32 Years Ago Stand Pat Gillick made the most significant trade in Blue Jays’ history. Tony Fernandez and Fred McGriff went to the Padres for Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter. I remember when 32...
and I remember the guy on TSN saying we ‘finally had a leadoff hitter,’ and I thought, no, we had one who would be great. We didn’t use him in that spot. We wouldn’t hit Molitor leadoff either.
The trade worked out. I’ll admit that I wonder if we won a couple of World Series in the alternate universe where the Jays didn’t make the trade. But then, there is no way we could have had a better finish than in the 1993 game with Joe Carter hitting that home run.
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