And Jesse Carlson and Sil Campusano
Former Blue Jays starter Esteban Loaiza turns 53 today. You’ll likely remember the Jays trading then-minor leaguer Michael Young in July 2000. You may have heard of Young. He went on to have a pretty decent career. Loaiza? He was 28 at the time. He had 160 games behind him, 131 starts, a 44-45 record, and a 4.80 ERA up to that point in his career. At the time, the Jays were tied for second in the AL East, 1.5 games back of the Yankees.
The Jays batters were used as target practice in a four-game series with the Yankees. In that series, we had six hit batters. Then, the next week in New York, Edwin Encarnacion homered. In his next at-bat, he was hit by a pitch. Then Aaron Hill got drilled. So Carlson throws behind Jorge Posada. What followed: Mike Wilner said: Anyway, a brawl soon followed. Later in the inning, Posada would score, and as he ran past Carlson, he swung an elbow, and the benches emptied. I was a fan before that.
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