Tales from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Blue Jays Stories Ever Told

by Jim Prime

Overview

From the club’s inception in the late ’70s to winning the division for the first time in the ’80s, Joe Carter’s epic home run, the two World Series titles in the early ’90s, the reign of Roy Halladay, Josh Donaldson’s MVP season, and everything in between, the Blue Jays have continued to build a storied history as one of baseball’s most exciting teams. In Tales from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout, Jim Prime captures all of the best moments in Blue Jays history, from the most thrilling to the most humorous, and so much more. Stories of players and coaches from both on and off the field can be found here, including tales of All-Stars Dave Stieb and Carlos Delgado, Hall of Famers Dave Winfield, Rickey Henderson, and Roberto Alomar, and many more memorable Blue Jays, past and present.
It’s all here, in the latest addition to the Tales From series, the perfect gift for any fan of the only current Major League Baseball team playing in Canada!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683580584
Publisher:	Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date:	04/18/2017
Series:	Tales from the Team
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Jim Prime has authored or coauthored more than a dozen books on baseball including Ted Williams Hit List (with Ted Williams) and The Little Red (Sox) Book with Bill “Spaceman” Lee. He lives in New Minas, in the heart of the beautiful Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Danny Ainge 1

Doyle Alexander 4

Roberto Alomar 5

J. P. Arencibia 10

Doug Auk 12

Bob Bailor 13

Jesse Barfield 15

Darwin Barney 17

Miguel Batista 18

Tony Batista 19

Jose Bautista 19

Paul Beeston 27

Derek Bell 27

George (Jorge) Bell 28

Joe Biagini 31

Emilio Bonifacio 32

Pat Borders 33

Rick Bosetti 36

Mark Buehrle 37

A.J. Burnett 39

Rob Butler 40

Melky Cabrera 41

Canucks 42

Jesse Carlson 43

Chris Carpenter 45

Joe Carter 45

Rico Carry 49

Frank Catalanotto 50

Brett Cecil 52

John Cerutti 54

Tom Cheek 55

Jim Clancy 54

Roger Clemens 58

Dave Collins 61

David Cone 61

Bobby Cox 63

Rajai Davis 64

Steve Deiabar 66

Carlos Delgado 68

R. A. Dickey 73

Bobby Doerr 78

Josh Donaldson 78

Rob Ducey 82

Edwin Encarnacion 82

Mark Eichhom 86

Marco Estrada 87

Exhibition Stadium 89

Ron Fairly 89

John Farrell 89

Junior Felix 91

Tony Fernandez 92

Mike Flanagan 96

Jason Frasor 98

Damaso Garcia 100

Cito Gaston 101

John Gibbons 103

Pat Gillick 107

Troy Glaus 109

Alex Gonzalez 109

Shawn Green 110

Alfredo Griffin 111

Jason Grilli 113

Kelly Gruber 115

Juan Guzman 117

Roy Halladay 120

Jay Happ 124

Roy Hartsfield 126

Rickey Henderson 128

Tom Henke 129

Aaron Hill 132

Eric Hinske 134

Paul Hodgson 135

Roy Howell 137

Garth Iorg 137

Cliff Johnson 138

Kelly Johnson 139

Reed Johnson 140

Tim Johnson 130

Munenori Kawasaki 140

Jimmy Key 143

Billy Koch 144

Dennis Lamp 144

Brett Lawrie 145

Luis Leal 147

Al Leiter 148

Adam Lind 148

Dave Lemanczyk 150

Russell Martin 150

Buck Martinez 152

The Mascots 153

Bobby Mattick 154

John Mayberry 144

John McDonald 155

Fred McGriff 157

Dave McKay 159

Randy Moffitt 159

Paul Molitor 159

Kendrys Morales 168

Jack Morris 170

Brandon Morrow 171

Lloyd Moseby 171

Ranee Mulliniks 173

Dioner Navarro 175

Jose Nunez 176

John Olerud 178

Roberto Osuna 181

Lyle Overbay 182

Kevin Pillar 183

Dan Plesac 184

David Price 184

Paul Quantrill 185

Colby Rasmus 186

J. P. Ricciardi 189

Alexis Rios 189

Scott Rolen 192

Phil Roof 192

B.J. Ryan 192

Aaron Sanchez 193

Michael Saunders 195

Marco Scutaro 197

Bill Singer 197

SkyDome/Rogers Centre 198

Justin Smoak 199

Matt Stairs 200

Dave Stewart 204

Shannon Stewart 205

Dave Stieb 206

Todd Stottlemyre 212

Marcus Stroman 213

Mike Timlin 215

Devon Travis 215

Troy Tulowitzki 216

Tom Underwood 217

Willie Upshaw 218

Melvin Upton Jr. 219

Tom Verducci 219

Chien-Ming Wang 220

Duane Ward 220

Mitch Webster 221

David Wells 221

Vernon Wells 224

Devon White 225

Ernie Whitt 229

Jimy Williams 235

Dave Winfield 236

Alvis Woods 240

Gregg Zaun 240

Acknowledgments 244

Bibliography 244

Other Sources 245