And nothing is more wonderful than man. But Sophocles has been gone a long time. For example, Wilfredo Ledezma is tied for the major league lead in wins.

The weather and injuries have affected the BBFL in the early weeks, but they haven't slowed down the Magic 9, Pohnpei Papayas, Baseball North and the Garth Iorg Gremlins who are leading their respective leagues.

The patient Sox walked all over LA of A to take a half-game lead in the AL East over the weekend, and Daisuke didn't even have anything to do with it. He gets the chance to extend Boston's 3-game winning streak tonight. Elsewhere, Terry Francona vaults himself to the forefront of progressive closer usage, and pizza flies at Fenway...

On to the Advance Scout!

It was a .500 night on the farm and a .500 night for games played thanks to Old Man Winter/Mother Nature.  The lower level teams split their two games while the upper level squads had an unscheduled night off.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

• Ryan out 4-6 weeks
• Glaus to the DL
• Johnson to have surgery tomorrow and out until at least July
  

Our text for today:

Three rain outs, Lansing wins behind more strong starting pitching from Zach Dials. Lansing's team ERA is just over 1. The Jays affiliates have thirteen rain-outs already this season. Bonus notes from the minors included for no extra charge.

It's official ... B.J. Ryan is on the 15-Day DL. Jason Frasor will close, for now. Jamie Vermilyea is back in the bigs.

So. wise old Bauxites ... what does this mean for Toronto '07?

No Jays farm team outhit their opponent but the affiliates won 3 of 5 games.  Lansing had the same number of hits as runs, two.  Chase Lirette made sure those two hits were enough to win the game.

I got a bad case of loving you.

A (hopefully) fully healthy Aaron Wideman demonstrated his prowess on the mound, while Travis Snider shows surprising speed, as the farm goes 2-1.

Jeff Blair reports that Reed Johnson has been placed on the DL due to his back injury.  Adam Lind will be recalled and will be here tomorrow.  Thanks to ramone for the tip.

Hey, Halladay and Bonderman tonight!

A little macabre perhaps, but it is Friday the 13th.  Brian Pettway's walk-off blast was a highlight of a 2-2 night for the farm affiliates.