas’ game to 7 innings and New Hampshire was rained out. Lansing made us proud and Dunedin did not.
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A big win last night for the Jays, with David Price and James Shields lined up for today and tomorrow a win in game one was important.
Jayson Nix has gone on the DL after Sean Rodriguez repositioned his lower body, Mike McCoy is back up.
Jose Bautista got the Jays to extra innings, he scored all four runs scored in the regulation nine. Rajai Davis started his rehab last night, as did Scott Podsednik and DeWayne Wise. It can't come too soon as Corey Patterson has returned to his being Corey Patterson and his batting average is down to .214.
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The Farm Boys bats came alive with a half a hundred hits on Friday Night.
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Brad Emaus has been dispatched to Colorado, in exchange for RHP Chris Malone and either cash or a PTBNL.
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More photos of the Jays-White Sox contest on Jackie Robinson Day at the Dome April 15, 2010.
The Jackie Robinson Day logo shown on the right field scoreboard.
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The Toronto Blue Jays and the rest of Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day April 15 by having all players wear his retired number 42. The idea came from Ken Griffey Jr. when he wanted to don #42 to pay tribute to Robinson breaking baseball's colour barrier April 15, 1947. Here are some pictures from last year's event at the Dome.
Jackie Robinson shown on JaysVision as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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