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The Weekend Blue Jays Dichotomy
2009-09-06 18:18:00
The comic above pretty much sums up my experience at the Jays games this labour day weekend. I wouldn’t go into the nitty gritty details in a game review but it went down like this: Friday I rolled into the dome and was treated to a Roy Halladay one-hitter. (Roy became just the 5th pitcher in ...

By: Mop Up Duty

The Best Jays Pictures Thus Far
2009-08-25 13:48:00
The Best Jays Pictures Thus Far So there’s not too much to write about lately. Well maybe there is but I don’t feel like it. And can you blame me? The most riveting Jays news is the impending shut down of some young starting pitchers. Around the game playoff races are heating up but aren’t hot ...

By: Mop Up Duty

Great Kelly Gruber Interview
2009-04-24 13:41:00
Great Kelly Gruber Interview My favourite Blue Jay by far - Kelly Gruber - was in town a week ago today for the Flashback Friday gimmick. Gruber, a father of 4, took 2 of his sons (Kyle,14 & Kolton, 12 - absent was Kody, 18) on the field with him to bask in the glow of the Toronto Blue ...

By: Mop Up Duty

The Best Hair In Blue Jays History
2008-11-05 13:04:00
The Best Hair In Blue Jays History We at Mop Up Duty are pretty obsessed with ballplayer’s hair, mostly because either we are losing it ourselves or we just have a bad haircut in general (or both). When I think of the Jays of my youth, I think of glorious mullets and Tom-Selleck-like mustaches. To celebrate ...

By: Mop Up Duty

Baseball Bucket List
2008-03-17 12:58:00
Baseball Bucket List I saw the movie “The Bucket List” the other day. Not a bad flick, and it got me to thinking… what would my Baseball-related Bucket List be?

By: Mop Up Duty

Kelly Gruber Haunts My Dreams
2007-09-23 17:34:00
Kelly Gruber Haunts My Dreams So I started taking a mineral supplement last night called ZMA which is supposed to give you weird dreams and let me tell you, last night’s was AWESOME!! Okay, let me start off by saying that these ZMA fueled dreams are incredibly vivid and lifelike. The dream started off with me finding out that in a last ditch attempt at saving his job, Jays’ GM JP Ricciardi lured Kelly Gruber out of retirement in the hopes that it would spark a final push for the Jays to reach the playoffs for the first time since 1993. So naturally I order tickets right away and since it is such a momentous occasion, I empty my pockets and get the special TD Canada-Trust seats that are right on the field. AND I find out that Kelly gets to ass-kick the Yankees. When I get there, much to my dismay, Kelly Gruber’s ass is glued to the bench (I know, at this point I should have realized it was a dream/nightmare but it kept on going thankfully). Fast forward to t...

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Blast From The Past: Kelly Gruber
2007-01-24 02:23:01
Blast From The Past: Kelly Gruber After thinking about my previous article, my all time Jays team, I remembered another instance where Kelly Gruber proved his unrivalled natural athleticism. It was in 1991 on a show called “The Superstars”. The Superstars was a television sports competition pitting stars from each sport against one another in various events from swimming to running to basketball and even kayaking. Shows today that are spinoffs from the original Superstars include “The World’s Strongest Man” and “Pros vs. Joes”. Notable winners include OJ Simpson, Herschel Walker, Jason Sehorn, Decathlete Dave Johnson and…. Kelly Gruber. In 1991 Kelly Gruber became the first and only baseball player to win the Superstars title. He moved on from a first round heat which included the likes of Jerry Rice, Andre Rison and Barry Bonds. In the final, Kelly Gruber faced off against a football-heavy field of competitors that inc...

By: Mop Up Duty