No, they're not in the same picture together.
I was in a Coffee Time searching for some appropriate Gilmore Girls season premiere junk food (don't worry, I time-slipped it and watched it after the Jays game), and what did they have on the shelf? A wonderful, wonderful doughnut. Unlike the other doughnuts in the store that had professional-looking plaques, this one had its name written in black marker on a piece of masking tape at the front of the shelf: BLUE JAYS. Needless to say, I bought it and photographed it for your entertainment. Oh yeah, and then I ate it while watching Gilmore Girls.
But today's real picture is of Troy Glaus, by request. See if you can figure out which picture is which:
Do the second-place (second-place!) Jays feel like helping the Twins?
With 156 down and 6 to go, they can. Minnesota sits just 1 game behind
Detroit and two of three by Toronto in this series could lead to Aaron
Gleeman boasting about three division championships in four years.
But we're talking about the Tigers here. Tied for the best record in the majors with the Yankees, they
clinched
a playoff spot after beating the Royals on the weekend. This, of
course, is the first time they've been in the playoffs since the
Collapse of '87. They can -- nay, will -- clinch the division itself
this weekend when they host Kansas City, since the season series is
"DET 14, KC 1". Until then, however, the Jays face their youngest
starter, their oldest starter, and a starter...for whom we have a
picture.
On to the Advance Scout!
Posted by
Rob on Tuesday, September 26 2006 @ 06:00 PM EDT.
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Jays stroll into second
Posted by
Gwyn on Tuesday, September 26 2006 @ 08:30 AM EDT.
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Yesterday, we looked at prospects
#30-#21. We move on today to players who are more familiar.
Marcum had a spectacular game last night; I don't have a picture of him. But I do have a picture of the guy who called that great game -- Jason Phillips:
It's that time of year again. The minor league crew voted on the top 30 prospects in the Blue Jay farm system after the 2006 season. We are pleased to share our choices, ten daily for the next three days. We begin with nos. 30-21.
The comments are prepared by individual members of the crew and indicated by their initials: G- Gerry , P- Pistol, JG- Jonny German, T- Thomas, R- Rob and MG- Mike Green. Jonny German was again instrumental in providing the statistical information that accompanies the comments.
The Jays pummelled the Pawtucket pitching staff yesterday, and took
advantage of some... unorthodox outfield play courtesy of Kevin
Youkilis and Wily Mo Pena. They now stand just half a game out of
second place...
Posted by
Magpie on Monday, September 25 2006 @ 05:45 AM EDT.
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Who's coming down to the final home game with me?
Today's photo is Lyle Overbay at first base:
I'm rolling thunder, pouring rain
I'm coming on like a hurricane
My lightning's flashing across the sky
-- AC/DC, Hell's Bells
It's not overly presumptious to say that the "save" is one of the most overblown statistics in Major League Baseball history.
It's
also not a great leap of faith to point out that while pitching the era
of Eckersley, Wetteland, Smoltz, Gagne and Rivera, the unassuming
Trevor Hoffman -- who has led his league in saves precisely once in 14 big league seasons -- has never been considered "The Man" when it comes to closers.
Until today.
As we bounce around the list building Hall of Names teams for each of
the 25 most common boys' names in the United States (again, if you know
of a free online Canadian equivalent, post a link here!), we'll drop to
the anchor position on the list, #25, and take a look at the name Jeff.
To be clear, that means historical big league players with the given
first name "Jeffrey" -- not alternate spellings or nicknames or middle
names or anything of that
sort. If there are to be exceptions to that rule, well, we'll cross
that -- what's the word? -- when we get to it. Which, not
coincidentally, brings us to our team name, as it's time to meet ...
For those who don't remember 2004 (and why should you?) it was the year that saw the
introduction of the First Annual Robert Goulet Memorial Trophy. Naturally, it was awarded to Baltimore that year before Toronto took it back with their third-place finish in 2005.
And a Kevin Youkilis-Wily Mo Pena-Eric Hinske outfield would have been quite amusing, but Trot Nixon took RF while Hinske played first base in the bottom of the first for the first time ever in Toronto.
Posted by
Rob on Sunday, September 24 2006 @ 08:20 AM EDT.
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Here's an almost-end-of-season overview of the 2006 Blue Jays season. Executive summary: it hurts more when you care more.
This is it. A mere 1.5 games behind the Red Sox, the good guys have a
golden opportunity to swipe second place in this weekend's four-game
set at the RC. But there's a catch: to liberate the
metaphorical princess that is the AL East silver medal from the clutches of Boston, they'll need to slay a metaphorical dragon
- four straight righthanded pitchers...
It's the last home series for the Jays before three-gamers in Detroit and the Bronx. Will they clinch second place and force
Boston to accept the Robert Goulet Memorial Trophy?
On to the Advance Scout!
It's been a while since we've seen a photo of the day of Vernon Wells' mighty swing. So today's photo is of Vernon Wells' mighty swing:
