TORONTO -- Hard to tell who was the main attraction Thursday in the Rogers Centre. Was it

Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees or Trent Edwards, Lee Evans and the

Buffalo Bills?

The Bills' duo was all around the ballpark during the game and got a big thrill by taking

batting practice three hours before the first pitch.

Edwards belted a pair of home runs into the left-field seats and burst out of the cage

celebrating them. Evans looked like, well, a football player as he hit a few ground balls to

the outfield and not much more.

"That's tough. I got tired with just about 10 swings in there," a smiling Edwards said. "I

can't imagine doing that every day. I got some groin issues right now, blisters on my hands.

Part of the game of playing baseball I guess."

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"I was a little nerved up and I got a little winded," Evans (left) said. "I didn't expect to get

winded. I've never been a strong hitter. I just use my speed and be an athlete out here. I hit

a couple base hits. That's my game. I'm not for power. One base at a time."

With their socks pulled high like old-schoolers, Edwards and Evans looked snazzy in their

official black Blue Jays uniforms, complete with names and numbers 5 and 83.

Edwards said he hadn't played baseball since he was in the eighth grade, when he pitched a

one-hitter in a Little League game but lost, 1-0. Evans said he was confident because he had

been practicing hard on his Wii and is a regular Wiffle ball player in the Bills' field house.

"[The outfield fence] doesn't look that far from the plate here," Evans said from the

seats. "But go back there [in the outfield] and look up here, well, that's when it looks far."

How would Edwards evaluate Evans' "swing"?

"Don't listen to what I say right now," Edwards called to his teammate. "It was a solid

swing. I was happy he made contact. He's obviously not on the quarterback level and receivers

are a different breed. Quarterbacks are good at golf, baseball, football. Lee has some

distance to travel."

The BP swings were just the start of a whirlwind night. Both players appeared on the

Jumbotron urging on Jays fans in several spots taped prior to the game.

Edwards threw a ceremonial first pitch (in the dirt to Jays outfielder Vernon Wells),

appeared on the Jays' radio broadcast and joined a couple of Jills on the Jumbotron for a

between-innings trivia question asking the opponent for the Dec. 3 game here (it's the New

York Jets).

Evans, meanwhile, served as PA announcer in the bottom of the third, although he called

Jays catcher Rod Barajas the center fielder. He made up for it with an extended call of

"Johnnnnnny Mac" when introducing ex-Bison John McDonald.

Prior to the game, they visited the Blue Jays clubhouse. Edwards joked he was going to

scratch out somebody in the lineup and serve as the designated hitter.

"He's got to talk to [DH Aaron] Hill about that," said a smiling Jays manager Cito Gaston.

Cracked Edwards: "Vernon was saying that [Yankees starter CC] Sabathia throws a good

fastball and change-up. But those are my two best pitches that I hit."