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1. Rico Carty was a Maple Leaf in 1963, won a batting title for the Atlanta Braves in 1970, was on the disabled list for all of 1971, and played for the Blue Jays in 1978 and 1979.
2. Dave Lemanczyk, who lost on April 8, 1977. He made the All-Star team in 1979.
3. An Expo in 1972, Hector Torres hit the Blue Jays’ first grand slam in 1977, and later coached the Blue Jays in 1990 and 1991.
4. Rick Cerone. The Opening Day catcher in 1977, he retired from the Expos in 1992.
5. Mark Bomback. Acquired in a trade from the Mets on the eve of the 1981 season, Bomback lasted two seasons in a Toronto uniform. He won 20 for the Vancouver Canadians in 1979.
6. Mike Morgan, a Blue Jay in 1983, and a Diamondback 18 years later.
7. Willie Upshaw. He had 104 RBI in 1983.
8. Would you believe? Jimmy Key. He was the lefty bullpen ace in his 1984 rookie season, and moved to the starting rotation a year later.
   
9. A Chicago Cub from 1977 to 1980, Dennis Lamp was 11-0 in 1985. Bill Caudill (a Cub from 1979-1981), Tom Filer (1982), and Cliff Johnson (1980) were the others. For the record, Filer went 7-0 in 1985.
10. Phil Niekro, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1997. He shut out the Blue Jays, 8-0, to win his 300th on October 6, 1985.
11. Prior to Junior Felix, the last player to hit an inside the park grand slam was Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyre, who hit one on July 20, 1965. His son, Todd, was a Jay from 1988 to 1994.
12. Xavier Hernandez. Born in 1967 in Pt. Arthur, Texas, he pitched seven of his ten major league seasons with the Astros (1990-1993, 1996) and the Rangers (1997-1998).
13. Fred McGriff, who led the league with 36 home runs in 1989. That wouldn’t even amount to half the lead in the National League in 2001.
14. Ken Dayley. He signed a three year, $12 million contract prior to the 1991 season, and pitched in a grand total of four innings for the Blue Jays.
15. Roberto Alomar.
16. Devon White.
17. Otis Nixon, an Expo from 1988 to 1990, and a Jay from 1996 to 1997.
18. John Kruk. The 1993 World Series was his only trip to the finals, and the entire series was played in Veterans Stadium and the SkyDome.
19. Flener wore Shawn Green’s number 56 in his debut. In 1999, while wearing number 15, Green established a new record hitting streak of 29 games.
20. Larry Andersen, Phillies broadcaster since 1997.
21. Dave Winfield, born on October 3, 1951.
22. The first Blue Jays game of the 1996 season was played in Las Vegas. The opening series for the Oakland A’s had shifted there, as the Coliseum renovations were not finished.
23. Carlos Delgado, who wore 21 as a tribute to Roberto Clemente.
24. Would you believe? Mike Sirotka.
25. Paul Quantrill. After years of living in Port Hope, he’ll have to go house hunting in LA.