MW: A pick between the first and second rounds of the draft.

Cito knows…….Cito always knows. Miller rewarded his faith in him with a grand slam (no capitals). Cito knows.

Rays be very wary…..Cito know.

On another note, BABIP is a stat I’m completely new to. What would you say the league average is for that stat?

It has been between .295 and .305 since 1992 (for both leagues). And I don’t know about before that. I don’t think it would have different.

MW: Hey, good guess by me, then!

Untrue, Mike. The Toronto Argonauts have been outdrawing the Jays on average since 2004. Take a look:

Toronto Blue Jays Attendence: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/toroatte.shtml

Toronto Argonauts: http://www.geocities.com/cfl_historical/CFL-Attendance.htm

Yes, I know the Argonauts play considerably less home dates per year, but when you factor in the fact that the Jays often draw small, sub-20,000 crowds vs. the Argonauts who consistantly draw between 27,000-30,000 over their 9 home dates, it balances out.

Either way, to say that no other Toronto sports team draws as many fans as the Blue Jays is irresponsible and inacurrate when you consider that Toronto FC play at BMO Field (seating capacity around 20,000) and the Leafs/Raptors play at the Air Canada Centre (capacity around 19,000).

Keep up with the informative “facts”, Mike!

MW: Anytime! It’s neither irresponsible or inaccurate to say that more people watch the Blue Jays play live than watch any other pro sports team in Toronto. In fact, it’s unequivocally true.

There’s only one baseball god and she’s a Rays’ fan. Too bad.

MW: I don’t think there are any other GMs in their 8th year who haven’t been in the playoffs.

You are correct sir.

This is the sort of thing that gets managers fired. Fairly or unfairly.

“I also think there is going to be an interesting battle in the AL this year and that is between Doc and AJ for the AL Cy Young. Doc is 3-0 and I bet AJ goes 3-0 in his next start. I am predicting it will go to one of those two.”

I expect that Halladay’s main competitor will be Zack Grienke. He looks unbelievably good.

MW: It’s so very, very early.

passive(wait) vs agressive(hit/attack): still the opposite Mike! showing opposite results.
(And I hope you really don’t believe it is simple as that!)

For the split second you have to decide, correct mind set is critical.

again, dear you ask the GMs of championship teams if they believe if their management made no difference to the wins.

MW: No one will say that, they can’t. And maybe I should have said that Gibbons’ philosophy was “wait for your pitch, then hit it when you get it”.

MW: We get it. Alex Rios is terrible. Seriously – what’s wrong with you people?

MW: No, I don’t.

Actually, I’d argue based on the 2006, 2007, and 2008 seasons. (Factoring in position and defense, Mauer was a better player each year.)

But the Twins slow start (causation or correlation, coincidence or not) should make it ever more apparent.

MW: Nah, it shouldn’t. What if Mauer was healthy and Morneau was hurt and the Twins were 5-7? The last three years argument works a lot better.

MW: Scutaro had an 0-for-14 run earlier this week.

MW: I have no idea who attended Mr. Rogers’ funeral or didn’t, it was a private funeral, though. I didn’t hear that any Jays were there, but that doesn’t mean no one was.