https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/last-time-baseball-stopped-1994-strike/The Toronto Blue Jays entered baseball's last great labour war as defending champions. They emerged from it as a franchise whose greatest era was suddenly over. Thirty-two years later, the Blue Jays and their fans are approaching another labour deadline, and the history of 1994 offers a reminder...3713Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:46:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/rule-five-draft-pitchers/Spencer Miles has turned into an exceptional Rule 5 draft pick for the Toronto Blue Jays. He never threw above Single A before this season because of back and elbow surgeries. However, the team saw potential in the righty, and he’s been “Mr. Do-It-All” for the pitching staff. He has starte...3668Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:56:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/exciting-heartbreaking-regular-season-finishes/For most of the franchise's existence, the Toronto Blue Jays have either comfortably qualified for the playoffs or fallen out of contention before the final week. But every so often, their season has come down to the final days, final innings and sometimes even a final out. Some of those en...3655Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:50:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/1992-stretch-run-mark-eichhorn-returns/While this season's stretch run isn't shaping up to be as exciting as we all hoped, let's ride the 50th season nostalgia and re-live the stretch run from the Blue Jays' first World Championship year, 1992. Monday, July 27 – off-day The workload of the regular season was catching up to...3551Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:51:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/four-strikeout-innings/On Monday, the Blue Jays fell victim to a bizarre ruling. Because the Jays failed to record a fourth out, Red Sox baserunner Anthony Seigler scored successfully from third base on a fly ball, even though he never tagged up.  Most of the players on the field had no idea what was going on. Ev...3584Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:15:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/victoria-day-baseball/Victoria Day baseball was once a thing in Toronto. Before it was just another day on the major league calendar, one the team now fills with a road game here, an off day there, and the occasional home game, the Blue Jays hosted some holiday afternoon baseball in their early years. They welco...3328Mon, 18 May 2026 10:57:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/beginning-bobby-cox/The Boss said no. Had the answer been different, Bobby Cox may never have been the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. Shortly after the 1981 season, Toronto manager Bobby Mattick stepped down from his post. Mattick had been an unusual choice for the job in the first place, with virtuall...3345Sun, 17 May 2026 10:52:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/mark-lemongello-1979-season/Fresh out of jail, Mark Lemongello went looking for work. After a year out of baseball, Lemongello called Toronto Blue Jays general manager Pat Gillick and asked for another shot with the organization. He had last pitched in the majors with the Blue Jays in 1979, and it was a disaster. The...3309Thu, 14 May 2026 10:56:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/bobby-cox-most-influential-manager/The success of the Toronto Blue Jays as a franchise has a lot to do with its past. If you go back to a time when winning was still theoretical in Toronto, the Blue Jays needed a particular type of manager to help guide them to legitimacy. That was Bobby Cox. He’s the one who convinced a bunch of...3331Wed, 13 May 2026 15:37:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/jim-fregosi-sam-suplizio-coach-limit/In all of his years in baseball, Sam Suplizio couldn’t remember anyone being as big of a jerk as Toronto Blue Jays manager Jim Fregosi had just been. In western Colorado, Suplizio was simply ‘Mr. Baseball.’ Suplizio had been on the path to the majors before a wrist injury in 1956 prevented...3276Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/brewers-series-1997-season/Major League Baseball had planned, but, as always, Mother Nature got the last laugh. Bad weather caused delays to start the ‘96 season, so MLB adjusted and scheduled teams from colder climates to open the ‘97 season on road trips in warmer cities. Alas, you cannot plan for the skies. It was...3247Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:04:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/jim-fregosi-punched/The manager had been tuned up. Jim Fregosi had cuts around his left eye. His pitching coach, Mel Queen, looked no better. Fregosi insisted it was no big deal, and it wasn’t a stretch of the imagination to think Fregosi would wear a punch in Philadelphia. He was far from a popular figur...3213Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:19:01 +0000