Suppose that a man from Mars were to land on Earth, and wanted to know everything about the Blue Jays and their history. What would he need to know? I'm not thinking of the obvious stuff, such as where the SkyDome is or who Dave Stieb was, but the little things that are part of a Jay's fan's memories, prejudices, or common knowledge.
Here's a partial list:
- Joe Brinkman hates the Jays (because of Ernie Whitt's book).
- Joey McLaughlin and Joey Hamilton were not only bad, but symbolically bad.
- Bill Madlock. Jim Sundberg. Manny Lee's ground ball through the wickets. 1987, argh, argh, argh.
- Winfield wants noise!
- Whenever the national anthems finish playing, Jerry Howarth chimes in with "Yes sir! It's time for Blue Jays baseball!"
- Howarthisms: "Call it two! A double play!" "There she goes!" "Let's admire this one!"
- Bell, Moseby and Barfield, born within two weeks of each other.
- Oh, look - Roger's pitching! Booooooooooo!
- Oh, look - Boomer's pitching! Boooooooooooooooooo!
- Joe Carter once went to the plate wearing a uniform with TOROTNO written on it.
- The guy who used to play drums outside Gate 6 (he stopped a couple of years back).
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