Duane Ward ranks second in Blue Jays history in saves behind Tom Henke and had a league-best 45 saves as the Blue Jays repeated as World Series champions in 1993.
August 01, 2026
Toronto Blue Jays
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Here's a vintage ad for Bat Day at a Blue Jays game. I'm not sure what year this ad is from, but there's no area code in the telephone numbers for Go or the TTC, so this is from the 2000 season or earlier. Also, the Angels are listed as
This happened during my Joe Carter Classic recording yesterday.
Charlie Moore was the catcher who played 14 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers and his final 51 major league games with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987.
This is cool. Shut out to Toronto Mike'd listener Kyle who sent this my way. It's a radio broadcast of the first ever Blue Jays game in 1977 with Tom Cheek and Early Wynn calling the game. This was recorded from WWOL-Buffalo.
Man, I loved the 1985 Toronto Blue Jays. Our manager was Bobby Cox, and I was very sad when he announced after the season he was leaving us for Atlanta. Bobby Cox had a career record of 2,504-2,001 in 4,508 career games with three ties and a
I saw on social media that the Toronto Blue Jays, a Rogers property, had brought back BJ Birdy. I previously wrote about BJ Birdy back in 2012. BJ was the Toronto Blue Jays mascot of my youth, and I even read his comic strip in the Toronto Star. In 1999,
Breaking news from Sportsnet... Buck Martinez has decided to retire as colour commentator for Blue Jays games. Martinez, the 77-year-old from Redding, Calif., first joined the Blue Jays organization in a trade during the 1981 season. He spent six seasons with the club as a catcher before retiring in 1986
If you listen to Toronto Mike'd, you know the fact there was only one statue outside the dome and it was Ted Rogers is a bone of contention. Tear down the Ted Rogers statue and put up a Joe Carter statue! It sounds like that's finally happened. Ted will be
In this 1803rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Rance Mulliniks about his career in MLB, especially his years with the Toronto Blue Jays. This episode is exactly 1:12:40. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on
In this 1789th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with legendary Blue Jays reporters Bob Elliott and Dave Perkins about the 2025 Blue Jays and how they compare to the World Series champions of '92 and '93. This episode is exactly 1:20:27. You can listen to this episode
One win to go...
Addison Barger... a 25-year-old Popeye-armed, handsome outfielder, is seemingly gifted by the baseball gods. Last night, in game one of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, Barger hit a grand slam in the sixth inning and things were Blown Wide Open (shout out to
Props to FOTM Hall of Famer Retrontario for this nugget. It's Big Bird before the Jays vs. A's in 1992. Speaking of Retrontario, he's my guest on Toronto Mike'd next week!
In 1976, there were only 24 teams in all of Major League Baseball. Way back in 1960, MLB identified eight potential expansion cities: Toronto, Seattle, Atlanta, Buffalo, Dallas–Fort Worth, Denver, Oakland, and San Diego. All would eventually get teams, except Buffalo, where the Blue Jays AAA team now plays.
I recently wrote about how my interest in sports is waning. In actuality, it's my interest in low-stakes sport that has plummeted. I just don't want to deal with a 162 game regular season Blue Jays schedule, but I'm still quite interested in playoff baseball. Today I tuned into my
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Randy Moffitt had a 6-2 record and a 3.77 ERA in 45 appearances in relief for the Toronto Blue Jays back in 1983. It was the last of his 12 seasons in Major League Baseball. He was the younger brother of Billie Jean King.
I'm old enough to remember when the name Roberto Alomar could be found on the Level of Excellence at Skydome. Back in 2021, Major League Baseball placed Roberto Alomar on their Ineligible List, following an independent investigation, and his name was quickly removed. On Toronto Mike'd we often speculate who
Just last week I recorded an episode devoted to Dave Stieb. Dave Stieb was the Blue Jays ace when I discovered the team in the early 80s, but before Jimmy Key emerged as a stellar starting pitcher, there was a clear #2. His name was Jim Clancy. I wrote this
45 years ago today...
In this 1725th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Stephen Brunt and Blake Bell and Len Lumbers from Today in Dave Stieb History (BlueSky, X, YouTube) about why Dave Stieb belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. This episode is exactly 1:34:31. You can listen
Dave Parker, the Cobra, was a seven-time All-Star who won two National League batting titles and was the 1978 National League Most Valuable Player. He was a member of two World Series championship teams, winning with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979 and the Oakland Athletics in 1989, and he played
