Nah.

But Dom DiMaggio, who died early today at the age of 92, was an awfully good player anyway.

Las Vegas lost despite a good start from Brad Mills but the other three affiliates won.  Al Quintana hit a grand slam for the Fisher Cats, Tim Collins got the win for the D-Jays to outshine Casey Janssen and BJ Ryan, and Henderson Alvarez pitched a complete game to lead the Lugnuts.  Darin Mastroianni got things started and finished for Dunedin.

This game was over two batters in as the Jays crushed the Angels 13-1 Wednesday night in Anaheim to improve to 20-10 on the season.  There was really no need for the rally monkey to show up for this one after being let go from a previous gig.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Manny Ramirez has tested positive for a banned substance and will be suspended for 50 games.

All but five MLB teams have played at least a full one-sixth (27 games) of its schedule. And the casual fan might need a fifth to make sense of what's happening.

Toronto is in first place? Okay, you knew that. But Kansas City and Texas are leading the other two divisions? And Boston is just barely holding off Seattle for the Wild Card lead? Cleveland is in last place? The Yankees, Rays and Angels are all under .500?

The National League is making more sense, with the Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers and Brewers all holding way-too-early-to-celebrate playoff spots right now. There are no stunning "losers" just yet, though the Mets surely expected to be better than 13-13.

What team has surprised you the most to this point?

Of all the reasons why the AAA club's move to Las Vegas was bad for the organization, the most egregious is the fact that 10:05 start times really impact the writing of a minor league recap.  I don't know if the Jays considered these ramifications, but I'd like to think they'll right this wrong as soon as possible.

Oh, right:  the games.  The affiliates went 2-3.

Adam Lind had the big poke in a seven-run seventh to lift the Jays to a 10-6 win in Brett Cecil`s major league debut Tuesday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

The three affiliates in action all had early leads and they blew them.  Only one of them managed to get in the win column.  Still, there was one great start turned in and a number of fine offensive performances.

Every year, we have a discussion/debate/brawl regarding who among active players is headed to enshrinement in the Hall of Fame. This year, we'll break that down into six separate discussions/debates/brawls, divided (logically enough) by division. We'll start with the home of the home nine, the A.L. East.

To be clear -- this is not a prediction or a projection, but just an off-the-top starting point. To that end, each team's Hall possibilities are broken down into five categories ...

An 0-2 changeup.... meh.

Today's game isn't on regular TV, but you can pick it up on the Rogers preview channel (399 in Toronto.)

The affiliates went 2-2 on the evening, in what I believe to be the most successful Monday Minor League Update so far this year.

Three weeks into the minor league season and I was already resigned to writing about four losses and exactly no intriguing performances.  But the first Sunday in May threw that theory for a complete loop with three wins and the unexpected return of a legend.

April was not a kind month to the Jays affiliates.  The New Hampshire Fisher Cats are the only affiliate with a winning record and several of the Jays top prospects are off to slow starts.  Because the minor leagues start their season later than the major leagues most affiliates have played around twenty games, some of those in very cold weather, so it is not time to panic, yet.  But May is an important month to set the tone for those June promotions.  Marc Hulet and I look at April in the minor leagues.  All numbers are from April.

It hasn't been a great start to the season for the minor league affiliates but Saturday was a day to take some comfort and hope. The lower three affiliates each scored in the double figures and there were some good pitching performances.  Hopefully the bats will wake up and get the pitching to support them.

The Dunedin pitching staff threw a one-hitter but the one hit was a home run.

First and foremost, the mighty Roy Halladay. Even if he hasn't quite rounded into full Doc mode yet.