How does NH follow up a 23 run night? By making their two day average 11.5 runs.

The affiliates went 1-3 on the night with the Lugnuts getting the win.

It don't get any fresher than this!

From Tuesday's Jays-Rays tilt, mere hours ago, here's Aaron Hill leaping over Ty Wigginton to turn the double play:

Here's an interesting thought experiment ...

What ballplayer has been traded the most times for the most All-Star or All-Star caliber players? We're not necesarily talking about individual lopsided deals here, or even blockbusters; just guys who have been dealt a number of times for a number of recognizable names. No doubt the gentle readers of Batter's Box will have a number of nominees, but let's start with the guy who prompted the idea for me while hitting against the Braves on TBS (Mike Cameron) and the daddy of baseball's current headliner, the most vagabond of all All-Stars ever (Bobby Bonds).

Oh, and a couple of, not "rules," really, but for the purposes of this thread, "parameters" ...

The Jays seem to have avoided the Coors Hangover effect.

The Toronto farm goes 2 – 1 as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats supply the fireworks to honour Queen Victoria and the Dunedin Blue Jays supply their fans with a double dose of comeback thrills.

Theo, Mrs. Hank and I joined the regular 518 crew as well as legendary former Cheer Club drummer Bird Droppings and his girlfriend Suzie (to whom I must apologize -- when we found out she was Australian somehow we immediately started talking about the circumstances surrounding Michael Hutchence's death), who were on a brief North American visit.  I won six bucks in RBI Pool when I put my dollar on Troy Glaus -- does that mean I'm going to gloat by making Glaus the subject of today's photo?

Hell yes!

Alomar: Mebion Glyndwr holds off nine would-be usurpers.
Barfield: Magic 9, 1-Tool Wonders and Team Junior Felix play mean.
Carter: Opponents impotent against Sexy Underpants.

We had a bit of everything on the farm last night: all the home teams won and Syracuse won it on an infield "single" while all the other teams either scored 10+, gave up 10+ or shut out the opposition.

Nobody’s been that glad to get out of Denver since Neal Cassady.

Photo of the Day is suffering from over-Molination -- therefore, I promise that there will be no photographs of Bengie Molina this week. Today we have Casey Janssen, about to throw the first pitch of his Major League career:

How about that? The second Saturday game in a row that I didn't see.

2 routs, 1 3-run victory and a nailbiter were the stories as the farm affiliates went 4-0.

Admit it. You read it and laughed a little bit inside. 1-3 for the affiliates last night, as Dunedin won 2-0. Ottawa and Burlington ended up on the right side of the ledger, which is kind of amusing.

More or less, anyway. What do we know at this point? Let's have a look around the majors.

Welcome to another view of the Blue Jays at the quarter pole. This article is remarkably analysis-free.