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Happy Birthday Brandon Morrow
Today is Brandon Morrow's 26 27th birthday. He gets the start today too. Years ago Bill James did a little study on how players did on their birthdays, I don't remember too much about it, other than one line: 'if you are a gambler, keep an eye on pitcher's birthdays'. I think I'd put $5 on the Jays...
Happy Birthday Mike Sirotka
Mike Sirotka turns 40 today. If we ever do a list of 'worst trades in Jay history', the David Wells for Mike Sirotka deal will be on the list, not that the White Sox got much out of it either. You likely know the story, Mike Sirotka was a left-handed starter for the White Sox. From 1998 to 2000 he...
Happy Birthday Jim Clancy and Roy Howell
Jim Clancy turns 55 today and Roy Howell 57. Jim Clancy pitched for us from 1977 to 1988. He and Dave Stieb battled for franchise lead in wins for a number of years. He was a horse, he threw 250 innings in 1980 and 266.2 in 1982. He is still second in team history in complete games win 73. He is...
Happy Birthday Tony Batista
Former Jay slugger Tony Batista turns 37 today. In 2.5 seasons Tony hit 80 home runs for us. Like our Jose Bautista, this Batista had one massively great season, hitting 41 homers and 114 RBI in 2000 (of course, Jose is going to have several more great seasons for us). Unlike Jose, Tony didn't know...
Happy Birthday Ricky Romero and John Candelaria
Today is the birthday of a pair of good left handed pitchers. John Candelaria turns 57 today. The Candy Man pitched in 600 major league games, finishing with a 177-122 record. 13 of those games and 3 of those losses came with our Blue Jays back in 1990. We picked him up at the end of July for the...
Happy Birthday Lloyd Moseby
Lloyd Moseby turns 51 today. Lloyd played center field for us for 10 seasons. He was part of the great outfield we had in the 80's with George Bell in left and Jesse Barfield in right. He was our first round draft choice in 1978, the number 2 pick overall and was rushed up to the majors, since we...
Happy Birthday Scott Schoeneweis
Former Jay lefty reliever, Scott Schoeneweis, turned 37 today. Scott, you might remember, pitched for us in 2005 and 2006. He was great in 2005, pitching in 80 games (and we think Cito uses Shawn Camp a lot) and had a 3.32 ERA. But the stats one out type relievers are not really sustainable. 2006...
Happy Birthday John McDonald
Our favorite backup shortstop slash utility player slash good guy John McDonald turns 36 today. Mac has set a career high for home runs with 6 this year. Kind of makes you wonder how many he would have if he played everyday. Well...6 homers in 149 at bats would be 24 in 600 at bats. I can't imagine...
Happy Birthday Scott Rolen
A favorite former Jay for a lot of us, Scott Rolen turns 35 today. Scott's had a pretty terrific 14 season MLB career. He's hit .284/.370/.498 with 283 home runs, 19 of which he hit in his season and a half with us. He was Rookie of the Year back in 1997, has played in 5 All-Star games and has 7...
Happy Birthday Dirk Hayhurst
Everyone's favorite Garfoose wrangler turns 29 today. Which is a good excuse to remind everyone that his book comes out March 30th. If you missed Hugo's review, it is here. I'm looking forward to the book, I'm sure it will make a great Easter present for anyone you don't want to buy chocolate. Dirk...
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