Jays Journal » Cooperstown http://jaysjournal.com A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Roberto Alomar Catches His Taste of Cooperstown http://jaysjournal.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-catches-his-taste-of-cooperstown/ http://jaysjournal.com/2011/01/05/roberto-alomar-catches-his-taste-of-cooperstown/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:17:17 +0000 Jared Macdonald http://jaysjournal.com/?p=3937 12 consecutive All-Star appearances, 10 Rawlings Gold Gloves, 4 Louisville Silver Sluggers, 5 top-6 MVP finishes, 1992 ALCS MVP, and World Series Champion in 1992 and 1993. Rewind back to early December 1990. The Jays controversially traded slugger Fred McGriff, who had just come off a stellar .300/.430/.500 season, as well as three-time All-Star and [...]

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]]> 12 consecutive All-Star appearances, 10 Rawlings Gold Gloves, 4 Louisville Silver Sluggers, 5 top-6 MVP finishes, 1992 ALCS MVP, and World Series Champion in 1992 and 1993.

Rewind back to early December 1990. The Jays controversially traded slugger Fred McGriff, who had just come off a stellar .300/.430/.500 season, as well as three-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner Tony Fernandez for Joe Carter, who was coming off a season where he hit .234 with a career-low .681 OPS, and Roberto Alomar, a young 22-year-old kid with a ton of upside who had just captured his first All-Star appearance.

Then Jays GM Pat Gillick knew what he was doing at the time, but definitely drew his fair share of criticism for the move. It’s safe to say that there was no way he could have foreseen the kind of effect that 2011 Hall of Fame electee Roberto Alomar would have on the Toronto Blue Jays franchise.

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