Closing in on the end of May, let's re-visit some of Da Box's Always Entertaining, Generally Wildly Inaccurate pre-season previews and projections.
I challenge my fellow forecasters to revisit their own team-by-team features and share with us the (already) so-wildly-wrong-its-funny projections contained within. Ready? Here are mine ...
Ho hum. The Jays show what they can do with a couple of timely hits and pull out the finale against the Angels,
4-3. The Jays allowed only 10 runs during the three game set, but of course its the Jays so they scored only 7 and won just once.
The
Ottawa Rapidz played its first game in the independent Can-Am League and a former Blue Jay farmhand was the winning pitcher.
The left side of the infield helped Syracuse lose the only game of the night for the Jays' affiliates.
The 2007 draft class was on display last night - some good, some bad, and some ugly.
Same old, same old.
Posted by
Gwyn on Thursday, May 22 2008 @ 07:40 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 05/23 04:45PM by uglyone [
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The first lefty had a great time, the second one had a blast, the third one fell in love and now he hopes it lasts. The fourth lefty? Well anyway, it was a 2-for-4 night for the affiliates with three of the games decided in extra innings.
One of the greatest-hitting catchers in the history of the Great Game, Mike Piazza, has decided to hang' em up after 16 years.
Questions for you:
- Where does Piazza rank on the list of All-Time Greatest Catchers? (Remember, that includes defense!)
- Is this the right time for him to go?
- Is there any question that he's a FBHOFer (First-ballot Hall-of-Famer)?
David Eckstein makes a rehab start in Dunedin and the D-Jays go crazy with the bats.
Posted by
Pistol on Tuesday, May 20 2008 @ 10:00 AM EDT.
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Hey, the guy beat
cancer. Anyone surprised Jon Lester can
no-hit a big league ballclub?
There is absolutely no end to the fun one can have with
Retrosheet.
Rain wreaked havoc on the minor leagues on Sunday suspending games for the Chiefs and Fisher Cats. The other two affiliates combined to split a pair.
It's not a particularly deep year for college pitchers.
It's an off-day for the Blue Jays, who open a homestand against the Angels tomorrow.
Watching the Red Sox on TV the other day, I realized that the Hall of Names archive, now with more than 300 entries, doesn't actually have an All-Ramirez squad. Just among active players, that will include arguably the best RBI guy in the big leagues (Manny), one of the best young middle infielders (Hanley) and an All-Star at the hot corner (Aramis). This should be a hell of a ballclub, right?
Um, actually, not so much ...
