No more excuses. If the Jays want to get back in this, they have to make a statement on this seven-game homestand against two division leaders. First on the chopping block are Ozzie's boys, led by their surprisingly competent starting rotation - and a surprising choice of leadoff hitter.
All of the affiliates had the lumber going on Thursday. The only team not to record double digits in hits were the Lugnuts who had nine, three of them and two triples for Kevin Ahrens. Justin Jackson was back to help the offense get going. New Hampshire had fourteen hits with most of the hitters contributing. Syracuse and Dunedin had twelve and ten hits respectively but both lost due to poor pitching.
Today's poll got me thinking about young outfields -- not individual outfielders, but entire outfields. So here's a question ... who had the very best?
Strict parameters: all three starters aged 25 or younger and at least two (preferably three) starting-quality backups under the age of 30.
Simple enough? I have done absolutely zero research on this, relying entirely on my memory, so am probably missing several obvious candidates. Anyway, my top candidate, as much as I hate to admit it, is easily ...
There's an old adage in sports that a team is never as good as it looks when it's winning and never as bad as it looks when it's losing. Not, that I'm finding much comfort in that this morning.
Posted by
Gwyn on Thursday, May 01 2008 @ 07:37 AM EDT.
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The Chiefs won easily but the game had a rare occurance, Sergio Santos made the first and second outs of an inning. New Hampshire and Dunedin faced top pitching prospects with mixed results. Brett Cecil made his AA debut and had a poor start with a good finish. Lansing lost to make it a 2-2 day.
Posted by
Gerry on Wednesday, April 30 2008 @ 10:43 PM EDT.
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One of the Jays top pitching prospects took a big step forward, another took a step back and another is taking another step up the minor league rung as Brett Cecil will make his AA debut this evening. Meantime, the three affiliates in action managed to bat 1.000 in the win column.
With the young season maturing, the BBFL divisions start to take on some shape, so now seems a good time to start our weekly updates.
Posted by
Gwyn on Tuesday, April 29 2008 @ 08:11 AM EDT.
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We have collectively tried to come up with a Manager's Box for John Gibbons.
"Don't you know how hard all this is?"
-- Ted Williams
During these recent difficult days, I thought it might be helpful if we reflected upon the words of some older, wiser head. Much older than even my own, and much, much wiser:
5 games, 18 total runs, and a Golden Sombrero for The Chosen One.
With Syrause’s game postponed, the affiliates went 2-1 yesterday. New Hampshire won at home, but the key pitching matchups were found in the lower minors. In Dunedin R. Gonzalez faced off against R. Gonzalez, while Lansing travelled to Clinton for a duel between Kyle Ginley and Neftali Feliz that did not disappoint.
Posted by
Thomas on Sunday, April 27 2008 @ 12:27 PM EDT.
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The
Canadian Press is reporting that Adam Lind has received the call up and will be starting in left field and batting eight for the Blue Jays today. Thanks to many for bringing up rumours. Jeff Blair's take
is here. Joe Inglett is the man getting sent down.
Lind was hitting .365/.423/.587 in AAA, with 3 home runs, 6 walks and 10 strikeouts through 69 PAs.
"He may be here in a few days." -
John Gibbons, before yesterday's game
