4 wins against 1 loss down on the Blue Jay farm.

The Barfield Division hogs the limelight as top teams face off while Pistol Nine shatters a BBFL record.

Recently, Scott Schoeneweis cut his hair and shaved.  My money says that a girl was involved in that decision.  Anyways, this Photo of the Day is dedicated to his now-gone glorious Spanish Pirate look:

It's deadline day, and the deals have started. The Pirates sent Sean Casey to the Tigers for right-handed pitcher Brian Rogers (with Chris Shelton being punished for yesterday's error with a trip to Toledo). Rheal Cormier is now a Red with right-handed pitcher Justin Germano going to the Philies in return.

Gustavo Chacin was rusty, and didn't make it out of the first inning, but Ty Taubenheim, Jamie Vermilyea and Luis Figueroa made sure the Chiefs got the win.  The Lugnuts got three runs in the bottom of the ninth to win.  Shawn Scobee broke out of a slump to propell the Doubledays to victory.  Pulaski extended their losing streak to nine games.

With today marking the MLB trading deadline the Jays are stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place, as one of my high school teachers used to say. The Jays have three conceivable options: to go for it, to retool for the future or to stand pat. Those are slightly dramatic terms for the three options, but you all understand what I’m saying. J.P. and the front office face some tough choices today.

Quietly having a great little season is Aaron Hill.  Here he is transferring the ball from his glove to his throwing hand:

In a much-rumored deal, the Phillies traded All-Star RF Bobby Abreu and former Jay RHSP Cory Lidle to to the Bronx for 20-year-old minor-league SS C.J. Henry -- the Yankees' No. 1 pick in 2005 -- and 27-year-old LHRP Matt Smith. The Phillies will also pick one other minor-league player from an undisclosed agreed-upon list, while the Yankees will take on responsibility for Abreu and Lidle's contracts.

Abreu must still formally waive his full no-trade clause for the deal to be official. This probably clinches ...

Even the awesomeness of Huston Street couldn't make that game any better. Good thing I missed most of it.

The Toronto Blue Jays are driving me crazy.

We had yer fine pitching performances, yer awesome displays of power, and yer collisions at the plate.  More fun than a monster truck rally, as the farm affiliates went 4-3.

Maybe the Wild Card will be coming from the AL East after all...

Why does it always seems like at least one of the six teams is rained out every night? Can you guess who it was on Friday? Hint: it wasn't either of the two teams playing Burlington.

It was another typical day in the minors with two rainouts, two pitchers struggling noticeably with their control, a shutout, a team effort on offence, a 15-hit performance, a case of batter’s interference and players faring differently with their adjustment to Double-A.

 

I'm a little slow on this one -- the bad news has been out for a while that Pete Walker's season, and possibly his career, are over.  Here's hopin' rehab goes well, Pete!