Some news and notes about former Toronto Blue Jays players from the past week.
Ex-Toronto Blue Jays news: Cito Gaston, Earl Sanders, Whit Merrifield, Trevor Richards
The Rance Mulliniks appreciation post
Rance Mulliniks looked more like an accountant than a professional baseball player. But when you crunch the numbers on his 11 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, you can understand why the bespectacled infielder was named to the Blue Jays’ all-time team in 2001
Remembering the last game at Exhibition Stadium 36 years ago today
It was a dramatic and fitting end for the Toronto Blue Jays at Exhibition Stadium. Thirty-six years ago today, on an 0-and-1 count in the bottom of the 10th inning, George Bell belted a fastball from Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Thigpen into the left field bleachers for a two-run home run to give the Blue Jays a 7-5 walk-off victory.
Cito Gaston turns 81, deserves plaque in Cooperstown
If I could give legendary Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston one thing for his 81st birthday, it would be a plaque in Cooperstown.
Remembering Henry Aaron and his Canadian connections
On what would be Henry Aaron's 91st birthday, I take a look at some of his Canadian connections.
Help support my nephew Kalin and Easter Seals London in their Holiday Silent Auction
You can help support my nephew Kalin and Easter Seals London by bidding on some baseball items in their Holiday Silent Auction.
September 17, 2010 – Jose Bautista breaks Blue Jays’ single-season home run record
Fourteen years ago, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista belted his 48th home run of the 2010 campaign to break George Bell's single-season franchise record.
May 15 – On this date in Canadian baseball history . . .
Several significant events in Canadian baseball history have taken place on May 15 over the years.
Moseby still considers himself Canadian
Lloyd Moseby is Canadian. Maybe not on his birth certificate, but in his heart. That’s what the charismatic Californian and Toronto Blue Jays legend told me in a recent phone interview. And it would be difficult to argue with him.
But What Do I Know? . . . Joey Votto, Adam Macko, Cito Gaston, Fergie Jenkins
My weekly Canadian baseball news "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Joey Votto, Adam Macko, Cito Gaston and Fergie Jenkins.