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The Cito Gaston Appreciation Thread

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Re: The Cito Gaston Appreciation Thread 

Post#41 » by LLJ » Sun Oct 3, 2010 7:47 pm

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Man, the "moribund" AL East wasn't quite the same back then. Sox leading with a 17-17 record. If only ...



It's true that AL East wasn't as good back then, but bear in mind that there have been many times in the past 10 years when the AL East leader was barely above .500 only 34 games into the season...
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Re: The Cito Gaston Appreciation Thread 

Post#42 » by LittleOzzy » Mon Oct 4, 2010 4:28 pm

What a ride for Cito

Fourteen 162-game seasons, plus six weeks of spring training: 2,856 days.

Two 163-game seasons, due to ties, plus six weeks of spring: 410 days.

One 161-game season, plus six weeks of spring: 204 days.

A 157-game season in which he was fired with five games remaining, plus six weeks of spring: 199 days.

One 129-game season, which he missed 33 games due to a bad back, plus six weeks of spring: 171 days.

One shortened season of 144 games, due to another work stoppage, plus three weeks of spring: 165 days.

Another shortened season of 115 games, marred by a work stoppage, plus six weeks of spring: 157 days.

An 88-game season in which he took over for fired John Gibbons: 88 days.

Fourty-one post-season games, plus 14 fun-filled workout days: 54 days.

Thirteen exhibition games against triple-A Syracuse, double-A Knoxville and the National Baseball Institute: 13 days.

Twelve rain outs: 12 days.

Three all-star games, plus work-out days: Six days.

Four, three, three, five ... 4,335 ... roughly 11.9 years in uniform.

Or a really, really, really, long, long, long time.


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Re: The Cito Gaston Appreciation Thread 

Post#43 » by evilRyu » Thu Oct 7, 2010 2:55 am

evilRyu wrote:
rkid wrote:
evilRyu wrote:i'm trying to find a high quality of that tribute video for Cito, but they do'nt have it on the Blue Jays website.. bummer..


I was hoping to download a good quality version one too.

With the way the interviews looked with some of the guys like Alomar, and Fernandez it seems as though they were bits from longer interviews. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a DVD or something released.

I'm hoping for a download as well!! Haven't been successful, anyone have any leads? Where's the bigmac on this board haha.

As for the interviews, I'm sure those were taken the same time when they were all here for the Dave Stieb celebration. I kind of remember the setting of those interviews and it looked the same.

Video here: http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/video/p ... 2&c_id=tor

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