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Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday

Venture down the rabbit hole and discover all kinds of weird, bizarre and fascinating historical figures, statistics and mascots from Blue Jays past.

This is where you’ll find everything from BJ Birdy, Domer and Diamond, to the birth of Edwin Encarnacion’s “walk the parrot”, to old Blue Jays commercials, videos and former players.
 

Flashback Friday 

Flashback Friday: Terry Cashman’s “Talkin’ Baseball” (The Blue Jays Version)

September 19, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Flashback Friday, video

A short but sweet feature for this week’s Flashback Friday comes via the Blue Jays Subreddit – it’s an adaptation of Terry Cashman’s classic “Talkin’ Baseball” which was adapted for the 1986 Toronto Blue Jays.

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Flashback Friday Video 

Flashback Friday: Kathie Becomes a Blue Jays Booster on “Kids in the Hall”

September 12, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Flashback Friday, Kelly Gruber, Kids in the Hall

Sometimes it’s easy to forget exactly how big the Toronto Blue Jays were in the early 90’s.

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Flashback Friday: J.P. Ricciardi’s Feud with Adam Dunn

September 5, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Adam Dunn, Flashback Friday, J.P. Ricciardi

“Do you know the guy (Adam Dunn) doesn’t even like baseball all that much?”

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Flashback Friday: Ken Huckaby Takes Out Derek Jeter

August 29, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Derek Jeter, Flashback Friday, New York Yankees

As Derek Jeter’s career comes to a close, he’ll be remembered for many things.

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Flashback Friday Former Blue Jays 

Flashback Friday: Roy Halladay Almost Traded to the Angels

August 1, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Los Angeles Angels, Roy Halladay, trade, trade deadline

For the better part of the 2009 season, that was the inevitability floating above the Blue Jays like a dark cloud; it wasn’t a question of if they were going to trade their franchise player, it was a question of when they were going to trade him.

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Flashback Friday: J.P. Arencibia’s Big League Debut

July 18, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Flashback Friday, J.P. Arencibia

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last five years, it’s that banking on highly-touted prospects is a dangerous game.

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Flashback Friday: The John Gibbons/Shea Hillenbrand Altercation

July 11, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Flashback Friday, John Gibbons, Shea Hillenbrand

John Gibbons has had a tough week. Judging by the sound of his voice and the look on his face at some of the post-game pressers, it seems like John Gibbons has aged 20 years in the past month or so.

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Flashback Friday: Frank Thomas’ Pillow Fight Commercial

June 20, 2014April 10, 2023 Ian Hunter Blue Jays commercials, Flashback Friday, Frank Thomas, videos

A harmless pillow fight between two kids – seems innocent enough, right?

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