Base runners? Base runners?

We don't need no stinking base runners....

The Orioles invade Toronto this weekend looking to narrow the 11.5-game gap between them and fourth place.

Seeing as we're quickly approaching the 50 game mark, we're also getting to that point where performance can't necessarily be masked as a quick or slow start anymore.  So with that being said, I thought I'd throw it to you folks to give your best guess as to where some things may shake out come October.  Call it an End of May Prediction Thread.

I was away for the weekend, what can I say...

Interleague play starts today.

The good guys win a close one in Seattle, although for me it was one of those games that seem a lot easier than the box score suggests.  I never felt the jays were going to lose this one.  Cecil got the win going 6 1/3 solid Innings and Gregg got his twelfth save, albeit a rather nervous one as he let a couple of hitters reach base after getting the first two outs.

So here we are at the quarter pole with the Jays sitting a surprising seven games clear of sea level.

Jose Bautista has hit three home runs in the past two days, and now has 11 on the season, tied for third in all of baseball. In a season filled with "who saw this coming?", well.... who saw this coming???!

I take it as an article of faith that if I really pay attention, every time I see a major league game I'll see something I've never seen before.

Ricky Romero rickrolled the Rangers with his first complete game shutout and Jose Bautista went deep twice in the Jays 6-0 win over Texas Saturday afternoon at the Dome.

Bob Uecker would have had fun calling this one last night.  Lyle Overbay, Travis Snider, Aaron Hill, Adam Lind and Vernon Wells each hit the long ball as the Jays erased a 9-3 deficit to beat the Texas Rangers 16-10 at the Rogers Centre Friday night.  It was the kind of game the ladies would enjoy!

The Jays finally win one against the Red Sox (3-2) and now head home for a series with Texas.

I get that this is a rebuilding year.  In fact, I'm all for it.  As I've said before, I was and remain well prepared for 95 losses this season. 

Despite Brandon Morrow's best efforts, the Jays actually made it close.

I remember everything
I knew all along we were pushing our luck

Back to Fenway....