Okay, so I'm in some rough shape this week.

To have you knock me back down again and again!
And when I ask you to explain, you say

Yes, you read that right. No, Mick is not paying me to compose bulletin-board material for the New Yorkers. The Jays are fresh off a three-game sweep of the hated Devil Rays, while the Yankees were beaten up (literally and figuratively) in losing 2 of 3 in Fenway. The Jays are slowly but surely getting back into the good groove they were entering when the injury avalanche struck last month, while the Yankees are missing Jay-killer Jason Giambi (out, sadly, with a potentially life-threatening illness) and don't seem to be a team quite equal to their record. Toronto will be focused on this series to regain some face and enact revenge for last week's indignities in Yankee Stadium, while the pinstripers may still be thinking about the BoSox series. The time will never be righter.

No time to assemble a Scout report this weekend, but please feel free to refer to last week's Yankees Scout for more player-by-player info. I've thrown in a couple of links with this week's lineup and pitching outlook.

Enjoy the Insurrection!

No other GM faces a dilemma this week with the magnitude of the one Gerry Hunsicker faces.

Another week, another narrow — and fortunate — decision for my front-running Toronto Walrus. Mebion Glyndwr stormed into second place with a strong Sunday and a 9-3 victory over the Moscow Rats. AGF lost 9-2 to Garces_not_on_roids and fell from second to fourth in the standings, as the Red Mosquitos stung the gashouse gorillas 10-2 to take over third.

Pat Hentgen retires, and Dave Bush starts, as the Jays go for the sweep. Bush had a little trouble with the running game in triple A, so I wonder if Kevin Cash will get the start.

The short-season affiliates continued their domination of the NYPL and Appy leagues, while the full-season affiliates split 4 nailbiters.

For a new affair
She knew it would finish
Before it began
Something tells me you lost the plan

Reader Phil asks I have a question on waivers in MLB. Say a player is put on waivers. The CBA says that if a player is released, then the team must pay him a termination fee, which during the season, is the balance of his contract. If that player is picked up, is the original team off the hook completely?

The Jays have plugged in a couple holes caused by the trading of Terry Adams to the Red Sox and the retirement of Pat Hentgen by calling up the following players from Syracuse:

1. Sean Douglass
   
   • Toronto: 2G, 4.0IP, 3BB, 4K, 0HR, 0.00 ERA
   • Syracuse: 18G, 89.0 IP, 37BB, 74K, 7HR, 4.75ERA
   
   
2. Mike Nakamura
   • Toronto: 17G, 23.0IP, 5BB, 23K, 5HR, 7.43 ERA
   • Syracuse: 18G, 33.1 IP, 10BB, 41K, 2HR, 3.78ERA

Douglass will be the starting pitcher tomorrow against the Yankees, Nakamura will be used as a reliever.

A romp, a triumphant return, a squeaker, and a typical night at the office for the Doubledays were the highlights of a 4-2 night for the farm affiliates.

And we'll come together fine
All we need is just a little patience

According to the Portland Sea Dog broadcast team Terry Adams and cash has been traded to the Red Sox for AA 3B John Hattig. Hattig is currently hitting .298/.413/.523 in the Eastern League.

Spencer Fordin of MLB.com has reported that Jays starting pitcher Pat Hentgen has decided to call it a career after posting a 2-9 record this season. Pat is generally regarded as one of the good guys of the industry, so I'd wish to wish him all the best in his future endeavours.