1978 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977)

rpriske · 02-01-2013, 10:39 AM

Going into Year 2 of my Jays expansion.

You can see 1977 here. I went 63-99.

I am just starting Spring Training Games and I have my entire 40-man roster active.

rpriske · 02-01-2013, 10:55 AM

Notable changes going into Spring Training. Pete Vuckovich is back in the rotation. We are also trying out Mike Parrott as a starter as Juan Castaneda is back as closer.

rpriske · 02-02-2013, 12:50 AM

March 6th, 1978

Toronto started off Spring Training with a 4-3 loss to Cleveland.

Of note was Matt Robinson who hit a 2 run, inside the park homerun.

WP - Shane Rawley (1-0)
Save - Dave LaRoche (1)
LP - Mike Willis (0-1)

rpriske · 02-02-2013, 10:42 AM

March 7th, 1978

Toronto evened up their Spring record by beating the Angels 5-4, on the strength of the bullpen and back-up players. Pinch hitters Ernie Whitt and John Scott came up big when the team needed them.

WP - Eric Hathaway (1-0)
Save - Domingo Nieto (1)
LP - John Caneira (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-1

rpriske · 02-02-2013, 11:04 AM

March 8th, 1978

Nothing really clicked today. Too bad it was the Yankees. 6-0.

WP - Jerry Reuss (1-0)
LP - Mark Foster (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-2

rpriske · 02-03-2013, 09:17 AM

March 9th, 1978

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox went 12 innings, with each of their pitching staffs throwing great games. Eventually it was Doug Ault, hitting a walk-off, 2-run blast to seal the game for Toronto, 4-2.

WP - Juan Castaneda (1-0)
LP - Max Leon (0-2)

Spring Record - 2-2

rpriske · 02-03-2013, 10:35 PM

March 10th, 1978

A bases-loaded triple by Ramiro Vega gave the Jays the lead, which held in a 7-5 victory over the Twins.

WP - Mike Barlow (1-0)
Save - Dennis DeBarr (1)
LP - Stan Bahnsen (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-2

rpriske · 02-04-2013, 05:47 PM

March 11th, 1978

Another good day. This time it was Pete Vuckovich who seems to like his return to the starting rotation. He pitched 5 scoreless innings, giving up 5 hits and striking out 6. Juan Castaneda and Domingo Nieto also kept the Royals off the board as the Jays won 4-0.

WP - Pete Vuckovich (1-0)
LP - Andy Hassler (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-2

rpriske · 02-04-2013, 05:48 PM

Two more minor league signings:

SS - Matt Alexander
SS - Marvin Adams

rpriske · 02-04-2013, 10:32 PM

March 12th, 1978

Toronto continues their spring training roll, defeating the Athletics 7-3.

Oscar Gamble got his first homerun of the spring.

WP - Mike Willis (1-1)
Save - Eric Hathaway (1)
LP - Steve McCatty (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-2

rpriske · 02-04-2013, 11:07 PM

March 13th, 1978

The Texas Rangers stop Toronto's mini-streak, beating them 3-2.

WP - Andy Replogle (1-1)
Save - Len Barker (1)
LP - Juan Castaneda (1-1)

Spring Record - 5-3

rpriske · 02-05-2013, 07:11 AM

March 14th, 1978

The Blue Jays win another one on the strength of their pitching. Mark Foster, Dennis DeBarr and Domingo Nieto shut out the Orioles, 1-0.

WP - Dennis DeBarr (1-0)
Save - Domingo Nieto (2)
LP - Dyar Miller (0-2)

Spring Record - 6-3

rpriske · 02-05-2013, 10:55 PM

March 15th, 1978

The Jays pitching wasn't as effective as it has been recently, as they fell 7-4 to the White Sox.

WP - Randy Moffitt (2-0)
Save - Rollie Fingers (4)
LP - Mike Willis (1-2)

Spring Record - 6-4

rpriske · 02-05-2013, 11:03 PM

First Round of cuts

Going to AAA

Carlos Hernandez
Anastasio Palmeiro
Gi Yun

Placed on Waivers

Dave McKay

Sent back to Kansas City

Billy Harvey

rpriske · 02-06-2013, 10:24 PM

March 16th, 1978

The Jays couldn't overcome the Brewers today, falling 5-1.

WP - Moose Haas (2-0)
LP - Theron Perkins (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-5

rpriske · 02-06-2013, 10:53 PM

March 17th, 1978

Today was a good day to be a Toronto batter as they got 19 hits en route to defeating Detroit 11-6.

Mike Ivie went 4 for 5 with a homer and 2 RBI.

WP - Dave Lemanczyk (1-0)
Save - Domingo Nieto (3)
LP - Pablo Torrealba (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-5

rpriske · 02-07-2013, 07:07 AM

March 19th, 1978

The Mariners got to Pete Vuckovich and it was a game of long balls as Seattle beat Toronto 7-5.

WP - Rick Honeycutt (1-2)
Save - Glen Abbott (1)
LP - Pete Vuckovich (1-1)

Spring Record - 7-6

rpriske · 02-07-2013, 09:39 PM

March 20th, 1978

Toronto beat Cleveland 4-2. Fergie Jenkins only allowed 2 hits and 1 walk in 5 shut-out innings. Pete Mackanin went 2 for 4 with a homer and 2 RBI.

WP - Dennis DeBarr (2-0)
Save - Mike Willis (1)
LP - Larry Anderson (1-1)

Spring Record - 8-6

rpriske · 02-07-2013, 10:01 PM

March 21st, 1978

The Blue Jays beat Nolan Ryan and the Angels 2-1 on the strength of their pitching. Mark Foster and Juan Castaneda pitched 7 scoreless frames and the only run given up by Domingo Nieto was unearned after an error by Kiko Garcia in the 9th.

WP - Mark Foster (1-1)
Save - Domingo Nieto (4)
LP - Nolan Ryan (2-1)

Spring Record - 9-6

rpriske · 02-07-2013, 10:24 PM

March 22nd, 1978

The Blue Jays celebrated their GM's 10th birthday with an extra-inning, 3-2 victory over Ron Guidry and the Yankees. It was Al Woods with the clutch, walk-off RBI single in the 10th that sealed the win.

WP - Mike Barlow (2-0)
LP - Terry Forster (0-1)

Spring Record - 10-6

02-01-2013, 10:39 AM	#1
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	1978 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977) Going into Year 2 of my Jays expansion. You can see 1977 here. I went 63-99. I am just starting Spring Training Games and I have my entire 40-man roster active.

02-07-2013, 10:01 PM	#19
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 21st, 1978 The Blue Jays beat Nolan Ryan and the Angels 2-1 on the strength of their pitching. Mark Foster and Juan Castaneda pitched 7 scoreless frames and the only run given up by Domingo Nieto was unearned after an error by Kiko Garcia in the 9th. WP - Mark Foster (1-1) Save - Domingo Nieto (4) LP - Nolan Ryan (2-1) Spring Record - 9-6 Last edited by rpriske; 02-08-2013 at 11:01 AM.

02-01-2013, 10:55 AM	#2
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Notable changes going into Spring Training. Pete Vuckovich is back in the rotation. We are also trying out Mike Parrott as a starter as Juan Castaneda is back as closer.

02-02-2013, 12:50 AM	#3
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 6th, 1978 Toronto started off Spring Training with a 4-3 loss to Cleveland. Of note was Matt Robinson who hit a 2 run, inside the park homerun. WP - Shane Rawley (1-0) Save - Dave LaRoche (1) LP - Mike Willis (0-1)

02-02-2013, 10:42 AM	#4
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 7th, 1978 Toronto evened up their Spring record by beating the Angels 5-4, on the strength of the bullpen and back-up players. Pinch hitters Ernie Whitt and John Scott came up big when the team needed them. WP - Eric Hathaway (1-0) Save - Domingo Nieto (1) LP - John Caneira (0-1) Spring Record - 1-1

02-02-2013, 11:04 AM	#5
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 8th, 1978 Nothing really clicked today. Too bad it was the Yankees. 6-0. WP - Jerry Reuss (1-0) LP - Mark Foster (0-1) Spring Record - 1-2

02-03-2013, 09:17 AM	#6
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 9th, 1978 The Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox went 12 innings, with each of their pitching staffs throwing great games. Eventually it was Doug Ault, hitting a walk-off, 2-run blast to seal the game for Toronto, 4-2. WP - Juan Castaneda (1-0) LP - Max Leon (0-2) Spring Record - 2-2

02-03-2013, 10:35 PM	#7
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 10th, 1978 A bases-loaded triple by Ramiro Vega gave the Jays the lead, which held in a 7-5 victory over the Twins. WP - Mike Barlow (1-0) Save - Dennis DeBarr (1) LP - Stan Bahnsen (0-1) Spring Record - 3-2

02-04-2013, 05:47 PM	#8
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 11th, 1978 Another good day. This time it was Pete Vuckovich who seems to like his return to the starting rotation. He pitched 5 scoreless innings, giving up 5 hits and striking out 6. Juan Castaneda and Domingo Nieto also kept the Royals off the board as the Jays won 4-0. WP - Pete Vuckovich (1-0) LP - Andy Hassler (0-1) Spring Record - 4-2

02-04-2013, 05:48 PM	#9
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Two more minor league signings: SS - Matt Alexander SS - Marvin Adams

02-04-2013, 10:32 PM	#10
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 12th, 1978 Toronto continues their spring training roll, defeating the Athletics 7-3. Oscar Gamble got his first homerun of the spring. WP - Mike Willis (1-1) Save - Eric Hathaway (1) LP - Steve McCatty (0-1) Spring Record - 5-2

02-04-2013, 11:07 PM	#11
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 13th, 1978 The Texas Rangers stop Toronto's mini-streak, beating them 3-2. WP - Andy Replogle (1-1) Save - Len Barker (1) LP - Juan Castaneda (1-1) Spring Record - 5-3

02-05-2013, 07:11 AM	#12
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 14th, 1978 The Blue Jays win another one on the strength of their pitching. Mark Foster, Dennis DeBarr and Domingo Nieto shut out the Orioles, 1-0. WP - Dennis DeBarr (1-0) Save - Domingo Nieto (2) LP - Dyar Miller (0-2) Spring Record - 6-3

02-05-2013, 10:55 PM	#13
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 15th, 1978 The Jays pitching wasn't as effective as it has been recently, as they fell 7-4 to the White Sox. WP - Randy Moffitt (2-0) Save - Rollie Fingers (4) LP - Mike Willis (1-2) Spring Record - 6-4

02-05-2013, 11:03 PM	#14
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	First Round of cuts Going to AAA Carlos Hernandez Anastasio Palmeiro Gi Yun Placed on Waivers Dave McKay Sent back to Kansas City Billy Harvey

02-06-2013, 10:24 PM	#15
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 16th, 1978 The Jays couldn't overcome the Brewers today, falling 5-1. WP - Moose Haas (2-0) LP - Theron Perkins (0-1) Spring Record - 6-5

02-06-2013, 10:53 PM	#16
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 17th, 1978 Today was a good day to be a Toronto batter as they got 19 hits en route to defeating Detroit 11-6. Mike Ivie went 4 for 5 with a homer and 2 RBI. WP - Dave Lemanczyk (1-0) Save - Domingo Nieto (3) LP - Pablo Torrealba (0-1) Spring Record - 7-5

02-07-2013, 07:07 AM	#17
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 19th, 1978 The Mariners got to Pete Vuckovich and it was a game of long balls as Seattle beat Toronto 7-5. WP - Rick Honeycutt (1-2) Save - Glen Abbott (1) LP - Pete Vuckovich (1-1) Spring Record - 7-6

02-07-2013, 09:39 PM	#18
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 20th, 1978 Toronto beat Cleveland 4-2. Fergie Jenkins only allowed 2 hits and 1 walk in 5 shut-out innings. Pete Mackanin went 2 for 4 with a homer and 2 RBI. WP - Dennis DeBarr (2-0) Save - Mike Willis (1) LP - Larry Anderson (1-1) Spring Record - 8-6

02-07-2013, 10:24 PM	#20
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	March 22nd, 1978 The Blue Jays celebrated their GM's 10th birthday with an extra-inning, 3-2 victory over Ron Guidry and the Yankees. It was Al Woods with the clutch, walk-off RBI single in the 10th that sealed the win. WP - Mike Barlow (2-0) LP - Terry Forster (0-1) Spring Record - 10-6