Toronto Blue Jays
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There is one Thanksgiving I will never forget. It was twelve years ago today and my beloved Blue Jays were battling the Oakland Athletics for the American League crown. Toronto was up in the series 2-1 with game four taking place at Oakland Coliseum. Jack Morris started and stunk up
Blue Jays career leaders in stolen bases Lloyd MosebyRoberto AlomarDamaso GarciaTony FernandezShannon Stewart
The Toronto Blue Jays played their final game of the 2004 season yesterday, losing 3-2 to the New York Yankees. Good riddance to bad garbage. The 2004 season was the season from hell for my Blue Jays. I've been following this team closely since 1983 and no other season comes
Today I had the pleasure of bringing James to his very first Blue Jays game at Skydome. I'm not sure when I saw my first game, but I recall the first game in my memory and I can still see Damaso Garcia hitting that long bases loaded triple in a
The Blue Jays lost again last night 11-5 against the Boston Red Sox at the SkyDome. We're 53-74 and last in the AL East, 25.5 games back of the Yanks. It's been the season from hell, but there is a silver lining... I can still turn on the radio
My Toronto Blue Jays were beat by the Boston Red Sox 6-4 last night. That gave the Sox the three-game sweep and dropped the Jays to a season-high 23 games under .500. We're now 49-72 and have lost 13 of our past 15 games. I've been a huge Blue Jays
Another Blue Jay is in Cooperstown. When Paul Molitor was inducted into the baseball hall of fame yesterday, he became the third Blue Jay to enter the hall joining Phil Neikro and Dave Winfield. Molitor played 21 seasons: 15 with the Milwaukee Brewers and three each with the Jays and
Pat Hentgen announced his retirement earlier today. He retires 131-112 with a 4.32 ERA in 344 career games, 306 career starts, with Toronto, St. Louis and Baltimore. He's fourth in wins (107) starts (238), inning pitched (1,636), strikeouts (1,028) and shutouts (nine) on the Blue Jays' all-time
Inspired by Carlos Delgado's protest of what he disagrees with, please consider this entry my official protest regarding the Blue Jays logo. When it was first unveiled on September 2, 2003, I wrote this entry admitting I actually liked it. You can see the new logo next to Carlos' Stand
During the seventh inning stretch in Major League Baseball, "God Bless America" is played. This practice began following 9/11 and has continued in some ball parks. Toronto has stopped playing it but you'll still hear it at Yankee Stadium where the Blue Jays play tonight. During the playing of
Here in the capital of the world (Toronto, in case you didn't know), all the sports talk has been about the "imminent" trade of our two biggest stars. If you excuse Mats, Ed and the gang on skates, Toronto's biggest sports stars are Carlos Delgado and Vince Carter. Already this
My favourite Murray Eldon announcements (to be read in your best Murray Eldon) #7, Damaso Garcia#1, Tony Fernandez#12, Roberto Alomar#26, Willie Upshaw#29, Jesse Barfield
Back in September, I reminisced about listening to Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth call Blue Jays games. In October, I revisted the subject when remembering Joe's homer. Nobody does it better than Tom Cheek. In fact, nobody has done it as often either. Until his father's death on June 3rd,
Roger Clemens is an arrogant SOB but he's the best damn pitcher I've ever seen. In 1997 and 1998 Toronto Blue Jays fans like myself saw first hand how good he really is. All he did was go out and lead the American League in wins, strike outs and ERA
The NHL season must be coming to a close because this is my second baseball entry of the day. ESPN has ranked the stadiums in Major League Baseball. SkyDome finished 23rd out of 30. I'm actually surprised we fared as well as we did. It's hard to believe there are
While the Maple Leafs dominate the sporting news in Toronto, the Toronto Blue Jays have quietly opened the season 3-9, their worst start in history, and 0-6 at home. They're just horrible so far, neither hitting nor pitching well at all. I'm blaming the uniforms. The new logo isn't so
The Toronto Blue Jays' 2004 season opens on Monday night against the Detroit Tigers. Roy Halladay will be on the mound for the Jays and it's a 1:05 pm start so I'll be following the game online while I work. I'd prefer to listen to Tom Cheek and Jerry
With spring training well underway, I was thinking about baseball the other day. Throughout the 1980s, I was as big a Blue Jays fan as I was a Maple Leafs fan. In fact, because we had such a competitive baseball team starting in 1983 while our hockey team was always
It's been a while since I delved into the vault. Today I took a peek and found an old Blue Jays schedule from the 1988 season. A drawing of 1987 American League MVP George Bell is on the cover and that must be why I kept it. Here it is.
Back in December, when the Boston Red Sox signed Curt Schilling and looked to be trading for Alex Rodriguez, I wrote a piece about how being a Blue Jays fan was hell. It's the off season, but we're already third in the AL East and out of the playoffs in
My Favourite Toronto Blue Jay Position Players of All-Time George BellRoberto AlomarCarlos DelgadoTony FernandezJoe Carter
Paul Molitor has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, being picked on 431 of 506 ballots (85.2 per cent) cast by reporters who have been members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America for 10 or more years. Molitor is beloved by Blue Jays fans. He
Being a Blue Jays fan is unfair. The Yankees and Red Sox have been trying to one-up each other since the baseball season ended. Boston signed Curt Schilling. The Yankees responded by signing Gary Sheffield (all but official), middle relievers Paul Quantrill and Tom Gordon and traded for Javier Vasquez.
Roy Halladay has just won the American League Cy Young Award. As if there was any doubt, Halladay received 26 first-place votes and two seconds for 136 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He finished 22-7 with a 3.25 ERA this year, winning 15 consecutive
My mother recently asked me why it takes so much for my brothers and I to get excited about something. I paused to ponder the question and realized that men in their 20s and early 30s rarely appear particularly jovial. Immediately I thought of Bart and Lisa's response to a
