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.

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.

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 ...

Jesus Gonzalez had a big day as Dunedin won.  Syracuse and Lansing had come from behind wins and in the process took advantage of errors by their opponents.  New Hampshire took the lone loss.

Syracuse had a come-from-behind win as Bill Murphy pitched well.  AJ Wideman looked good through six innings but picked up the loss in the seventh.  Travis Snider had two more hits as he gets back on track.  Dunedin lost when the bullpen couldn't hold back the Tigers.  Lansing split a double-header.  Randy Boone and Eric Eiland stayed hot.

We might as well start in on this author now, because we've got a lot of her books to get through!