At this point, it's mostly about the Fight for Second Place. Not just in the AL East, either.

And so it ends. All three playoff runs ended Sunday. Dunedin lost three straight games in the final as their pitching just wasn't good enough. Lansing had struggled in the second half and injuries in the pitching staff left them weak, they lost both games by six runs. Auburn lost both of their games by a single run, one in the eighth inning and one in the ninth. This brings an end to the 2006 minor league updates, look for our top 30 and other features in the next few weeks.

Adam Lind deserves some photo of the day respect; unfortunately, I've only photographed that one Cleveland game during his time up with the big club, and as far as I can recall he had only the one at-bat.  As a result, my coverage is pretty limited.  With that in mind, here's Lind stepping up to the plate:

"Always look on the bright side of life ... "
Monty Python's The Life of Brian

What, you thought we'd start this edition of Baseball's Hall of Names with lyrics from "Brian's Song" -- well, um, it's an instrumental, so that ain't happenin'. And frankly -- wait, wrong name there -- the name "Brian" has not been attached to a long list of big leaguers in general, much less a whole host of baseball greats (Jordan and Giles are probably "Best in Show" for this appellation).

But let's see what we can come up with as, yes, we will give this team the name you'd expect; it's time to meet ...

Jays 2, Angels 1 as "Catalanotto solves puzzle of Escobar".

Auburn and Dunedin both received superb work from their starters, but all three farm affiliates lost in playoff action.

Six in a row for LA of A.

The Dunedin hometown faithful had their hearts broken in the ninth inning.

The Jays have been really good at drawing teams that are on big winning streaks. The Angels of Anaheim are no exception; they just swept Baltimore, and their pitching staff is on fire.

For the first time in a while, the Jays have an opportunity to play spoiler. If that's not enough to get you to watch, perhaps Sunday's pitching matchup is.

On to the Advance Scout!

Both Lansing and Dunedin advanced to the next round of their playoffs with exciting one-run wins. Dunedin swept Fort Myers in extra innings, while Lansing got out to a lead and refused to relinquish it.

As Craig Burley determined, Jason Phillips is the slowest active player in major league baseball.  So what's he doing in this picture?  Looks like he's trying to steal a base...

The Jays win another close one with Cleveland

I suppose I could have gone with "2 1 4-3", but that takes us away from a minor league update headline and into an obnoxious text-messaging language. Both Dunedin's and Lansing's playoff games ended with a score of 4-3 -- but who won?

Today's photo features Victor Martinez sliding into second base.  In the background, Aaron Hill appears to have his foot on the bag and the ball in his glove -- and is there a little bit of space between Martinez and second?  Was he out?

Anibal Sanchez threw a no-hitter tonight against the Diamondbacks. This was the first no-hitter since Randy Johnson threw one in May, 2004.

So naturally the Unit isn't happy about it and is throwing a no-hitter himself. The Royals are hitless through 6 innings.