Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
My weekly Canadian baseball news column discusses Adam Macko, Otto Lopez, Cade Smith, Jonah Tong and Lloyd Moseby.
So, who has the most Opening Day starts at each position in Toronto Blue Jays' history? I did the research.
I express my appreciation for longtime Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Lloyd Moseby.
My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes column is a special Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction day edition.
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.
So, who has the most Opening Day starts at each position in Toronto Blue Jays' history? I did the research.
If you talk to a Toronto Blue Jays fan who’s old enough to have gone to games at Exhibition Stadium, one of the first things they are bound to do is break into an imitation of the way P.A. announcer Murray Eldon used to introduce Willie Upshaw.
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.
Kevin Glew's fourth 2023 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee spotlight is on Toronto Blue Jays legendary outfielder Jesse Barfield.
February 1, 2023 By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada When Jesse Barfield was 13, he was sitting in the upper right field bleachers at Comiskey Park watching the Chicago White Sox with his friends, when he leaned over to them and said, “You know one day I’m going to be playing right out there.” “And... Continue Reading →
