Ubaldo Jimenez just threw a no-hitter at a pretty good Braves line-up. As a young pitcher with a crazy motion, I'm sure some Rockies fans will be wringing their hands at the 128 pitches he needed to overcome 6 walks, but for the moment I'm sure everyone is just enjoying the moment.

So, did anyone watch the game?

Colorado Springs is one of the toughest parks for a pitcher, the elevation is over 6000 feet and the thin and dry air doesn't help breaking balls move as much as at sea level.  Think Denver with another 800 feet added on.  But Brett Cecil did fine Friday, pitching six innings and only giving up one earned run.  JP Arencibia provided the early offense with a run and two RBI's.  Brett Wallace and Brian Dopirak went back to back in the ninth to cap the win.

The other three teams were not as fortunate.  Travis D'Arnaud went deep again and Tyler Pastornicky appears to back in the groove.  Adam Loewen got his first home run of the season.  Randy Boone pitched well in relief.  Chad Jenkins improved on his first start ut didn't dominate.  Read all about it below.

... as has been reported here recently (and many, many times previous to that), Roy "Doc" Halladay (3-0, 1.13) is pretty good.

As if his usual doctoral brilliance weren't enough, Halladay, whose career batting average lies just south of .080, now sports a three-game hitting streak. Doctor, doctor ...

I admit my status as a fanboy -- I "follow" my childhood hero Tom Seaver on Facebook, where today "he" posted a link to this story by Matthew Futterman for The Wall Street Journal. It's a wonderful read, where statistical improbability meets the baseball diamond. Back-to-back cycles? Back-to-back-to-back no-hitters?

What's left to be done that reasonably can be done? What has Futterman missed? And who's gonna do what?

Bring it on, Bauxites!

I'll be massive conquistador.

It was a lousy night on the farm as none of the affiliates played particularly well.

The Jays acquired Fred Lewis for a player to be named later or cash today.  Jeremy Reed was returned to Las Vegas and Dustin McGowan goes on the 60 day DL.  Lewis will be a bench player per the tweets from the Rogers Centre tonight.

Hey, better late than never, right!

Somewhere J.P. Ricciardi is smiling.

That's the truth!  A perfect night all around in Toronto and for the minor league affiliates who go 4-0 Tuesday night. 

Gustavo Pierre is one of the newest Blue Jays.  Pierre signed with the Jays a couple of years ago for around $700,000.  He was born in December 1991 so he is still just 18 years old and if he was living in the US or Canada he would graduate high school in a couple of months.

It was my home opener last night, and I brought my new camera.

Sportsnet says the Jays have rubber-stamped the four-year, $10-million dollar deal for Cuban shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria.  Thanks to Bauxite Nick Holmes for the heads-up.

Update @ 4:20 p.m. - Jordan Bastian of bluejays.com provides more details.

Jays lose 8-7 to the White Sox after Jason Frasor blows the save. More importantly: what is the record for most consecutive games with a save situation to open a season? I guess that's kind of a convoluted stat, but 7 seems like a lot to me. Also, Vernon homered again.

Well, the good folks over at the World-Wide Leader have graced the Internets with the first in-season ranking of all 30 MLB teams.

Let's look at some of the biggest changes after Week 1; your thoughts and opinions are welcome of course.

Let's cut right to the chase ... the AL East has four of the top nine teams ranked, including your Blue Jays at a hale and hearty #8 ...