C - Ernie Whitt: 134 HR, .249 AVG, 938 hits, 534 RBI, 22 SB
1B - Carlos Delgado: 473 HR, .280 AVg, 1512 RBI, 2038 hits
2B - Roberto Alomar: 210 HR, .300 AVG, 1134 RBI, 2724 hits, 474 SB
SS - Tony Fernandez: 94 HR, .288 AVG, 844 RBI, 2276 hits, 246 SB
3B - Kelly Gruber: 117 HR, .259 HAVG, 443 RBI, 818 hits, 80 SB
LF - George Bell: 265 HR, .278 AVG, 1002 RBI, 1702 hits, 67 SB
CF - Vernon Wells: 192 HR, .280 AVG, 725 RBI, 1368 hits, 84 SB
RF - Joe Carter: 396 HR, .259 avg, 1445 RBI, 231 SB, 2184 hits
DH - John Olerud: 255 HR, .295 AVG, 1230 RBI, 2239 hits (had to be Johnny O, even if he was a 1B)
SP - Roy Halladay: 148 - 76, 3.43 ERA, 2046 IP, 1495 Ks, 455 BB, 49 CG, 15 SO
SP - Dave Stieb: 176 - 137, 3.44 ERA, 2895 IP, 1669 Ks, 1034 BB, 103 CG, 30 SO
SP - Jimmy Key: 186 - 117, 3.51 ERA, 2591 IP, 1538 Ks, 668 BB, 34 CG, 13 SO
RP - Tom Henke: 217 saves, 2.67 ERA, 789 IP, 861 Ks, 255 BB
RP - Duane Ward: 121 saves, 3.28 ERA, 666.2 IP, 679 Ks, 286 BB
![[image]](http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2299/skydome.jpg)
five levels: 100, 200, 300 Luxury Suites, 400 Luxury Suites, 500 level
49,808 Capacity for football (can you say Toronto Bills?)
55,000 for concerts
67,000 for other events
Concert Hall seats 10,000-25,000
Theatre seats 3,000 to 7,00
Surface: Turf
History:
Rogers Centre, formerly known as SkyDome, is one of the world's most innovative and luxurious ballparks. It opened in June 1989 and was the first stadium to have a fully retractable motorized roof. It also boasts a 348-room hotel attached to it, with 70 rooms overlooking the field. Although it changed names in February 2005, following its purchase by Rogers Communications, I and many others still consider it to be the Skydome.
Skydome received tons of praise and publicity when it opened in 1989 because of its retractable roof, various modern amenities and the hotel, but it is not that unique any more since other similar buildings have been built. It still has the plus side of many bars and restaurants and sights of downtown Toronto within walking distance, it's still a cool place to see a game.
SKYDOME
THE ROOF
The "roof system features a series of 3 moveable panels and 1 stationary panel. Panels 2 and 3 slide on parallel rails while panel 1 slides on a circluar rail "tucking" underneath 2 and 3
-the roof operates on a system of steel tracks and 54 drive mechanisms called "bogies" and is powered by a series of DCmotors that generate over 750 horsepower
-roof area is 339,343 square feet or 31,525 square metres
-weight is 11,000 tons
-span at widest point- 674 feet or 209 metres
-height is 282 feet or 86 metres (from field level to highest point)
-covering is single PVC membrane on insulated acoustic steel deck
-100% of the field and 91% of the seating area is exposed with the roof open
-open/close time — 20 minutes (71 feet or 21 metres per minute)"
- from www.rogerscentre .com/about/history.jsp
VIDEO BOARD
"-In 2005, the club purchased an integrated display and scoring system from Daktronics
-Main display in centre field is 33 feet high (10.0 metres) by 110 feet wide (33.6 metres).
-Colour outfield wall displays, left and right-centre field are 10 feet (3.05 metres) by 65 feet (19.8 metres).
-The full colour ribbon boards along the 300 level facing are four feet (1.2 metre) by 435 feet (132.6 metres)
-The scoreboard has highly versatile programming capabilities including the ability to display full colour commercials during events.
-The screen is one of the industry's leading with PROSTAR® VIDEOPLUS which utilizes state of the art led (light emitting diode) technology. This will provide excellent resolution, increased brightness and improved viewing angles.
-The majority of spectators have a great view of the scoreboard.
-Even those few fans who are sitting in sections beside the video board can still view the screen in addition to the coloured display boards on the outfield wall which measure 10ft high x 65ft /3 metres x 20 metres wide, and coloured display boards on the 300 level facing boards which measure approximately 4ft high x 435 ft/1.3 metres x 132.6 metres long on each side.
-Images can travel the entire 435 foot span of the screen.
-The video boards have the ability to work in tandem with one another or independent of one another."
VIDEO BOARD
"-In 2005, the club purchased an integrated display and scoring system from Daktronics
-Main display in centre field is 33 feet high (10.0 metres) by 110 feet wide (33.6 metres).
-Colour outfield wall displays, left and right-centre field are 10 feet (3.05 metres) by 65 feet (19.8 metres).
-The full colour ribbon boards along the 300 level facing are four feet (1.2 metre) by 435 feet (132.6 metres)
-The scoreboard has highly versatile programming capabilities including the ability to display full colour commercials during events.
-The screen is one of the industry's leading with PROSTAR® VIDEOPLUS which utilizes state of the art led (light emitting diode) technology. This will provide excellent resolution, increased brightness and improved viewing angles.
-The majority of spectators have a great view of the scoreboard.
-Even those few fans who are sitting in sections beside the video board can still view the screen in addition to the coloured display boards on the outfield wall which measure 10ft high x 65ft /3 metres x 20 metres wide, and coloured display boards on the 300 level facing boards which measure approximately 4ft high x 435 ft/1.3 metres x 132.6 metres long on each side.
-Images can travel the entire 435 foot span of the screen.
-The video boards have the ability to work in tandem with one another or independent of one another."
- from www.rogerscentre .com/about/history.jsp
General Team History - Playoffs
1985 - Lost in playoffs to Kansas City
1989 - Lost in Playoffs to Oakland
1991 - AL East Champs: Lost AL Championship to the Twins
1992 - World Series Champions (beat Braves)
1993 - World Series Champions (beat Phillies)
Last 10 seasons
2009 - 75 W - 87 L, 28 GB $ 80,538,300 Payroll *JP Ricciardi is Fired
2008 - 86 W - 76 L, 11 GB $ 97,973,900 Payroll
2007 - 83 W - 79 L, 13 GB $ 81,942,800Payroll
2006 - 87 W - 75 L, 10 GB $ 71,915,000 Payroll
2005 - 80 W - 82 L, 15 GB $ 45,719,500 Payroll
2004 - 67 W - 94 L, 33.5 GB $ 50,017,000 Payroll
2003 - 86 W - 76 L, 15 GB $ 51,269,000 Payroll
2002 - 78 W - 84 L, 25.5 GB $ 76,864,333 Payroll
2001 - 80 W - 82 L, 16 GB * Year JP Ricciardi was Hired, first of many losing seasons $ 76,896,000 Payroll
2000 - 83 W - 79 L, 4.5 GB $ 46,363,332 Payroll
Attendance (remarkable for enduring so much losing)
2009 - TBD
2008 - 2,399,786 total ; 29,626 average
2007 - 2,360,648 total ; 29,143 average
2006 - 2,302,182 total ; 29,422 average
2005 - 1,977,949 total ; 24,724 average
2004 - 1,900,041 total ; 23,457 average
2003 - 1,799,458 total ; 22,219 average
2002 - 1,636,904 total ; 20,209 average
2001 - 1,895,236 total ; 23,690 average
2000 - 1,819,919 total ; 21,058 average
Top 5 draft picks Under JP
2001: 1.Gabe Gross 2.Brandon League 3.Carlton Goodwin 4.Chris Sheffield 5.Micheal Rouse
2002: 1.Russ Adams 2.Dave Bush 3. Justin Maureau 4.Adam Peterson 5.Chad Pleiness
2003: 1.Aaron Hill 2. Josh Banks 3.Shaun Marcum 4.Kurt Isenburg 5.Justin James
2004: 1.Zach Jackson 2.David Purcey 3.Curtis Thigpen 4.David Hill 5.Adam Lind
2005: 1.Ricky Romero 2.Brian Pettway 3.Ryan Patterson 4.Eric Fowler 5.Josh Bell
2006: 1.Travis Snider 2.Brandon Magee 3.Luke Hopkins 4.Brian Jeroloman 5.John Baksh
2007: 1.Kevin Ahrens 2.JP Arencibia 3.Bret Cecil 4.Justin Kackson 5.Trystan Magnuson
2008: 1.David Cooper 2.Kenneth Wilson 3.Andrew Liebel 4.Mark Sobolewski 5.Tyler Pastornicky
2009: (signed) 1.Chad Jenkins 2.Jacob Marisnick 3.Ryan Goins 4.Ryan Schimpf 5.Kris Hobson
***All this to say that JP didn't do the worst job drafting for his team, could be better, but could be a lot worse. I'll give him that. But, with no vision to support the guys that made it and how to put it all together in order to be like the Twins and Marlins of the small market area codes, he was useless to us nonetheless.
** Only no hitter in Blue Jays History: Dave Stieb vs Cleveland September 2nd 1990. Jays won 3-0.
** Only Cycle hitters in Blue Jays History: Kelly Gruber 16 Apr 1989, Jeff Frye 17 Aug 2001 1990
** Only time a Blue Jay was the MLB hitting champ in Blue Jays History: 1B John Olerud who hit .363 in 1993
** Only times a Blue Jay was the MLB Home Run Champ in Blue Jays History: OF Jesse Barfield who hit 40 HR in 1986, and 1B Fred McGriff who hit 36 HR in 1989
** Only times a Blue Jay was the MLB Strike Out Leader in Blue Jays History: Roger Clemens who struck out 292 batters in 1997 and again for striking out 271 batters in 1998, and AJ Burnett who struck out 231 batters in 2008
Hall of Famers that played on the Blue Jays for some time
Ricky Henderson - 1993
Paul Molitor - 1993-1995
Phil Niekro - 1987
Dave Winfield - 1992
Other Awards
MVP: George Bell - 1987
Cy Young: Roy Halladay 2003, Roger Clemens 1997-1998, Pat Hentgen 1996
Rookie of the Year: Eric Hinske 2002, Alfredo Griffin 1979
Manager of the Year:Bobby Cox 1985
Hank Aaron Award: Carlos Delgado 2000
ALCS MVP: Dave Stewart 1993, Roberto Alomar 1992
World Series MVP: Paul Molitor 1993, Pat Borders 1992
Gold Gloves: Orlando Hudson 2B 2005, Vernon Wells OF 2004-2005-2006, Shawn Green 1999, Devon White OF 1991-1992-1993-1994-1995, Roberto Alomar 2B 1991-1992-1993-1994-1995, Kelly Gruber 3B 1990, Jesse Barfield OF 1986-1987, Tony Fernandez 1986-1987-1988-1989
Sportsmen of the year: Pat Gillick/Cito Gaston 1993
Players on Current 40-Man Roster that were drafted by the Blue Jays or came up through their system
Roy Halladay
Bret Cecil
Marc Rzepczynski
Jesse Litsch
Dustin McGowan
Shaun Marcum
Ricky Romero
David Purcey
Scott Richmond
Scott Downs
Jason Frasor
Casey Janssen
Brian Wolfe
Jesse Carlson
Brandon League
Brad Mills
Luis Perez
Dick Hayhurst
Davis Romero
Bill Murphy
Aaron Hill
Vernon Wells
Travis Snider
Adam Lind
24/40 = 60%
Needless to say their internal focus seems to be pitching pitching pitching. I don't blame them after over spending on FAs like BJ Ryan and AJ Burnett!!! Although they could use a bit more balance overall.
** Only retired number in team history is Jackie Robinson's #42....this I find surprising. Henke and Stieb are prime candidates for this, as will Roy one day.
General Team History - Playoffs
1985 - Lost in playoffs to Kansas City
1989 - Lost in Playoffs to Oakland
1991 - AL East Champs: Lost AL Championship to the Twins
1992 - World Series Champions (beat Braves)
1993 - World Series Champions (beat Phillies)
Last 10 seasons
2009 - 75 W - 87 L, 28 GB $ 80,538,300 Payroll *JP Ricciardi is Fired
2008 - 86 W - 76 L, 11 GB $ 97,973,900 Payroll
2007 - 83 W - 79 L, 13 GB $ 81,942,800Payroll
2006 - 87 W - 75 L, 10 GB $ 71,915,000 Payroll
2005 - 80 W - 82 L, 15 GB $ 45,719,500 Payroll
2004 - 67 W - 94 L, 33.5 GB $ 50,017,000 Payroll
2003 - 86 W - 76 L, 15 GB $ 51,269,000 Payroll
2002 - 78 W - 84 L, 25.5 GB $ 76,864,333 Payroll
2001 - 80 W - 82 L, 16 GB * Year JP Ricciardi was Hired, first of many losing seasons $ 76,896,000 Payroll
2000 - 83 W - 79 L, 4.5 GB $ 46,363,332 Payroll
Attendance (remarkable for enduring so much losing)
2009 - TBD
2008 - 2,399,786 total ; 29,626 average
2007 - 2,360,648 total ; 29,143 average
2006 - 2,302,182 total ; 29,422 average
2005 - 1,977,949 total ; 24,724 average
2004 - 1,900,041 total ; 23,457 average
2003 - 1,799,458 total ; 22,219 average
2002 - 1,636,904 total ; 20,209 average
2001 - 1,895,236 total ; 23,690 average
2000 - 1,819,919 total ; 21,058 average
Top 5 draft picks Under JP
2001: 1.Gabe Gross 2.Brandon League 3.Carlton Goodwin 4.Chris Sheffield 5.Micheal Rouse
2002: 1.Russ Adams 2.Dave Bush 3. Justin Maureau 4.Adam Peterson 5.Chad Pleiness
2003: 1.Aaron Hill 2. Josh Banks 3.Shaun Marcum 4.Kurt Isenburg 5.Justin James
2004: 1.Zach Jackson 2.David Purcey 3.Curtis Thigpen 4.David Hill 5.Adam Lind
2005: 1.Ricky Romero 2.Brian Pettway 3.Ryan Patterson 4.Eric Fowler 5.Josh Bell
2006: 1.Travis Snider 2.Brandon Magee 3.Luke Hopkins 4.Brian Jeroloman 5.John Baksh
2007: 1.Kevin Ahrens 2.JP Arencibia 3.Bret Cecil 4.Justin Kackson 5.Trystan Magnuson
2008: 1.David Cooper 2.Kenneth Wilson 3.Andrew Liebel 4.Mark Sobolewski 5.Tyler Pastornicky
2009: (signed) 1.Chad Jenkins 2.Jacob Marisnick 3.Ryan Goins 4.Ryan Schimpf 5.Kris Hobson
***All this to say that JP didn't do the worst job drafting for his team, could be better, but could be a lot worse. I'll give him that. But, with no vision to support the guys that made it and how to put it all together in order to be like the Twins and Marlins of the small market area codes, he was useless to us nonetheless.
** Only no hitter in Blue Jays History: Dave Stieb vs Cleveland September 2nd 1990. Jays won 3-0.
** Only Cycle hitters in Blue Jays History: Kelly Gruber 16 Apr 1989, Jeff Frye 17 Aug 2001 1990
** Only time a Blue Jay was the MLB hitting champ in Blue Jays History: 1B John Olerud who hit .363 in 1993
** Only times a Blue Jay was the MLB Home Run Champ in Blue Jays History: OF Jesse Barfield who hit 40 HR in 1986, and 1B Fred McGriff who hit 36 HR in 1989
** Only times a Blue Jay was the MLB Strike Out Leader in Blue Jays History: Roger Clemens who struck out 292 batters in 1997 and again for striking out 271 batters in 1998, and AJ Burnett who struck out 231 batters in 2008
Hall of Famers that played on the Blue Jays for some time
Ricky Henderson - 1993
Paul Molitor - 1993-1995
Phil Niekro - 1987
Dave Winfield - 1992
Other Awards
MVP: George Bell - 1987
Cy Young: Roy Halladay 2003, Roger Clemens 1997-1998, Pat Hentgen 1996
Rookie of the Year: Eric Hinske 2002, Alfredo Griffin 1979
Manager of the Year:Bobby Cox 1985
Hank Aaron Award: Carlos Delgado 2000
ALCS MVP: Dave Stewart 1993, Roberto Alomar 1992
World Series MVP: Paul Molitor 1993, Pat Borders 1992
Gold Gloves: Orlando Hudson 2B 2005, Vernon Wells OF 2004-2005-2006, Shawn Green 1999, Devon White OF 1991-1992-1993-1994-1995, Roberto Alomar 2B 1991-1992-1993-1994-1995, Kelly Gruber 3B 1990, Jesse Barfield OF 1986-1987, Tony Fernandez 1986-1987-1988-1989
Sportsmen of the year: Pat Gillick/Cito Gaston 1993
Players on Current 40-Man Roster that were drafted by the Blue Jays or came up through their system
Roy Halladay
Bret Cecil
Marc Rzepczynski
Jesse Litsch
Dustin McGowan
Shaun Marcum
Ricky Romero
David Purcey
Scott Richmond
Scott Downs
Jason Frasor
Casey Janssen
Brian Wolfe
Jesse Carlson
Brandon League
Brad Mills
Luis Perez
Dick Hayhurst
Davis Romero
Bill Murphy
Aaron Hill
Vernon Wells
Travis Snider
Adam Lind
24/40 = 60%
Needless to say their internal focus seems to be pitching pitching pitching. I don't blame them after over spending on FAs like BJ Ryan and AJ Burnett!!! Although they could use a bit more balance overall.
** Only retired number in team history is Jackie Robinson's #42....this I find surprising. Henke and Stieb are prime candidates for this, as will Roy one day.
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