And My Wife
Today is the Birthdays of former Blue Jays Paul Molitor and Drew Hutchison. And, far more importantly, it’s my wife’s Birthday. We were going to go hiking at Lake Louise today. Molitor is 68 today. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he was a first-round pick in the 1977 amateur draft, the third pick overall out of the University of Minnesota. The Jays’ first pick that year was Tom Goffena. Pat Gillick didn’t have the greatest record on draft picks.
Rob Neyer picked Molitor as the Jays’ best DH ever, and we did in our Best DH poll. Bill James called Molitor 3rd greatest leadoff man of all time behind Rickey Henderson and Tim Raines and the 8th best third baseman of all time. One strange thing about his career is that he was very injury-prone in the first ten years, and he played almost every day in the second half of his career. After the season, he signed with the Twins as a free agent to finish his career playing for his hometown team.
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