Vernon Wells gave the Blue Jays nearly 1400 games and 6000 plate appearances over his 12-year career in Toronto. For some time, he was the face of the franchise. Positionally, at least.
In a short piece this morning for The Score, Wells gave his own opinion on the man who took the franchise torch, and the bat flip story that refuses to die.
Wells admits that he played by the “old school” rules during his career, believing that a player flipping their bat or skipping down the first base line would get their teammate plunked in the next at-bat.