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I pay tribute to Shawn Green, the first Toronto Blue Jays player to record 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season.
The Shawn Green appreciation post
September 20, 1983 – Willie Upshaw becomes the first Blue Jay to record 100 RBIs in a season
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Forty-one years ago today, Willie Upshaw became the first player in Toronto Blue Jays' history to amass 100 RBIs in a season.
Baseball pioneer Larry Doby was a batting coach in Montreal
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Like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, the first African-American to play in the American League, also enjoyed a tenure in Montreal. His stint in Canada, however, came 23 years after he originally expected it. As Jackie Robinson was starring for the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate Montreal Royals in 1946, Doby was tearing it up with the Newark... Continue Reading →