Jays Roundup - Everybody Got Their Plastic Bullets

Wednesday, March 03 2004 @ 08:20 AM EST

Everybody shooting from the hip, Everybody wants their Jays news.

1. English and journalism majors as a group understand scienece and mathematics about as well as economics majors understand Faulkner, proper grammar, and personal hygiene. This means we're likely to read quite a few less than accurate articles about the "steroid" issue over the coming months. So I'd like to give a shout out to a good friend of the Batter's Box, Will Carroll. If you're at all interested in this scandal, his page is one you should visit daily.

2. Is MLB.com trying to hit a Jays article quota? There's tons of new stuff on the official site, including Spencer Fordin's "McGowan primed to make impact". What's the over/under on when McGowan will make his major league debut?

3. Fordin Notes: Info on Woody's fielding, Aaron Hill, Ted Lilly, and former Jays manager Bobby Mattick.

4. Fordin also informs us that "Healed Hinske ready for 2004". I know these are the kinds of stories that go on in every team's camp, but I have a feeling Hinske is going to have a monster year.

5. Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com has the "Organization report: Blue Jays". A great deal of minor league info is in this article, but it's nothing the hard-core minor league watchers don't already know.

6. Ted Singer, also of MLB.com, notes that "Toronto upped the ante in AL East: Jays' offseason acquisitions make division tougher". It's good to see that people realize that there are other teams in the division.

7. ESPN.com's Jayson Stark is on the same wavelength as Singer, as his article "Have-Nots still have hope" has a great deal of info on the Blue Jays and Devil Rays.

8. Larry Millson gives us details about who will be pitching on Friday and Saturday. Look to see Jason Arnold and Francisco Rosario on Friday against the Reds, and Pat Hentgen and Bob File on Saturday against the Phillies. Millson also lets us know that "Jays briefed by umpire". Sounds painful.

9. Millson must have worked overtime yesterday, as he has another piece, "The name's Pond, Simon Pond". I'm sure Simon hasn't heard that a million times before. I hope Pond makes the roster, because I'd like to see another bat on the bench instead of a 12th pitcher.

10. The Globe has a few steroid related stories, such as Steven Brunt's "Another agenda feeds the frenzy", Jeff Blair's "Scandal overshadows time of renewal", and APs "Dodgers tell Canseco they're not interested".

11. Rosie DiManno has an interview with Batter's Box favorite Miguel Batista in "Going through life with `politics of love'". I wonder if Batista and Josh Towers talk much; it'd be an interesting conversation.

12. The Toronto Star also has Richard Griffin's thoughts on the steroid issue and an AP piece on the passing of Marge Schott. Despite some of her less than enlightened comments, I've always had a soft spot for Marge. She reminds me of a few of my relatives.

13. Bob Elliott discusses the steroid issue with Carlos Delgado in "Delgado decries stain on baseball's image". I guess the Brewers and Rockies were too busy to talk to Elliott, so he was forced to write about the Jays.

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