Forty-six years ago today, Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Alfredo Griffin was named co-winner of the American League Rookie of the Year award.
Gillick, Jenkins, McGriff, Raines among those returning to Cooperstown for induction weekend
Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.), Pat Gillick, Fred McGriff and Tim Raines will be among the more than 50 inductees returning for the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction weekend this weekend.
Dave Parker dies less than a month before his National Baseball Hall of Fame induction
Longtime big league slugger and ex-Blue Jay Dave Parker has died less than a month before he was to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The Fred McGriff appreciation post
If you’re looking for inspiration today, go and listen to Fred McGriff’s National Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech.
Remembering Phil Niekro on what would be his 86th birthday
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?
The Willie Upshaw appreciation post
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.
Newly elected Hall of Famer Dave Parker played for the Blue Jays
Dave Parker, who was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, played his final 13 games for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1991.
Former Blue Jays manager Jimy Williams dies at 80
Former Toronto Blue Jays manager Jimy Williams has died at the age of 80.
But What Do I Know? . . . Bo Naylor, Jordan Romano, Joey Votto, David Cone
My weekly Canadian baseball news "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Bo Naylor, Jordan Romano, Joey Votto and David Cone.
Happy 86th Birthday to Pat Gillick!
Legendary Toronto Blue Jays general manager Pat Gillick turns 86 today.
