I am not ashamed to admit it. Kelly Gruber is my favourite position player for the Toronto Blue Jays of all time.  According to my baseball card, Gruber was “hard nosed and a fine athlete.”  Kelly was a 5 tool player who played 6 positions.  The following is my profile on the Greatest Blue Jay Of All Time (and I don’t mean Scott Rolen!) 

Kelly hails …

Last night Ricky Romero pitched 8 innings of scoreless ball, scattering 8 hits (seven singles), striking out 5 and walking one.

Cito lifted Ricky after 107 pitches and handed the ball over to Kevin Gregg. Gregg hasn’t been horrible in non-save situations (around a 4.00 era heading into last night) but he ended up allowing three hits and the game’s only …

Scott Richmond is on the comeback trail.

I don’t mean to be that guy but…..

This weekend Mike Wilner was benched for a “confrontation” with Cito Gaston where he feels he was “belittled.”  Wilner wrote about the exchange and if you can, please show me exactly where during the discussion Wilner was “belittled.”

I don’t need to be belittled by the skipper in front of the entire assemblage when …

“Anyone who tells himself he can win a pennant with an expansion team is just spitting into a gale.” – Toronto Blue Jays Manager (1977-1979) Roy Hartsfield

Roy Hartsfield was a second baseman for the Boston Braves and the Toronto Blue Jays’ first ever manager.  Hartsfield played for 3 seasons for the Braves (1950-52) before being traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers …