You mentioned Farina threw “all strikes” to Harper – I thought he threw all balls to Harper. I remember thinking that Harper has just got himself out chasing stuff that were all balls but all moving all over the place. In fact the walk was because they just stopped swinging at his filthy moving stuff. I’m not sure if he was throwing a hellacious slider or a hellacious curveball – or both. His fastball topped out at 93 – all in all – he looks like a keeper.

McDade looks like he thinks he’s quite cool. Blowing bubbles – strutting around. Seems to me like he moved fairly well for a 6′ 600 pound go-rella. He did have one ball go under his glove for a single. He’s a switch hitter and I’d really like to see him play more. Many power guys show it in batting practice long before they show it in games. We can hope.

Thames started the AFL on fire and then fizzled. Lots of guys are pretty well worn out by the AFL season – lets hope he was one of them. However, he made a spectacular catch on a pop up just behind 3rd that he came in on from his LF spot like a cat with his tail on fire. Another guy I’d really like to see more.

With Farina pitching an inning and Loewen, McDade and Thames in the batting order – it seemed like a Jay’s home game. Fun to watch!