I hope you don’t mind the non-baseball digression. Let’s hope Tom Cheek gets the vote then it’s on to spring training.

Enjoy your work. Keep it up.

This is most likely an unfair assessment (I’ll let you tell me why), but when I hear this new philosophy of the Jays to sign these most-or-less failed top prospects (and I use ‘failed’ lightly…I know some of them have had the misfortune to be injured)…well, it just reminds me of JP talking about how signing Tomo Okha, Thompson, and that other stiff (last year?)were low-risks that might pay off. They didn’t pay off. It was a lot of hot air about nothing.

Isn’t this the same? Dangling a little bit of hope for naive Jays fans? Really, what are the chances we ever see Shawn Hill take the mound for the Jays?

Tell me I’m wrong. And why!

Go Jays.

MW: You’re misguided. You were right when you said that these guys are low risks and they might pay off. But in saying something “might” pay off, it means that there’s a greater chance that it won’t pay off, so you can’t be surprised when it doesn’t. When something doesn’t really cost you anything and there’s a chance it could turn into something good, then you take it. No one was sold a bill of goods on Ohka, Thomson, Zambrano or Clement, nor is that happening with Hill, Reed, Gathright, Valdez, etc.

MW: If bringing in Delgado pushed Lind to left and Snider to right this year I’d be all for it. Unfortunately, I think it would push Snider to AAA.

I would have liked to see the Jays ink Jim Edmonds to a minor league deal under the “what can it hurt, take a flyer` banner.

Is there a MLB team with more pitchers having or coming off arm trouble. Can you win with six number three pitchers..

If I were Andre Dawson, I`d think it was pretty cool to be the only player in history, and quite likely the only player ever to enter the hall under the Expo banner. Too bad he couldn`t be a touch more gracious.

The alternative of letting the player decide unfortunately allows idiots like Roger Clemons to pick the Yankees over the Red Sox in a nod to spite and or cash over where you had the most success or impact.

btw, Frank Stallone was Sylvester`s brother, correct…or like the lady on the ship, is that just close enough….I told you these were incomplete thoughts :-) and I`m not even on pain killers.

Cheers

MW: Edmonds would have been a decent fit with Reed and Gathright to fight for a spot to platoon with Bautista, but Cito wants Bautista to play every day. It’s tough to win without an ace – that is, it’s tough to win in the playoffs without an ace, see Cleveland, late 1990s. I agree with you on Dawson, and yes, Frank and Sly are brothers.

MW: If I get in, it won’t be for a LONG, LONG time, and it won’t be unless I wind up doing a lot more than I do now.

Would you bring in Jermaine Dye on a one year deal for the right price?

MW: Nope.

Hope your root canal goes fine. It is great to hear that Paul Quantrill has been inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Mary’s. He was a fine Canadian Major Leaguer, and I loved his and your work at last year’s World Baseball Classic. Have you ever had an opportunity to call play by play with any other MLB team? Is that something you’d pursue? When I’ve heard you do the odd spring training game, I’ve enjoyed your commentary.

Nice to hear Roberto Alomar will be inducted into the hall in St. Mary’s too…they got it right the first time!

Chew lightly, and enjoy the Teradol.

MW: Thanks! Quantrill was a coach with Team Canada at the WBC, I don’t know if you’re referring to that or if you’ve confused him with Paul Spoljaric, who was my partner on the broadcasts. I have never worked with any MLB team other than the Blue Jays, and I really look forward to those Spring Training opportunities, too!

MW: You need a spellcheck. Actually, a spellcheck wouldn’t help you because all the words you used are real and spelled correctly, they’re just the wrong words. So you need to proofread. I would hand right field to Snider, every day, and tell him to work on his defense and just hit.

MW: I did, and I’m very proud!