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14 unusual facts about Toronto Blue Jays


Chorye Spoone

He was later released, and in July 2012 he signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Chorye Thomas Spoone (born September 16, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

On December 11, 2012, the Toronto Blue Jays announced that Spoone had been signed to a minor league contract.

Enemy of the World

The song "Find My Way Back" is also the unofficial theme song of the Toronto Blue Jays of MLB.

Glenn Williams

Since that time, Glenn has played baseball for the minor league affiliates of the Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, and Minnesota Twins.

Hamptons Collegiate Baseball

Steve McQuail ((Canisius College)), one of the original Hampton Whalers, was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 30th round.

Homophobia in the Latino community

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escabar was banned from playing after writing the phrase "tu ere' maricon" on his eye tape.

Interbrew

The transaction also included Labatt's assets, which included the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club, the Toronto Argonauts football club, and The Sports Network (the latter being immediately resold to NetStar Communications due to Canadian media ownership regulations).

OK Blue Jays

"OK Blue Jays" is the song played during the seventh-inning stretch of home games of the Canadian Major League Baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays.

Ray Kuhlman

Kuhlman, at first, chose to name his unaffiliated team the Kinston Eagles, which was the traditional name for professional baseball teams in the city dating back to 1925, and he continued with that name even after the club signed on as an affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1979.

Ryan Rowland-Smith

On 1 July he made first Major League start against the Toronto Blue Jays, tossing 3.2 innings, allowing 3 runs before being removed after 62 pitches, he allowed all 3 runs in the fourth inning.

Scoregolf

SCOREGolf is published by Canadian Controlled Media Communications (CCMC), which was founded as the official publisher for the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club.

Scott Burrell

After his freshman year at University of Connecticut, Burrell was drafted by another baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays, and Burrell decided to spend his summers playing minor league baseball while concentrating on basketball for the rest of the year.

Shirley Coppen

She said the Toronto Blue Jays would not be allowed to bring in 'scab' players.


1981 NBA Finals

Following the 1981 season, the Celtics drafted Danny Ainge of BYU, who became the team's starting shooting guard after a brief career in baseball with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Alan Ashby

On November 5, 1976, the Indians traded Ashby and Doug Howard to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Al Fitzmorris.

Baseball stirrups

A few pro players, such as Casey Janssen of the Toronto Blue Jays, Derek Holland of the Texas Rangers, B.J. Upton of the Atlanta Braves, Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, Daniel Descalso of the St. Louis Cardinals and Steve Cishek & Juan Pierre of the Miami Marlins have been spotted wearing genuine stirrups recently to much fanfare.

Bob McCown

McCown has also been known for his 30 year standing bet with former Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Paul Godfrey regarding an NFL team in Toronto.

Brandon Snyder

On May 2, 2012, Snyder hit his first Major League home run against Toronto Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero at the Rogers Centre.

Carrie Olver

She grew up in Toronto, where her father, broadcaster Fergie Olver, worked at CFTO-TV for two decades on Toronto Blue Jays telecasts and also co-hosted the game show Just Like Mom created by co-host Catherine Swing and producer Paul Burford, where Carrie often introduced the contestants.

Champion Stadium

In April 2008, the Rays moved another series, this time against the Toronto Blue Jays, to Orlando.

Citrus Series

Weeks after the Marlins concluded a characteristic fire sale that brought in less expensive players such as Yunel Escobar from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Marlins traded Escobar to the Rays for minor leaguer Derek Dietrich.

CJMT-DT

On June 27, 2013, CJMT broadcast Mandarin-language coverage of a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game where Taiwanese player Chien-Ming Wang was expected to start.

Danielle Lawrie

Her younger brother, Brett, a major league baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays, began playing with the Canadian national junior team at the age of 15, and played for Team Canada in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Dave Geisel

John David Geisel (born January 18, 1955 in Windber, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the majors with the Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners.

Don August

A notable moment, however, came on June 5, when he was the winning pitcher in the inaugural MLB game played at the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre) in Toronto, a 5–3 Brewers victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Don Cooper

Cooper played for the Twins in 1981 and 1982, before being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dave Baker.

Eric Yelding

Yelding was a star athlete at Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Alabama and was later drafted in the 1st round of the 1984 MLB amateur draft out of Chipola College by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Fergie Olver

He is best known for co-hosting the 1980s children's game show Just Like Mom, and his work as a broadcaster and dugout reporter for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Gary Matthews

His previous broadcasting experience included two seasons as a radio broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays (2000–01) and serving as a baseball analyst on Headline Sports Television, a Canadian cable network based in Toronto.

Harold Mozingo

Harold Clifton Mozingo Jr (born March 29, 1985 in Tappahannock, Virginia) is a former Professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays organizations.

José Cruz, Jr.

His days in Seattle were short as he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for Paul Spoljaric and Mike Timlin on July 31, 1997.

Kennesaw State Owls

Five of their alumni have reached the Major Leagues, including Jason Jones of the Texas Rangers, Chad Jenkins of the Toronto Blue Jays, Brett Campbell of the Washington Nationals, and Willie Harris, who earned a World Series ring with the Chicago White Sox in 2005, of the Cincinnati Reds.

Luke Prokopec

Kenneth Luke Prokopec (born February 23, 1978 in Blackwood, South Australia) is an Australian-born, right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.

Marysville Gold Sox

Upon McCullough's death, Peter Bavasi, former General Manager of the San Diego Padres, President of the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians, came out of retirement to help administer the club for the 2005 and 2006 seasons.

Mike Blowers

During the pre-game broadcast of a September 27, 2009 bout between the Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays, Blowers predicted Matt Tuiasosopo's first career home run.

Nate McLouth

McLouth hit the 100th home run of his career on September 24, 2013 off of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Todd Redmond.

Ricky Trlicek

This would be his only season in the Braves organization, as on December 17, 1989, Atlanta sent Trlicek to the Toronto Blue Jays for Ernie Whitt and Kim Batiste.

Roy Hartsfield

In 1977, Hartsfield was hired as the first-ever manager of the expansion Toronto Blue Jays by the Jays' first general manager, Peter Bavasi, who had worked with him in the Dodger organization.

Sportsnet Radio

Rogers also operates the Sportsnet Radio Network (previously known as The Fan Radio Network), which is a syndication service distributing, among other programs, Toronto Blue Jays baseball, Prime Time Sports and the daily short-form feature Grapeline with Don Cherry and Brian Williams.

Taos, Missouri

Taos is also the home of former major league baseball relief pitcher, Tom Henke (known in his playing days as "The Terminator") who won the 1992 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays and, in the final season of his career, pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Yasim Mohamed

Mohamed was enrolled at Humber College, but dropped out halfway through his first year, and took a job as a baggage handler at Pearson Airport, before finding new work at the Rogers Centre selling ice cream at Toronto Blue Jays games.