2. dave stieb made his first plate appearances in the 1981 all-star game in cleveland, when he struck out in the ninth. two years later in chicago, stieb's sacrifice bunt set up an unearned run for the american league.

3. false - montreal hosted the game in 1983.

4. that was the year the jays kicked off their season 90 minutes before the cincinnati reds' opening pitch. traditionally the reds, the oldest team in major league baseball, got the honor of starting first. the jays explained they were starting early to avoid the same drunken scene they'd had the year before. it was also the first time that the baseball season was starting outside of the u.s., which irked american fans.

5. julio franco of the indians spoiled stieb's no-hit bid, while the orioles' jim traber did the disfavor the following game. almost a year later, it was the yankees' roberto kelly's turn in stieb's third no-hit bid.

6. nelson liriano ruined nolan ryan's day, on april 23, 1989, when he hit a triple to break up his no-hit bid in the ninth. and on april 28, california's kirk mccaskill had to settle for a one-hitter when liriano doubled off him.

7. cito's real name is clarence edwin gaston. his pals started calling him 'cito' after a mexican wrestler. "i never knew anything about the guy," gaston says, "but if your given name is clarence, you take any nickname you can get."

8. mookie was born william hayward wilson.

9. yes. after 968 games at the ex, the jays posted a 491-475 record.

10. Rickey Henderson swiped an lcs record eight bases in the five-game oakland a's series victory of the jays in 1989.
 
 
 
 
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