Haha OWNED

It was another slugfest in Toronto when the Jays smacked out four homeruns against 2006 Cy Young Award Winner Johan Santana (pictured) "Wait, against Santana? That's impossible!" "No, no it's not, you're stupid"

The first inning speaks for itself, Reed Johnson sent the second pitch he saw over the wall for his 2nd homerun this season and 7th career leadoff homerun... Rios struck out, Troy Glaus flew out to centre and Vernon got a single. Frank Thomas then sent an offering over the wall for a two-run shot to put the Jays in front 3-0 in the first.

This marks the first game in his career that Santana has given up four homeruns: one to Johnson, one to Rios and two to Thomas. "Damn, that's kick-ass!" "Yep, kick-ass."

The Good

Well, we won... haven't you been paying attention? Stupid...

It seems that Frank Thomas might be heating up (again) seeing as he got two homeruns versus the best leftie in the game.

Also, Matt Stairs sparked a great double play to stop a Twins rally... an obviously routine 3-2-5-6 double play... not gonna see that again for a while.

The Bad

Shaun Marcum wasn't spectacular this outing, which really raises some eyebrows about what happened to this guy-- before the 7th of July, Marcum had a 2.02 ERA as a starter. Since then he's had a 7.59 ERA counting today's effort. Well, I've discovered that most of the time when a pitcher [not always Major-League pitchers] is under performing, it usually has something either to do with fatigue or he's screwed up his delivery. Maybe we should call up Sal Fasano for a little bit to help the pitchers with their deliveries; after all he's the one that fixed Marcum's delivery in the first place to become a great pitcher.

The Ugly

Well, Gibbs tried to play small ball with Clayton at the plate, but unfortunately he did it at a time when it was very, very obvious, and didn't take advantage of the situation. With Matt Stairs on second and Thigpen at first, Clayton was ordered to bunt. Really, in that situation (situation being the Twins were so ready for the bunt) Gibbs should have called for a hit and run. Unfortunately, he called for a hit and run with two strikes so the Twins were ready for it and got a double play out of it.

Rumouritis

There've been a lot of rumours surrounding the Blue Jays about trades. First off, about our shortstop situation, it's been rumoured that the Jays were interested in Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson. J.P said this about the situation:

"We have no interest in Jack Wilson -- absolutely no interest, none. I have Jack Wilson. I have John McDonald."

I don't really know what he's talkin' about when he said "I have Jack Wilson. I have John McDonald." but I think he gets his point across: Jack Wilson's a shitty shortstop that the Blue Jays don't need 'cause we have Johnny Mac! Owned.

Next on the rumour board: the Phillies are reportedly interested in Josh Towers, and the Jays will entertain offers for Towers.

"We'd listen on anybody. I think we'd be foolish not to listen, but we're not going to trade Josh Towers for a bag of doughnuts. I've got to get something back that is a very good player for us to say, 'Hey, we can hang our hat on this guy.'"

We probably wouldn't get somebody in return that's all ready for the big leagues, but a promising prospect. But hey, this promising prospect could turn out to be the next Johan Santana-- picked up in the Rule 5 draft then traded to the Twins for almost nothing.