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Luther John Elliss (born March 22, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah Utes and was recognized as a consensus All-American.
The following is a list of players both past and current who appeared at least in one game for the Toronto Blue Jays American League franchise (1977–present). Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have been honoured on the Blue Jays Level of Excellence
Toronto Blue Jays mascots. Ace at the Rogers Centre during the 2013 season. Over the years, the Toronto Blue Jays have created three full-time mascots, all of which portray the bird for which the team was named. BJ Birdy was the team mascot from 1979 to 1999. For the 2000 season, BJ was replaced by Ace and Diamond, two new characters.
The Blue Jays played their first game on April 7, 1977, against the Chicago White Sox, before a home crowd of 44,649. The game is remembered for the minor snowstorm which began just before the game started. [ 14 ] Toronto won the snowy affair, 9–5, led by Doug Ault 's two home runs. [ 15 ]
The Blue Jays' former radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Toronto Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father—a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular-season games and 41 postseason games. Cheek later died on October 9, 2005 ...
The 2020 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 44th season in Major League Baseball. On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (including in Toronto ), the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. [ 1 ]
Cito Gaston has both managed and won the most games of any Blue Jays manager, with 1,731 games and 894 wins. He is followed by John Gibbons in both categories, with 1,258 games and 644 wins, who surpassed Bobby Cox 's marks during his second stint as manager. Gaston is the only Blue Jays manager to win a World Series in 1992 and 1993, the ...
Also on Friday night, Melrose (2-0) posted a 50-22 victory over defending Colorado 8-man champion Mancos (0-1) in a neutral-field tilt played at Escalante. The Buffaloes avenged a loss to the ...