Blue Jays-White Sox: How Sweep It Is!

My apologies for the lamest title ever to this post, but c'mon, sometimes you gotta bring the cheese.

What just happened:
The finale with the White Sox that played out today was a perfect lounge around on the couch kinda game. Couple that with a holiday Monday and you've got a pretty damn fine afternoon.

Richmond was a machine today, seven K's, and an absolutely unreal breaking ball. He had the Sox chasing everything he threw during his seven shutout innings.

Unfortunately, one swing of the bat by Jim Thome made it a no-decision for Richmond, and put Jesse Carlson on the hook for the decision.

Rios came through in the clutch in the eigth with a huge triple that rolled to the wall, cashing in Bautista to put the Jays in the lead. Downs worked a solid ninth to get the save, preserving the new lead. The Jays roll into Boston knowing that no matter what, they'll be in first place when they start up their inter-league schedule against the Braves on Friday.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T:

As Jamie and Fletch were kind enough to point out on the broadcast, and what got pointed out to the crowd equaling a big ovation, Roy Halladay was named AL Player of the Week today. He went 2-0 and was dominant in both starts, holding opponents to two runs over 17 innings between the two starts, taking over the league lead in wins from that other guy in KC.

He was also brought up as a possible All-Star game starter during Fox's coverage of the Mets and Giants game on Saturday afternoon. There's a word I'm looking for here: NAILS.

I picked up this week's SI for the first time in about six years, and the Gameplan is telling everyone to wonder if the Jays are for real. It of course plays the broken record that is bringing up the lack of games with the AL East, and doesn't mention anything new.

But any publicity is good publicity, right?