I’m not one that likes to reminisce about past glory very much, but today marks a significant day in team history for the Blue Jays. With it, a trade that changed the landscape of the franchise forever, and brought my personal favourite player to the Blue Jays when then GM Pat Gillick sent Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter.
It was a blockbuster deal to be sure, and even though both teams knew it was a significant move at the time, it’s hard to imagine either saw things playing out the way they did.