https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/page/4/?d=21News: Toronto Blue Jays Historyenhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/dana-eveland-a-dunedin-spring-fling-r2319/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 back in Toronto, this time to watch the Blue Jays from a private suite. Below, Donaldson readied for...2319Sun, 02 Mar 2025 13:10:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/scott-schoeneweis-bullpen-gamer-r2310/Scott Schoeneweis turned around to the unsurprisingly sparse crowd at Tropicana Field and saw a recognizable face in a Devil Rays jersey yelling at him. It was his ex-teammate Billy Koch, who had been cut by the Jays just weeks earlier in a failed comeback attempt. The good-natured ribbing...2310Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:11:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/dave-collins-and-a-precarious-franchise-record-r2307/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 know offhand. Highest Batting Average: .363 (John Olerud – 1993) Most Hits: 215 (Vernon Wells – 2003) Most Doubles:...2307Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:18:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/dave-berg-a-true-utility-guy-r2291/The best skill of many utility players is their utility. In the early-aughts, light-hitting players who were defensively feasible around the diamond could be found across the majors. With those attributes, a player would normally be hard-pressed to make a team, but the utility player of the day...2291Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:56:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/justin-miller-inked-and-erratic-blue-jays-pitcher-r2284/Billy Koch was trying to crack the Blue Jays roster in 2005 when he looked at his new, tattoo-covered teammate and asked what was pressing on his mind. How much money would it take to have “I Love Billy Koch” tattooed on your ass? $1,000 later (with an extra $500 for Miller’s wife to s...2284Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:56:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/max-scherzer-the-blue-jays-the-hall-of-fame-r2277/Even though Max Scherzer's likeness will not be wearing a Jays cap, having your team represented in the Hall in any way is nothing to sniff at. There are currently eleven former Blue Jays in the Hall of Fame. Using Scherzer's current career fWAR of 78.1, it's apparent that he will probably...2277Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:56:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/bobby-kielty-greek-god-of-vibes-r2270/During the 2002 trade deadline, Oakland GM Billy Beane was making one final effort to acquire minor leaguer Kevin Youkilis for his A’s. Cliff Floyd was about to be sent from Montreal to the Red Sox, and as told in Moneyball, Billy tried to worm his way into the trade by asking Expos GM Omar Mina...2270Sat, 01 Feb 2025 11:59:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/john-frascatore-was-a-volatile-player-both-on-and-off-the-field-r2263/Not a year after a fight with pitching coach Dave Stewart, John Frascatore had another quarrel in the minor leagues. It culminated on July 6, 2001, when the organization suspended the pitcher over an argument with Syracuse pitching coach Rick Langford, according to this legendary voiceover guy o...2263Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:27:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/danny-ainge-had-the-best-jump-shot-in-toronto-blue-jays-history-r2222/When we talk about the greatest athletes in the past one hundred years, certain names come up quickly. For me, the greatest athlete of my lifetime has been Bo Jackson. Deion Sanders falls a close second. Brian Jordan is a name that doesn’t get mentioned enough. Hockey fans might want to include...2222Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:19:01 +0000