Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
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.
My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Nick Pivetta, Matt Brash, Cade Smith, Nolan Ryan and Willie Upshaw.
Hall of Fame knuckleballer Phil Niekro would've turned 86 today. Do you remember when he made three starts for the Blue Jays in 1987?
So, who has the most Opening Day starts at each position in Toronto Blue Jays' history? I did the research.
Stubby Clapp didn’t do a back flip on stage at the Baseball Canada Awards Banquet on Saturday night. But you get the feeling that if the 51-year-old baseball legend could still do one, he would have. That’s the kind of joy and pride Clapp felt being at being inducted onto Baseball Canada’s Wall of Excellence.
I express my appreciation for the Toronto Blue Jays' first American League MVP and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, George Bell.
Some news and notes from Baseball Canada’s National Teams Awards Banquet and Fundraiser held at the Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel inside Rogers Centre on Saturday.
Happy 65th Birthday to Jesse Barfield! Here's my Jesse Barfield appreciation post in his honour.
Forty-one years ago today, Willie Upshaw became the first player in Toronto Blue Jays' history to amass 100 RBIs in a season.
Six new members will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in a ceremony on the Hall of Fame grounds on Saturday, June 15.