With the 2008 season seemingly slipping further out of the Jays grasp every day, and in the wake of recent managerial changes, now seems as good a time as any for a review of General Manager J.P. Ricciardi’s record.

Eight games: Four wins and Four losses. One Canadian hurler's stock is up, while another Canuck's is down.

Was that Brandon League I saw ?

A couple of wins and a couple of rain-outs.  Syracuse won in the ninth with a manufactured run courtesy of Wayne Lydon and Danny Sandoval.  The GCL Jays had a big win with an assist to Robinzon Diaz.  Ricky Romero pitched five good innings, out of six.  That "other" inning gave him the loss.  Auburn lost despite a couple of hits from David Cooper.  Lasning will take a 4-0 lead into the fourth inning when they resume play today. 

The affiliates were 3-4 on the night with the top two clubs going 0-3 as New Hampshire had yet another disappointing night, which is becoming a bit of a broken record.

Doc shuts out the Mariners. Jays win 2-0.

Happy Canada Day!

Brett Cecil continues to pitch well in AA a year after being drafted.  So does Marc Rzepczynski who needs to be pitching, at least, in Dunedin.

The affiliates went 2-3 on the night.

... from Baseball's Hall of Names!

Way back in 2005, Original Bauxite Rob Pettapiece, uh petta-pieced together an All Canada Day Hall of Names team, based on the names of the delegates at the Québec Conference of October 1864.

We've not done much for Canada Day since then, but now three years later, let's see what kind of squad we can build of players who were actually born on Canada Day, known here in Tejas as "Uh, it's just July 1st, dude."

There have actually been ...

The Jays get to ease out of Interleague play against the worst team in the AL. I have no idea what's going to happen.

A farily nondescript day on the farm.  Six close games, three wins, and no real standout performances.  I don't really blame you if you don't click on 'More'.

Gregory: "Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
Holmes: "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
Gregory: "The dog did nothing in the night-time."
Holmes: "That was the curious incident."

As June turns into July, the pennant "races" heat up and we start hearing lots about how certain players are "on pace" to reach certain milestones or season totals.

With that (admittedly flimsy!) groundwork laid, let's examine the possibility of building a Hall of Names rosters consisting entirely of motion (race, pace, etc.) verbs -- of all speeds. Let's "move" on and meet a team that plays in Florida, just so we can name it with a football pun ...

Did you think I was going to miss this month? No, no.

Syracuse lost by a run, but they were the only one as the affiliates went 4-1 with a rainout in New Hampshire. Dunedin had a walkoff win, while Manny Rodriguez powered Lansing to a victory and Robinzon Diaz led the GCL Blue Jays to a win. The Doubledays had their best offensive night of the season, with eleven runs in a blowout victory over State College.

Ricky Romero delivered another good start as New Hampshire won.  Auburn also won but Syracuse and Dunedin lost easily.  Lansing had to play through a couple of rain delays, and made five errors, and lost.  The winless GCL Jays lost a pair, both in the last inning.