https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/page/4/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/sergio-santos-wipe-out-sliders-and-injuries-r2460/It was a question Sergio Santos had been asked before. Scuffling in his seventh professional season as an infielder, Santos won a bet with his Twins’ minor league teammates by hitting 97 on the radar gun. Minnesota asked him to try the mound for real, but Santos had dreamed of his first maj...2460Sun, 11 May 2025 16:17:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/the-big-hurt-was-big-mad-r2409/Seventeen years ago this weekend, the first ballot hall of famer’s career in Toronto came to an unceremonious close. Things escalated quickly between Frank Thomas and the Blue Jays at the start of the 2008 season. Thomas was entering the second season of a three-year contract with a vesting...2409Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:55:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/leon-roberts-stay-for-a-minute-r2383/Leon Roberts barely got to enjoy the pool. Leon Roberts left his home in Arlington, pool freshly in, for a ten-day road trip with Texas following the 1982 All-Star break. The team spent the night in Toronto before the second half, starting against the Blue Jays. The outfielder was summoned t...2383Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:10:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/blue-jays-opening-day-rewind-2012-r2355/Brett Lawrie was preparing for the first pitch of the 2012 season just how you might imagine: belting out LMFAO’s "Party Rock Anthem" in the Toronto Blue Jays’ clubhouse. Brett Lawrie was far from the only one to be excited for the start of the season. The Blue Jays won the Golden Grapefruit...2355Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:05:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/the-greatest-opening-day-performances-in-blue-jays-history-r2363/Using Win Probability Added to determine the most valuable Opening Day players in franchise history. Joyeux Noel baseball fans! Opening Day is upon us! Every year I make the not-really-a-joke to my family and friends that this is the only holiday I care to celebrate, and this year is no diff...2363Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:51:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/blue-jays-opening-day-rewind-2000-r2354/The clock was getting louder by the second inside the TSN control room. The Toronto Blue Jays had been two outs away from an Opening Day victory. More importantly for those at TSN, the game had been on track to finish on time. Now, extra innings loomed and on a busy day for Toronto’s profess...2354Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:50:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/blue-jays-opening-day-rewind-1988-a-disgruntled-george-bell-hits-dingers-r2351/The trouble started the day George Bell signed the contract. George Bell and the Toronto Blue Jays were discussing a long-term deal in the lead-up to the 1988 season but had remained in a standoff, leading to an arbitration hearing. Fresh off winning the American League MVP award in 1987 and...2351Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:12:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/joe-panik-set-fire-in-the-rain-r2339/The Toronto Blue Jays played a stretch of bad-weather games in 2021, and when the skies opened up, they unleashed Joe Panik. In his second season with Toronto, Joe Panik had just rejoined the team on a road trip following a short stint on the injured list. Upon his return, he made two starts...2339Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:58:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/esmil-rogers-still-going-strong-r2329/As Esmil Rogers' second straight subpar season in Colorado came to a close in 2011, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, and John Lackey were allegedly finishing their seasons in the Boston clubhouse eating fried chicken and playing video games, all while the Red Sox lost game after game in an epic Septemb...2329Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:56:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/dana-eveland-a-dunedin-spring-fling-r2319/Dana Eveland was centre-stage as one Toronto sports icon bore witness to the birth of another. Over the last thirty years, Mats Sundin and Josh Donaldson have become franchise legends with Toronto sports teams. A year after his comeback with the Canucks, the former Maple Leafs captain was ba...2319Sun, 02 Mar 2025 13:10:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/scott-schoeneweis-bullpen-gamer-r2310/It was the second game of the 2005 season. Blue Jays reliever Scott Schoeneweis was sitting in the Toronto bullpen down the left-field line in Tampa. “Schoeneweis, you’re a bum!” someone in the crowd behind him yelled. Scott Schoeneweis turned around to the unsurprisingly sparse crowd at Tro...2310Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:11:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/dave-collins-and-a-precarious-franchise-record-r2307/When you think of all-time Blue Jays speedsters, Dave Collins isn't likely to be at the front of your mind, but maybe he should be. The Toronto Blue Jays' single-season record books are littered with all of the legendary Blue Jay names you would expect, and many of these records you likely k...2307Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:18:02 +0000