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Homer Bush turns 51 today. Bush came to us from the Yankees, along with David Wells and Graeme Lloyd for Roger Clemens. Clemens wanted out of Toronto after winning two Cy Youngs in a row for a...

31 Years Ago Today Ed Sprague, batting in the 9th inning with the Blue Jays down 4-3, hit a pinch-hit home run to help us win game two of the 1992 World Series. We had lost game one of the series...

It's been a long time since the Twins won a playoff game. I don't have to belabor that point. However, allow me to belabor that point. In the last 19 seasons, the Twins have made the playoffs seven separate times. Seven separate teams have taken the field since the last time. When the 2023 playof...

34 Years Ago Today Kelly Gruber hits for the first cycle in Blue Jays’ history. Since then, Steve Frye and Cavan Biggio has done it for the Jays. We were playing the Royals and won big 15-8. G...

Today is Gregg Zaun’s 52nd birthday. I have to separate Zaun, the player, from Zaun, the analyst, in my mind. I liked Zaun, the player. Zaun, the analyst I didn’t like. The former was a pretty good...

Danny Jansen turns 28 in mid-April. He’s five seasons into his MLB career and coming off his best season (minus a couple of stints on the IL). Playing in 72 games, he had 15 home runs and a...

The Yankees came back against the Twins, on the back of a big homer, and an excellent bullpen performance.

How well did they play?

30 years ago today The Blue Jays won their first World Series. It seems our first World Series win isn’t as celebrated as our second one, likely because it didn’t end in a walk-off homer. But it...

27 Years Ago Today Ed Sprague, batting in the 9th inning with the Blue Jays down 4-3, hit a pinch-hit home run to help us win game two of the 1992 World Series. We had lost game one of the series...