Every Thursday, 7IS Contributor Ryan Henning will take a look at a rumor burning up the hot stove. You may not think it’s important, but it must be important to someone.

First off, my apologies for this late post to this baseball blog. I was busy at a baseball game this afternoon, my first at Target Field. It was beautiful. The most notable difference is that the food is actually edible and not simply processed garbage.
Today is Jackie Robinson Day, and the San Francisco Giants got involved by integrating the city of Toronto. speedster Fred Lewis (always labeled “speedster”, so I snagged a picture of him running) was traded to the Blue Jays this evening, so hopefully he has his passport in order. You need one to go to Canada now!
At first blush, this trade isn’t much of anything, but upon further review, it changes the landscape of each team. The Blue Jays outfield consists of Travis Snider, Vernon Wells and Jose Bautista. The addition of Lewis adds a small degree of variety to their suck. A speedy variety. As for the Giants, Lewis was due to be the 15th outfielder on the current roster after he comes off the disable list.
This is an exciting change of pace for the Hot Stahove. We get to start talking about real live roster moves, even ones that involve guys who sound like they should be on a 1950s sitcom. Seriously, Fred Lewis? Wasn’t he on My Three Sons? The most interesting thing I can say about Fred Lewis is that Wikipedia claims he is Rashard Lewis’ brother (NBA player. IF you don’t know what the NBA is that’s fine, neither do I). The Giants will replace him with a Player to Be Named Later, or cash. But can you really put a price on Fred Lewis?