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Happy Birthday Alex Gonzalez and Pete Walker Share this story We’ve had two shortstops named Alex Gonzalez; this is the first. This Alex was a member of the Blue Jays from 1994 to 2001. The Jays drafted Gonzalez in the 14th round of the 1991 amateur draft. He had the best career of any player taken in that round of that draft. He rose quickly thru the Jays minor league system and started the 1994 season as the Jay’s starting SS at the age of 21, but after 15 games, he had a .151 batting a...

Top 60 All-Time Greatest Blue Jays: #52 Alex Gonzalez Share this story Alexander Scott Gonzalez | SS | 1994-2001 This is the Alex Gonzalez who played shortstop for us back in the 1990s. Not the Alex Gonzalez nicknamed “Sea Bass,” who played half a season for us, in 2010 (and was pretty good), and we flipped him to the Braves for Yunel Escobar. We go from an excellent shortstop for two seasons to a shortstop whose peak wasn’t as high but who played 8 seasons for the Blue Jays. Alex Gonzal...

Was straight politics, they got him out of the way because he was proving to be a problem for the ruling party. but this country -- its political like every country. he is seen as irrelevant and well regarded voice of opposition here. nothing more. >> good to hear that, because so many stories circulating here and lots of speculation. so its good to distinguish the ones that have substance from the ones that do not. thanks very much to andrew stevens in kuala lumpur. there are now 25 countries...