Syracuse and New Hampshire took it on the chin yesterday.  Josh Banks surrendered a couple more home runs as the Chiefs ran out of pitchers.  The Fisher Cats "blew up good" late in their game.  Dunedin salvaged a win for the affiliates as Lansing had a day off.  Orlando Trias pitched well enough to win, with thanks to the bullpen, while Robinzon Diaz and Ryan Klosterman supplied the offense.

Damn, but that Carl Crawford can play ball..

From Tuesday night against the Devil Rays, here's Shea Hillenbrand smacking the tar out of a baseball -- it landed somewhere in the cheap seats.

Josh Towers and Russ Adams have been sent to AAA. The Jays must have a special deal on the AAA shuttle or they want the frequent flyer miles but the shuttle has been busy this year. Jason Frasor, Vinnie Chulk, Shaun Marcum, Dustin McGowan and now Towers and Adams have all been sent down to AAA.

UPDATE: Sportsnet is reporting Adams will play second base in Syracuse.

15 ground balls, 3 fly balls. 7 strikeouts. Classic Roy Halladay.

How does NH follow up a 23 run night? By making their two day average 11.5 runs.

The affiliates went 1-3 on the night with the Lugnuts getting the win.

It don't get any fresher than this!

From Tuesday's Jays-Rays tilt, mere hours ago, here's Aaron Hill leaping over Ty Wigginton to turn the double play:

Here's an interesting thought experiment ...

What ballplayer has been traded the most times for the most All-Star or All-Star caliber players? We're not necesarily talking about individual lopsided deals here, or even blockbusters; just guys who have been dealt a number of times for a number of recognizable names. No doubt the gentle readers of Batter's Box will have a number of nominees, but let's start with the guy who prompted the idea for me while hitting against the Braves on TBS (Mike Cameron) and the daddy of baseball's current headliner, the most vagabond of all All-Stars ever (Bobby Bonds).

Oh, and a couple of, not "rules," really, but for the purposes of this thread, "parameters" ...

The Jays seem to have avoided the Coors Hangover effect.

The Toronto farm goes 2 – 1 as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats supply the fireworks to honour Queen Victoria and the Dunedin Blue Jays supply their fans with a double dose of comeback thrills.

Theo, Mrs. Hank and I joined the regular 518 crew as well as legendary former Cheer Club drummer Bird Droppings and his girlfriend Suzie (to whom I must apologize -- when we found out she was Australian somehow we immediately started talking about the circumstances surrounding Michael Hutchence's death), who were on a brief North American visit.  I won six bucks in RBI Pool when I put my dollar on Troy Glaus -- does that mean I'm going to gloat by making Glaus the subject of today's photo?

Hell yes!

Alomar: Mebion Glyndwr holds off nine would-be usurpers.
Barfield: Magic 9, 1-Tool Wonders and Team Junior Felix play mean.
Carter: Opponents impotent against Sexy Underpants.

We had a bit of everything on the farm last night: all the home teams won and Syracuse won it on an infield "single" while all the other teams either scored 10+, gave up 10+ or shut out the opposition.

Nobody’s been that glad to get out of Denver since Neal Cassady.

Photo of the Day is suffering from over-Molination -- therefore, I promise that there will be no photographs of Bengie Molina this week. Today we have Casey Janssen, about to throw the first pitch of his Major League career: