Blue Jays Birthdays: Tony Fernandez
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Mad Dog, Catfish and Bear: An all-animal lineup of Giants and A s in honor of #RallyRabbit
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Giants Pablo Sandoval stands in the on deck circle during Game 3 of the NLDS at AT&T Park on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
First of all, apologies up front. We’re taking a little break from our regularly scheduled program to share some silliness a month into the season.
With #RallyRabbit all the rage at Oracle Park Alex the therapy bunny made another appearance Wednesday, this time in the bleachers we figured we’d go hog wild, have a whale of a time and let the cat out of the bag with an animal-driven roster of Giants and A’s. So holy cow, let’s take the bull by the horns and start this wild goose chase:
Top 60 All-Time Jays: #5 Tony Fernandez
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Tony Fernandez (born Octavio Antonio Fernandez Castro) was born June 30th, 1962, in
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. He was signed as an amateur free agent by the Jays in 1979. The Jays, back then, scouted the Dominican pretty thoroughly; we signed several players from there.
The Jays called Tony up when the rosters expanded in September 1983 and got into a handful of games. He was called up to the Jays for good at the end of May 1984, at first splitting time with veteran
Alfredo Griffin and slowly taking over the position as the season went on. He also played some third base. A switch hitter, he had a pretty decent rookie season, hitting .270/.317/.356 in 88 games.