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/blue-jays-opening-day-rewind-2012-r2355/Brett Lawrie was far from the only one to be excited for the start of the season. The Blue Jays won the Golden Grapefruit with a club record 24 wins in spring, and as the regular season neared, Ricky Romero also itched with optimism. Drawing the Opening Day start for the second straight yea...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/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 different. I will be taking the afternoon off to watch with friends over hot dogs and beer, doing the usual p...2363Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:51:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/blue-jays-opening-day-rewind-2000-r2354/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 professional sports teams, the network was minutes away from a scheduled Maple Leaf...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/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 one season away from free agency, Bell wanted a yearly salary of...2351Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:12:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/joe-panik-set-fire-in-the-rain-r2339/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 at third base, but that night, manager Charlie Montoyo had Panik start at his defensive home, second base. On a very Cleveland n...2339Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:58:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/esmil-rogers-still-going-strong-r2329/The chain of events stemming from the fallout in Boston led to Esmil Rogers being thrust into the Blue Jays' rotation two years later. While Rogers moved from Colorado to Cleveland during the 2012 season, the Red Sox moved on from the KFC-and-Halo scandal to an even lower low under new manager B...2329Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:56:01 +0000https://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 +0000