The 2009 American League Gold Glove Awards have been "handed" out and are presented here entirely without comment from Batter's Box, as a means of inviting your comments and corrections, Bauxites around the world ...

The Jays have added first baseman/DH Brian Dopirak to the 40-man roster and also acquired utility man Mike McCoy off the waiver wire from the Colorado Rockies.

This Blue Jay was on the verge of going back to the team he began his major league career with.  He's the subject of our POTD.

Alex Anthopoulos has completed his due diligence with the players, coaches, other GM and agents and he held a conference call today to answer questions about his plans.  The conference call can be heard here.  The call is 35 minutes long.

It's easier than you might think.

The biggest sports news involving the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota since Brett Favre took place Friday as the Brewers and Twins completed a trade.   One of the principles of that deal is the subject of our POTD.

Jordan Bastian from bluejays.com reports the Jays have outrighted catcher Kyle Phillips and lefties Davis Romero and Bill Murphy to Las Vegas to make room on the 40-man roster.

UPDATE Nov 6-9:52 pm:  Shortstops Marco Scutaro and John McDonald have filed for free agency according to bluejays.com.  Catcher Rod Barajas has yet to do so.

Evil Empire manager Joe Girardi is looking to change his uniform number from 27 to 28.  My suggestion to him is to 86 this idea.

In all fairness, Girardi did bail someone out of a jam recently.

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing marijuana charges after being pulled over for speeding in his home state of Washington last week.  The 2008 National League Cy Young award winner is scheduled to appear in court in December.

Yes, yes, it's stupidly early for an odds-on look ahead, but the world of gambling never sleeps. According to Bodog.net, the odds for each MLB team to win the 2010 World Series are as follows ...

Great idea in the other thread ... what would a team's "mixtape" look like, the one capturing everything from that team's current philosophy to its historical legacy? Or, as Matthew E. put it, how a team "really feel[s] about baseball."

Let's see, for the Yankees (per this thread's headline) you might start with ABBA's Money, Money, Money but also must needs include Queen's We Are the Champions. The Mets' mixtape would surely include Bryan Adams' Summer of '69 ... what else, and for who else?

Two rules/challenges:
1. Keep it clean!
2. Sarcasm is welcome, but don't cross the line into snottiness! Genuine cleverness is best, of course ...

Next?

A tip of the retro Blue Jays cap to Bauxite brent for pointing out that the Jays are taking a gander at lefty John Halama down in the Dominican.  Should the Jays sign the 37 year-old hurler, it would continue a trend by GM Alex Anthopoulos of acquiring players whose last name begins with "H".  Halama would join fellow southpaw Sean Henn and second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir in the "H" gang.  Again, more hard-hitting analysis from Batter's Box.  Subscribe now!

The second waiver claim of the Alex Anthopoulos era is second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir from the St. Louis Cardinals.  To make room on the 40-man roster, the Jays have designated left-handed reliever Bill Murphy for assignment.

So does this recycling of managers ever work?

Not very often.