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Three R's - Ruiz Replaces Rios
August 11, 2009 by
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Jordan Bastian from bluejays.com twitters that Randy Ruiz has been called up from AAA Las Vegas to replace the released Alex Rios. Give the Jays credit for calling up a player whose last name begins with "R" and also has four letters. You'll know the team...
Lucky Sevens for Angel Sanchez
August 10, 2009 by
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Las Vegas had 19 hits in their win. Angel Sanchez had three of them and 7 RBI's including a grand slam. Sanchez has been hot recently with the bat, hot streak or new level of performance? Time will tell. Dunedin as a team had three hits but still won on...
Alex Rios Off to Chicago
August 10, 2009 by
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Numerous reports say that Alex Rios has been sent to the Chicago White Sox for no return. JP is saying this gives the team more flexibility and the money will be re-invested. We'll see. More to come.
Travis Snider Would Like to Return to Toronto
August 10, 2009 by
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Sorry for the delay, folks. Only one win on Sunday but some impressive performances from the cream of the crop helped ease the pain.
Las Vegas 4 Iowa 5The 51s dropped this one but you can't fault Travis Snider who belted two homers to give him 12 in 42 AAA...
New Hampshire Scouting Report - July 2009
August 10, 2009 by
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I was in New Hampshire a couple of weeks ago to see two games and, with real life interfering, I am only now getting around to a scouting report. In addition to my scouting report I spoke with Gary Cathcart, manager of the Fisher Cats, and Tom Signore, pitching coach. I...
The Halladay Trade Saga
August 09, 2009 by
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How, oh how, did everyone get so carried away?
Tuesday July 7The Rosenthal column,." titled "Jays'-Halladay-all-but-gone-in-Toronto"In which he reports Ricciardi as saying "We have to see what's out there..."I'm not saying we're going to shop...
Fisher Cats Find Their Bats
August 09, 2009 by
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New Hampshire found their bats and scored early and often to reverse their lack of hitting in the previous two games. Dunedin won behind good pitching by Chuck Huggins and a home run from John Tolisano. Auburn also won in a group effort. GCL Jays lost a squeeker but...
He's BA-A-A-CK!!
August 08, 2009 by
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The Yankees called up pitcher Josh Towers from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and optioned reliever Mark Melancon. Towers was 4-6 with a 3.42 ERA. Never give up on a dream, kids.
Another Near No-No in New Hampshire
August 08, 2009 by
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Another lousy Friday night with two wins out of six.
Las Vegas 6 Omaha 3Davis Romero allowed three runs over five innings of six hits. He also struck out two batters. Dirk Hayhurst worked two scoreless innings. Casey Janssen and Edward Buzachero each worked a scoreless inning with...
Spike, Phase II
August 08, 2009 by
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Remember Spike Lundberg? Spike is quietly retiring and moving into another area of his baseball career -- read on for details. Lundberg, a one-time Syracuse SkyChief (pictured, left) was a good friend to Batter's Box in his brief run through the Jay organization, even joining...
Pavano Heading To The Twin Cities
August 07, 2009 by
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It seems like the Cleveland Indians are giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a run for the Biggest Fire Sale of 2009. They have traded Carl Pavano to Minnesota for a player to be named later. Pavano joins Victor Martinez ,Cliff Lee, Ben Francisco, Ryan Garko, Rafael Betancourt...
Extra Inning Wins and Nine Inning Losses
August 07, 2009 by
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The affiliates won both games that went into extra innings but lost every game that didn
The Back 2 Back Reunion Weekend's Finally Here!
August 06, 2009 by
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I don't know about you but I've been looking forward to this for a long time. A majority of the players and coaches from the 1992 and 1993 World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays are in town this weekend to celebrate the glory days. Oh yeah, the Baltimore Orioles...
A Ray of Sunshine in the Gloom
August 05, 2009 by
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Kenny Rodriguez and Zach Dials combined on a one-hitter as New Hampshire were the only bright spot on this night. Las Vegas and Auburn each had given up double digit runs by the third inning and Dunedin and Lansing were behind early too but not by as much. David Purcey...
Wisconsin's A Long Way From Barrie!
August 05, 2009 by
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Man, that trip to Madison and Milwaukee last week really took it out of me. Did you know that Milwaukee is pronounced "Meel-wah-kay" which is Algonquin for "the good land". Oh, we went over that already? Okay, that was just a diversion ...
Game Day
August 05, 2009 by
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The Dome's pretty quiet at 5:15.
The Jays are wrapping up their BP - the night's scrubeenies (Bautista, Millar, McDonald, and Chavez) each take their six hacks and scurry out of the cage, waiting their next turn. The Yankees are on the field, engaged in group stretches and...
Feliz means "Happy" in Texas
August 05, 2009 by
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No Texas Ranger has ever won an American League Cy Young Award. Oh, Fergie Jenkins finished a distant second to Catfish Hunter back in 1974, but more usually, even when a guy like Little Ricky Helling won 20 games in 1998, he didn't receive a single vote -- Jay fans may remember...
51s' 3-4-5 know the 411
August 03, 2009 by
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Las Vegas split a double-header with Salt Lake, and the 3-4-5 hitters (Randy Ruiz, Travis Snider, Brian Dopirak) continued to mash.
Salt Lake 7 at Las Vegas 5 (game 1)This was a heart-breaker for Vegas. They built a comfortable 5-2 lead going into the 7th (and last) inning, thanks...
The 25-Man Roster, Now and Beyond
August 03, 2009 by
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I wrote a somewhat detailed analysis about this, and then my computer crashed and I lost everything. It made me angry. Hulk smash and all that. Anyway, I don't want to type it all out again, so here are the conclusions I came to.
These players are locks: Rios, Wells, Snider, Hill...
A Day of Liberation
August 03, 2009 by
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Sorry for the delay. I'm actually on vacation in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Of all the things I've hoped to do in this small artists town about a three hour drive north of Mexico City, sounding off on another disappointing day for the affiliates isn't one of them. I...
Pinch-Hit: Fenway Redux
August 02, 2009 by
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Mike Green, an original Batter's Box roster member and still a regular Bauxite visitor to Canada's best baseball site, is a wonderful writer. So when he asks if he can contribute a "Pinch Hit" feature to the site every now and again, the only concern we have is that...
The Heartbreak Twin Bill
August 02, 2009 by
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Brian Dopirak had a big day at the plate for Las Vegas and Aaron Mathews had a couple of key hits as Las Vegas squeaked by Salt Lake. New Britain dropped both games of a doubleheader. There were also victories by Dunedin, Lansing and the GCL Blue Jays, as Auburn lost again.
Salt Lake...
Some Ups and Some Downs
August 01, 2009 by
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Sure the big-league club stunk it up last night and the club lost aGold Glove third baseman at the trade deadline, but Halladay is stillhere and the triple-A affiliate had a big night with the bats... So,baseball life goes on.
Las Vegas 14 Portland 1Adrian Martin had a nice return...
Rolen to the Reds
July 31, 2009 by
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After waiving his no-trade clause, Scott Rolen was dealt to the Reds for Edwin Encarnacion and minor league pitchers Josh Roenicke and Zach Stewart.
Roenicke, 26, is the son of Angels third-base coach and former big leaguer Gary Roenicke. He is pitching for Triple-A Louisville this...
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