Former Blue Jays center fielder Otis Nixon turns 64 today. Nixon had a 17-year MLB career. He spent two of those years (well, just short of two years) with the Jays. With the Jays, he hit...
and Roger Clemens on the team at the time finishing well under .500 seems almost unbelievable.
Otis was fun to watch on the basepaths, but he had no power at all, and, despite his speed, his defense in center could have been better. He had the occasional terrific catch but didn’t always take the best routes to the ball and had a noodle arm., a catcher who never made it pastOf course, my best memory of Nixon wasn’t when he was with the Jays. Nixon made the last out of theon a bunt single. Timlin made an excellent play on the ball and threw it toat first base.
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