Remembering Tony Fernandez

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Three years ago today, Tony Fernandez passed away. He was just 57. We had reactions here and here and here. I wish we could see into a universe where Fernandez wasn’t part of the Carter/Alomar t...

trade . It would have been great to have had Fernandez as a lifetime Blue Jay. I want to think he would be in theThere were few players I tried to imitate more. That sidearm flip throw, which always seemed on target, no matter what angle his body was at, was beautiful. And he had that batting stance. He had such a light grip on the bat. I could never make that work.My favourite memories of him were the rare moments he would allow himself a little smile after making a fantastic play.

He is still our all-time leader in hits, and his record is safe for the foreseeable future. Vlad Guerrero is our active leader, but he is 1036 hits short of Tony’s total.. He ran so smoothly that you didn’t realize how fast he was. And defensively, he was smooth and had more range than any Jays shortstop we have had since.took him out with a rolling block in 1987. ThatWhen he passed, we heard his teammates tell stories about him.

 

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