We have all said our piece about the Hinske trade, and they did play a ballgame last night in Tampa we could talk about. Facing Scott Kazmir, the Jays smartly decided to work counts and find their way into the yummy Tampa bullpen. It worked.

Chi dominates, as the farm affiliates go 4-1 with the pitchers showing the way.

In honor of both Bengie Molina's mind-blowing triple and his near-cycle at the Trop last night, here he is watching the trajectory of a ball he's just smacked:

According to the Boston Herald and the Toronto Star the Red Sox acquired Eric Hinske from the Blue Jays this evening.

Scott Schoeneweis was traded to Cincinnati yesterday, so this will likely be his final (and in my opinion, his best) photo of the day appearance. Adios, Schoetime -- here's hoping you regain your majestic 2005 form some time soon.

The farm affiliates received some solid pitching performances, but on this night it was not enough.  A lack of offensive support and untimely errors followed by poor "clutch" pitching led to a 1-3 record.

This just in: according to the Toronto Star, Scott Schoeneweis has been traded to Cincinnati for a player to be named later. (The Jays' official site confirms the trade.)

A quiet night with the bats as the affiliates went just 2-4 on the night.  There were, however, several fine pitching performances.  And as always, your daily Travis Snider update.

Box Challenge - I'm in too much of a hurry and not clever enough to come up with a headline from last night.  Let's hear your suggestions!

Some guys have had next to no Photo of the Day representation this year; Dustin McGowan is one of them. So here he is, delivering a pitch:

It's hardly a slow descent for Tampa Bay, a team that has lost six in a row. The Jays have won five of seven, but are still 7.5 games out in the division and 8.5 games behind the wildcard leader. A good series against Tampa Bay might get them closer, but the odds are stacked crooked against the Blue Jays. As for Tampa, it's all about the future -- um, well, it's not about 2006, anyway.

Read on to learn about a couple of new prospects, the best Korean pitcher on the Gulf Coast and the Lugo brother the Rays didn't trade away. That's right, it's time to proceed...

On to the Advance Scout!

Another underrated Evans gets the Hall Watch treatment. Darrell Evans was the 2nd best third baseman in the National League of the 1970s, behind the great Mike Schmidt. That in itself would not normally qualify him for the Hall of Fame. Let's take a closer look.

No matter where he’s pitching, Gustavo Chacin always seems to get run support. Whether it’s the majors or A-ball, the organization seems to love to hit when he’s pitching. Good thing, too, as they’d have to make up for New Hampshire, who had the unpleasant task of facing one of baseball’s top pitching prospects.

Trades consummated before the deadline of August 13th:

Alomar Division: The division-leading Edmonton Decepticons traded Brian McCann to Billie’s Bashers for Ivan Rodriguez and Roger Clemens. The Decepticons also traded Roy Halladay to Reykjavik Fish Candy for Robinson Cano, Reed Johnson, Torii Hunter and Mike Mussina. Third-ranked Mebion Glyndwr traded Lance Berkman to Fish Candy for Bill Hall, Johnny Damon and Jim Edmonds. And Slippery Pete sent Joe Nathan and Adam Eaton to the Chatsworth Halos for Chone Figgins and Aubrey Huff.

Barfield Division: Jicks Rays swapped Chad Cordero for MulReduxMonkeymen’s Hank Blalock. The Middleclass Elistists traded Vernon Wells and Elizardo Ramirez to Moscow Rats for Prince Fielder and B.J. Ryan. Pohnpei Papayas traded Sean Casey to the Angry Gnomes for Jorge Julio. The Cooney Islanders sent Francisco Liriano to the Lubumbashi Posse in exchange for Garrett Atkins. Finally the top-ranked Magic 9 surrendered Carl Crawford for Vancouver Cyphers’ Johan Santana.

Carter Division: The Trembling Wilburys gave up Ryan Freel and Bobby Howry to the BSL Blue Sox for Jay Gibbons and Mariano Rivera. The Sox also traded Michael Cuddyer to Sexy Underpants for Anibal Sanchez.

Faithful Box reader Jared Adams sent me a couple of nice photographs of Josh Towers pitching for the SkyChiefs, and so I'm sharing them with you as a pinch hit double shot of Josh Towers-y goodness:

You know you do it already in your head ... even as you groan at the nicknames ESPN's Chris Berman slaps on players from Cy Young to Michael Young, you think you could do better. Maybe even at a Hall of Fame level.

Okay, then, here's a complete list of Cooperstown inductees. Can you do better than a pedestrian Eddie "Walk the" Plank? Or an erudite Hank Aaron "on the side of caution"? Eddie "Tom" Collins is too easy, Bill "I'm feeling kind of ver" Klem"ft" is too much of a reach. Tris Speaker "of the House"? Joe Tinker "Bell" or Mel "There" Ott "to be a Law"?

You get the idea. Who's up next?