The Chiefs won easily but the game had a rare occurance, Sergio Santos made the first and second outs of an inning. New Hampshire and Dunedin faced top pitching prospects with mixed results. Brett Cecil made his AA debut and had a poor start with a good finish. Lansing lost to make it a 2-2 day.
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Gerry on Wednesday, April 30 2008 @ 10:43 PM EDT.
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One of the Jays top pitching prospects took a big step forward, another took a step back and another is taking another step up the minor league rung as Brett Cecil will make his AA debut this evening. Meantime, the three affiliates in action managed to bat 1.000 in the win column.
With the young season maturing, the BBFL divisions start to take on some shape, so now seems a good time to start our weekly updates.
Posted by
Gwyn on Tuesday, April 29 2008 @ 08:11 AM EDT.
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We have collectively tried to come up with a Manager's Box for John Gibbons.
"Don't you know how hard all this is?"
-- Ted Williams
During these recent difficult days, I thought it might be helpful if we reflected upon the words of some older, wiser head. Much older than even my own, and much, much wiser:
5 games, 18 total runs, and a Golden Sombrero for The Chosen One.
With Syrause’s game postponed, the affiliates went 2-1 yesterday. New Hampshire won at home, but the key pitching matchups were found in the lower minors. In Dunedin R. Gonzalez faced off against R. Gonzalez, while Lansing travelled to Clinton for a duel between Kyle Ginley and Neftali Feliz that did not disappoint.
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Thomas on Sunday, April 27 2008 @ 12:27 PM EDT.
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The
Canadian Press is reporting that Adam Lind has received the call up and will be starting in left field and batting eight for the Blue Jays today. Thanks to many for bringing up rumours. Jeff Blair's take
is here. Joe Inglett is the man getting sent down.
Lind was hitting .365/.423/.587 in AAA, with 3 home runs, 6 walks and 10 strikeouts through 69 PAs.
"He may be here in a few days." -
John Gibbons, before yesterday's game
The Chiefs want Adam Lind back, they only had two hits in a loss. New Hampshire weren't much better, they had three hits through eight innings before doubling their hit total in the ninth and losing 8-1. Lansing were down 6-0 after two innings, and 13-0 after five, and lost as the Lumber Kings lived up to their name. Dunedin saved the day by taking the lead in the top of the ninth before Connor Falkenbach had to work around two errors and an attempted double steal to get the save.
Four game losing streak? Last place? Adam Lind trapped in purgatory? Oh yeah? You think that's bad? Remember when I auditioned to be David Hasselhoff's car?
Lind didn't start yesterday's game against Pawtucket. He delivered a pinch hit single in the 7th and was hit by a pitch in the 9th.
The Jays
lose another close-ish game in Tampa as the Rays complete the three game sweep, running Toronto's losing streak to four. In, uh, more positive news,
the Raptors won, so Toronto ended the night 1-1 against the state of Florida.
It remains to be seen who will win the long-term bragging rights for the best draft pick from 2007, but on Thursday Dunedin's Brett Cecil out-dueled Lakeland's Rick Porcello.
