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Article: MacDonald is progressing with Blue Jays

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Ten days after being promoted to Triple-A Syracuse, Camden's Mike MacDonald was watching highlights of Tuesday's game between Toronto and Baltimore with great interest.

Jesse Litsch, MacDonald's teammate and a fellow pitcher with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, was making his major league debut with the Jays after being called up to start in place of injured starter Roy Halladay.

The irony wasn't lost on MacDonald as he watched Litsch allow just four hits and one run in 8 2/3 innings to earn a win. MacDonald was promoted before Litsch, but Litsch reached the majors first by leapfrogging from Double-A.

"He played with me this year and a little bit last year," MacDonald said. "I was glad to see ...

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