A few weeks ago, while my mother was in the hospital, I got to spend a lot of time with my dad, listening to Yankee games (since he doesn't get them on basic cable). During that time, Toronto kept winning. At one point, my dad said to me, "The Blue Jays are going to beat them both (Yankees and Red Sox)."

I'm starting to believe my dad may be right. The Jays are currently up 5-1 on the Expos in the 6th inning; if they win the game they will be one game ahead of the Red Sox and 1 game behind the Yankees. The question for me is, does Ricciardi have the same mid-season trading accumen as his good friend, Billy Bean? If Ricciardi can pick up a cheap pitcher to help them out, this team will win. Take a look at this boxscore; there isn't a bad OBA among the starters; there isn't a bad slugging percentage among the starters. Even the SS and 2B have slugging percentage above .400. This is exactly the kind of offense that Billy Beane tries to create. This may very well be a better offensive team than the back-to-back WS champions. I can't wait to see how the Blue Jays play out over the full season.