The women put up a solid effort, losing in the medal round to Australia but the men didn't make it that far.  At least the Jays won.

Good pitching beats good hitting and that was a good thing for the affiliates.  The hurlers had only seven runs to work with in a 2-and-1 night on the farm.  Meantime, a member of the Auburn Doubledays came away with some hardware during the NY Penn League All-Star festivities.

The Yankees come to town for a three game set, with third place on the line.

Oh my.

For the sixth year in a row, I am once again asking for hardcore baseball fans to participate in the annual Scouting Report project, in which you evaluate the fielding characteristics of players on your team. If you have a few minutes, please drop by and evaluate your team.
http://www.tangotiger.net/scouting/

UPDATE: If you entered data between the start of the poll 2 days ago and Aug 20, Wed, 2pm ET, please re-enter your data for this player only: Overbay, Lyle . I apologize for the inconvenience.

Ok, it was only 2-0, but it's still a perfect night on the farm.

That's 50 games for the New Boss, and a  29-21 mark since the Second Coming. If you play .580 ball for the entire season, you win 94 games. If they play .580 ball for the rest of this season, they'll finish with 86 wins in what will officially be a Highly Disappointing Season.

The affiliates went just 2-4 on Sunday, blowing a bunch of late leads.  But, in more important events, Brett Cecil dominated for the first time in Triple-A. 

This morning’s minor league update turned into an interesting discussion of who the Jays might call up when the rosters expand. With September about two weeks away, I decided to take a look at the issue more closely and see what history might reveal about names we can expect to see in Toronto blue in September.

I was waxing ecstatic about Roy Halladay a while back - it's just something that happens when you follow this team -  and was sufficiently inspired to build a database with every one of his ML starts, just to know how his latest gem compared with the rest.

It was an even night on the farm, as victories in Dunedin, Lansing and the Gulf Coast League offset losses in the high minors and NY-Penn League. The Lugnuts had a good night at the plate in Fort Wayne and Syracuse managed a good number of hits, even if they came up short in the end. There was a lot of 5 inning starts amongst the starters with few standout performances.

It's always fun to read the reviews.

One roster move for the Blue Jays before tonight's game. With Scott Downs nursing a tender ankle, Brian Tallet has been activated off the DL. Scott Richmond has been optioned back to Syracuse. (Fixed the link!)

Oh, did somebody's head just explode? Cool.

Dunedin won both ends of a doubleheader allowing just one run between both games.  The GCL Jays supplied the only other win with two come from behind rallies.

The Jays waste a fine effort from Jesse Litsch upon his return from purgatory (AAA). The bullpen implodes - let's take a closer look at that.

Even though the batters barely showed up, Lansing managed the only win on the night thanks to some great pitching from a trio of left-handers. All the other affiliates disappointed.