Jays Roundup - I Reached Inside Myself

Friday, June 18 2004 @ 09:14 AM EDT

And found nothing there
To ease the pressure off
My ever worried mind

Ugh.

1. Jays lose 8-5 to the Giants. Here are the game reports: Spencer Fordin's "Bullpen falters as Jays get swept", Rich Draper's "Mohr helps Giants seal sweep", Jeff Blair's "Cashing in Bonds provides results", Geoff Baker's "Jays in the dumps", and Mike Rutsey's "A clean sweep".

2. Fordin Notes on Halladay's return from injuries and Hinske's strong play of late. Call me an optimist, but I think Hinske is going to have a great second-half after reading this:
   
   
   "I evened my stance a little bit more, put my weight 50-50," he said. "I think with my hand last year, I got bunched up and had to use my body to get to the ball. Now, my hand is fine so I can stay through the ball. It took me a while to figure it out, but I feel great right now."
   
   
   Will a power surge be in the works?

3. Tonight's 10:05PM EST start features the 5-3 Ted Lilly for the 28-38 Blue Jays against the 2-4 David Wells for the 33-31 Padres. The always reliable Spencer Fordin has a game preview.

4. Chris Zelkovich has an update on Tom Cheek's situation. We're all pulling for ya, Tom!

5. This ought to be fun. The Star wants to hear what you think. Or as their instructions say:
   
   
   "The Toronto Blue Jays are stuck in last place in the American League East, 15 games behind the division-leading New York Yankees. What must the Blue Jays do to improve?
   
   NOTE: A selection of comments may be published on this Web site or in the Toronto Star. All fields are required to submit your response. Comments should be concise (4 or 5 sentences at most) and express an original point of view. Longer comments may be edited for length."
   
   
   What's the over/under on how many comments they print that suggest either (a) J.P. sign a bunch of guys and unilaterally raise the budget OR (b)Trade for good players on other teams and give those teams nothing in return (I call this the Jarome Iginla for Wade Belak scenario).

6. Once again, there's all kinds of great stuff at The Hardball Times, such as Craig Burley and Aaron Gleeman's "The Magic Twenty (Left Field)" and Aaron Gleeman's "Enough Already!".

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