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TORONTO When you scan the crowd of a baseball game at Rogers Centre, you see jersey numbers that define eras of Blue Jays baseball.
There are plenty of No. 19 and No. 20 jerseys for José Bautista and Josh Donaldson, with the postseason runs of 2015 and ‘16 still fresh, while Roy Halladay’s No. 32 and Roberto Alomar’s No. 12 the only two numbers retired by the organization remain a staple.
As the next generation of Blue Jays stars begin to lay claim to their own numbers and climb the ranks of franchise greats before them, here is a look back through club history at the best player to wear each:
Happy Birthday B.J. Ryan
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B.J. Ryan turns 45 today.
Looking at his picture, he looks a lot like a former neighbor of mine, Scott. Off-topic, but I’m terrible with names. For a while there, I would relate them to a baseball player when trying to remember names. Unfortunately, the player I picked for Scott was a former pitcher Scott Terry, and I spent six months calling him Terry. But I digress. Digressing again, Scott was one of those guys that always had a get rich quick scheme going. At one point, he wanted to import Australian crayfish and raise them to sell to restaurants. Not surprisingly to anyone except for him, the Alberta government had this issue about bringing a new species into the province (see the Simpsons cane toad episode for a reason why).
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.
ross, the game ties at one. martin prado crushes it to left, but aubrey huff, nice grab, that s a game saver at the warning track. extra innings, still tied in the 11th, prado with another chance to win it, he delivers. a base hit the other way, that s another back to back nice walkoff win for the braves. they win 2-1 and increase their lead in the wild card standings. the phillies, the best team in baseball hosting the diamondbacks, the leading teams, the 12th strike out of the night, with runners on first and second, lyle overbay smacks the two-run double to the gap. the diamondbacks rally off halladay, and he strikes out 14
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