Top 60 All-Time Greatest Blue Jays: #49 Gregg Zaun
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Since the signings (or almost signings) seems to have slowed, let’s have one of these.
Gregory Owen Zaun | C | 2004 - 2008
Let’s put it right at the top..this is for his playing, not his baseball commentary.
Greg Zaun was born April 14, 1971, in Glendale, California. He is the nephew of former major league catcher Rick Dempsey. Baltimore drafted him in the 17th round of the 1989 draft.
Zaun made it to the majors with the Orioles in 1995. They traded him to the Marlins in August 1996. From there, he was traded to the Rangers in 1998. The Rangers included him in a 9-player trade to the Tigers in 1999. Going to the Tigers were Zaun, Juan Gonzalez, and Danny Patterson. The Rangers got Frank Catalanotto, Frank Francisco, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson, and Alan Webb. The Tigers traded him to Kansas City in the spring of 2000. After the 2000 season, he signed with the Astros as a free agent. He play
Blue Jays Birthdays: Jim Clancy, Roy Howell and Jeremy Accardo
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We have a trio of
Blue Jays birthdays today.
Jeremy Accardo turns 39.
Clancy was an original Jay, picked up in the expansion draft in 1976. He was called up to the Jays in July of 1977, our first season. He would be a Blue Jay for 12 seasons, battling it out with
Dave Stieb for the franchise lead in wins for much of that time.
His best season as 1982 when he made 40 starts, had a 16-14 record (for a team that finished tied for last in the AL East), throwing 266.2 innings with a 3.71 ERA, and he made the All-Star team for the only time in his career.
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system can t sustain and just they die. reporter: there was another man that died earlier this year after being tasered at the pentagon city subway station by arlington police. in this case, the chief had released a statement and said there were two other incidents since january of this year where tasers were used and no one died. he said while this is an unfortunate incident there is no indication that the officers used excessive force. an investigation is pending and officers involved remain on regular duty. we are live in arlington. back to you. derrick ward with the latest. thank you. this is the second taser related death in arlington this year. more background on the case he was referring to, it was in january when police tasered 36-year-old william bumbry of d.c. investigators say he was suspected of stealing from a pharmacy. when the officers approached him, they say he became aggressive. one of the officers use ad taser. he later died at the hospital. police
basketball court he really felt. a promising basketball player shot and killed. now the waldorf community grieves the life of a young man expected to go far in life. good sunday, everyone. i m craig melvin. 20-year-old brandon carroll was gunned down blocks from the frostburg university campus. he grew up in waldorf where friends, family and coaches held a memorial. darcy spencer joins us. reporter: friends are saying he was killed in a senseless act of vips. this is the second son his parents have lost. i just want everyone to pray for the family at this time. it s kind of hard. i just don t have too much to say right now. sorry. reporter: it was a tear-filled vigil at thomas stone high school in waldorf where brandon carroll was remembered. the stone graduate was shot and killed near frostburg state university where he was a sophomore, early sunday morning. he was such a sweetheart. he always smiled. he had nothing bad to say about anybody. we had spanish class to