The Boston Red Sox were at the Rogers Centre in early August. I left the batting cage area, heading for the first base dugout and the elevator when I heard my name being called. It was the Blue Jays' genial manager, John Gibbons, hooting at me as he has done before. We'd already spoken that […]
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Bob Elliott's Baseball: Scouts mixed on Jays' return for Happ
Each and every year leading up to a non-waiver trade deadline my mind has flashbacks to July 31, 1993. That day, the Blue Jays traded former No. 1 pick Steve Karsay and OF Jose Herrera to the Oakland Athletics for future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson. While the trade was being finalized — Henderson had […]
Bob Elliott's Baseball: Phenom Shohei Ohtani continues to amaze
Away back during the courtship period — long before free-agent Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Angels — we asked a scout about the player's best attribute? "His speed," said the scout who had been to Japan. His velocity? "No, he's fast, I saw him break late to cover first and he still beat a quick […]