@DaveStiebToday Today In Dave Stieb History

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"1/2: August [--] [----] - Dave Stieb steers the good ship Blue Jay into harbour against the Seattle Mariners his 436th regular season appearance netting his second career save - and first since July [--] - 3IP of two-hit one-run ball in a 16-2 #BlueJays laugher"
X Link 2022-08-19T23:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"September [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 Video of Dave Stieb losing a 2nd no-hitter in a row with [--] outs & [--] strikes in the 9th 🚨 Lightening (from hell) strikes twice. Stieb jams #Orioles Jim Traber with a curve ball all 6'3" of #BlueJays Fred McGriff can't reach it and history repeats"
X Link 2022-09-30T14:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"January [--] [----] - The first sign Dave Stieb won't be ready for the start of the season. He signed with the #WhiteSox for [----] after [--] years with the #BlueJays but was still recovering from elbow surgery caused by tendinitis after getting stuck in the '92 Blue Jays bullpen"
X Link 2023-01-25T00:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"February [--] [----] (P2) - Often lost to the sand dunes of history: the signing of Dave Stieb to his 6-year deal is symbolic of a new era for the #BlueJays. [----] kicked off [--] straight winning seasons capped by their [--] World Series wins. Every milestone in '83 felt like a first"
X Link 2023-02-11T17:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"#StiebBest37: [--] - April [--] [----] The Master of the One-Hitter strikes again sandbagging the #Yankees in 1989's opening week setting another MLB standard: three one-hitters in his last four starts. It seems the #BlueJays' Dave Stieb is back to wowing the U.S. sports media"
X Link 2023-02-14T01:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Including Opening Day '89's [--] IP of four-hit ball the seven total hits allowed by Stieb over four starts - with at least two complete games during the span - is the lowest recorded total in modern MLB history. Johnny Vander Meer's the other fella in this rarefied club of two"
X Link 2023-02-14T01:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: April [--] [----] - What's with the Quirk in this man's boots Dave Stieb tosses another 1-hitter: his THIRD in [--] starts this time vs the #Yankees. (This time after B2B no-hitters lost with [--] strike to go to end 1988). Stieb's line: 9IP 1H 0R 4BB 5SO; RE24 [---] [---] Pit"
X Link 2023-04-10T12:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: Including Opening Day 1989's [--] IP of 4-hit ball the [--] total hits allowed by Dave Stieb over [--] starts - with at least [--] complete games during the span - is the lowest recorded total in modern #MLB history. Johnny Vander Meer's the other fella in this rarefied club of two"
X Link 2023-04-10T12:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: May [--] [----] - KC manager Dick Howser's had enough of Dave Stieb: "I haven't seen a better right-hander this year. You know he's going to be one of the great ones." Stieb's #BlueJays stifle Howser's #Royals 6-1. Stieb's line: 8.1IP 8H 1R 1ER 3BB 10K; GSc [--] RE24 2.85"
X Link 2023-05-06T14:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"3/3: Stieb's incandescent May 1-21 run (5-0 [----] [----] IP) remains the best five-start stretch in @BlueJays history chart. His [----] ERA through [--] starts from the beginning of a season still ranks fifth-lowest in #MLB since [----]. He'll win AL Pitcher of the Week and Month"
X Link 2023-05-21T14:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: May [--] [----] - 🚨 "The name of the game tonight was Mr. Stieb." 🚨 So sayeth Durham Bulls manager Bill Evers after Stieb on his way back to #MLB at age [--] limits a hard-hitting Tampa Bay AAA team to 4Hs & 2ERs over 7IP in a 7-3 win for the #BlueJays AAA club Syracuse"
X Link 2023-05-25T23:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"June [--] [----] (P1) - [--] days after being released by the @WhiteSox news breaks that Dave Stieb has signed with the Kansas City @Royals and will report to AAA affiliate @OMAStormChasers (then Royals) in their starting rotation"
X Link 2023-06-10T23:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"June [--] [----] - Here's a first-weekend-of-summer bonus: the Nolan Ryan-Dave Stieb matchup that never was - [---] innings of baseball on a griddle before swirling winds and black clouds close 'er down. #StraightUpTX #NextLevel 🚨📽Full clip on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/INCa5Qo7Lhg https://youtu.be/INCa5Qo7Lhg"
X Link 2023-06-23T22:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: June [--] [----] - Dave Stieb makes his #MLB debut in Baltimore. He takes the loss giving up [--] runs in [--] IPs vs a powerful #Orioles team in Game [--] of a DH. Stieb is [--] years-old a year from being drafted from college as an outfielder. How rare is such a transition #Rare"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: There are virtually no comparables for the trajectory of Dave Stieb from College Team MVP as a CF in [----] to the #MLB on June [--] [----] as a starting pitcher. Stieb only decided in Fall of '78 to pitch full-time. He tossed [---] IP in pro ball on top of [----] IP in college"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"3/3: From starting games in April [----] as a full-time pitcher in the minors at Single-A Dunedin the ascension of Dave Stieb to the #MLB on June [--] [----] was meteoric. He's 5-0 [----] ERA in Dunedin then a rare A-AAA bump but he's even better in Syracuse: 5-2 with a [----] ERA"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/3: July [--] [----] Game reports: In the years before interleague play and hyperactive free agency the #AllStarGame was competitive and edgy a pageant of pride between the leagues. Stieb's 3IP start - there've only been six since none since '94 - was a brilliant scene-setter. 1/3: July [--] [----] Game reports: The calendar shows no July [--] appearances for Dave Stieb but the papers sure couldn't steer clear of him [--] years ago this morning. "I can't remember a time I've felt more proud. It was a great accomplishment for me and for the American League." https://t.co/E8voHr8BNi 1/3: July [--] [----] Game"
X Link 2023-07-07T11:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"3/3: "By game's end Stieb was showered and dressed looking for all the world like a preppy Magnum P.I. The initials stand for Pretty Impressive. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch "There's no question in my mind he's the best righthanded pitcher in the American League." - Ted Simmons"
X Link 2023-07-07T12:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: July [--] [----] - WAIT. Check that Dave Stieb timeline again July '78: Off to Hawaii after a year at @SIU_Baseball for summer ball. As a centerfielder. July '79: First full month in #MLB. #BlueJays starting pitcher. July '80:🚨Off to the [----] #AllStarGame. As a pitcher.📽"
X Link 2023-07-09T01:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"July [--] [----] -🚨 Video of Dave Stieb pitching in the [----] #MLB All-Star Game 🚨 Its [----]. Were at the Chicago @Cubs iconic Wrigley Field. Here come [--] more HOFers or MVPs to take on the #BlueJays 7-time all-star a then AL record"
X Link 2023-07-11T00:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: July [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 Dave Stieb with Randy Johnson & Wade Boggs at the [----] #MLB #AllStarGame 🚨 It's Stieb's 7th appearance an A.L. record at the time. 🤯 His line: 2IP 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 1K"
X Link 2023-07-11T02:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@KenPagan @ChickenMan3010 Ah yeah: the vagaries of reporting systems esp for an account that reproduces vintage articles. We do our own research as backup. Eg. Ford [--] picks [--] yrs [--] app. Catfish [--] [--] and [--]. Two ASGs/year (59-62) also clouds some stat lines (Ford Marichal Drysdale). YMMV sir"
X Link 2023-07-11T14:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/3: July [--] [----] - 🚨 Dave Stieb is the cover feature in the #BlueJays Scorebook program 🚨"
X Link 2023-07-13T00:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"July [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 Dave Stieb & Jimmy Key at the '85 ASG in Minnesota 🚨 It is Key's 1st all-star selection for the #BlueJays and Stieb's 5th in [--] years"
X Link 2023-07-17T20:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"July [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 Dave Stieb & @Tigers MVP closer Willie Hernandez at the '85 #MLB All-Star Game 🚨 Stieb had quite the run in his 1st [--] full seasons. Made the ASG [--] of [--] years missing in '82.when he won Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Year with [--] () CGs & 288+ IP"
X Link 2023-07-16T19:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"#StiebCardSunday 🚨 Dave Stieb and Jimmy Key at the [----] #MLB All-Star Game in Minnesota 🚨"
X Link 2023-07-17T00:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A puffed-up moment of pride for Canadians; Dave Stieb & Andre Dawson grace the cover of Sports Illustrated (for the American lens after a similar July [--] Maclean's story). It's a brave new #MLB world with the Montreal #Expos & #BlueJays in 1st place"
X Link 2023-07-19T00:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Dave Stieb had just tossed [--] IPs of no-hit ball as the starter & winner of the '83 #MLB All-Star Game and was in a window of dominance ('82-5) that could've netted him 3-4 Cy Young awards by 21st century analytics. All part of a coming-out party for Canada that Summer of '83"
X Link 2023-07-19T00:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Hi @JesseBarfield29 What do you remember about Dave Stieb the Centre Fielder Good routes Strong arm How was he at the plate And do you remember the first time you saw him pitch in [----] That must have been something. 😊 Here's all of you"
X Link 2023-07-30T00:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"🚨 ICYMI 🚨 - We were interviewed recently by Kevin @coopincanada Glew for this article on Dave Stieb's #MLB All-Star Game appearances.which were many and very excellent in nature. ❤🔥💪🏽⚾ Read the article here ➡"
X Link 2023-08-01T00:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: August [--] [----] - Dave Stieb blanks the hard-charging #Yankees to end a #BlueJays 6-game losing streak staying within [---] games of 1st place #Orioles. He stymies New York on [--] hits & [--] BBs whilst striking out only one batter. We have this as Stieb's 36th best career start"
X Link 2023-08-09T10:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] (Pt.1):🚨Hes having a pretty good week cos hes getting married on Friday" MLB returns from its summer [----] strike with the #AllStarGame in Cleveland; Dave Stieb's called in an inning early to rescue a shaky Rollie Fingers with a rare AL lead freshly erased"
X Link 2023-08-09T23:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] (Pt.2):🚨The part everyone remembers is the infamous at-bat against future HOFer Bruce Sutter. 5-4 game. Braying crowd. Manager Jim Freys out of pinch-hitters. Daves gotta bat for himself. Pitchers lifetime BA v Sutter: .113. Dave didnt even bring a helmet"
X Link 2023-08-10T00:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: August [--] [----] - "It was one of those games you dream about." Dave Stieb's first two-hitter - a game we have 12th on our #StiebBest37 list - heralds a [----] finishing kick wherein [--] of his last [--] starts are either complete games or at least nine innings (1.95 ERA 106IP)"
X Link 2023-08-10T11:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"With Jose Bautista going into the #BlueJays Level of Excellence we look back on the very first induction ceremony back in [----] featuring George Bell and Dave Stieb. #NextLevel 👍🏼"
X Link 2023-08-12T18:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"🚨 Live video of Jose Bautista @JoeyBats19 entering the field 🚨 He joins original #BlueJays Level of Excellence members Dave Stieb and George Bell today down at Skydome #NextLevel"
X Link 2023-08-12T19:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] - 🚨 Live video of @JoeyBats19 Jose Bautista's name plate being unveiled 🚨 He joins original #BlueJays Level of Excellence members Dave Stieb and George Bell today down at Skydome #NextLevel "
X Link 2023-08-12T19:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"🚨 Exclusive Video (P3) - the very first induction ceremony onto the #BlueJays Level Of Excellence from [----]. 🚨 Jose Bautista @JoeyBats19 follows original members Dave Stieb and George Bell today down at Skydome #NextLevel"
X Link 2023-08-12T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] & August [--] [----] (P1) - A pair of bobblehead extravaganzas celebrating Dave Stieb and the old guard. This one celebrated the #BlueJays best [--] franchise pitchers: Stieb Hentgen and Halladay. #NextLevel"
X Link 2023-08-17T00:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] & August [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 Video of Dave Stieb and Duane Ward interviewed by @BarryDavis_ for the Best #BlueJays Pitchers Day at Skydome. 🚨 "I wish I had (Henke and Ward) early in my career" said Stieb. We too Dave. We too"
X Link 2023-08-17T00:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] - 🚨 Dave Stieb's not done as a CF in pro ball just yet 🚨 Stieb's had [--] starts as a pitcher but is still batting too and rocks the #GordieHoweGrandSlam for the @DunedinBlueJays: a hit a RBI an error & a run scored driven in by teammate @JesseBarfield29"
X Link 2023-08-18T23:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: August [--] [----] - 🚨 Video of Dave Stieb earning his 2nd career save (first in [--] years) vs Seattle. 🚨 In his 436th regular season appearance Stieb tosses 3IP of two-hit one-run ball in a 16-2 #BlueJays laugher to finish up the game and record the save"
X Link 2023-08-20T20:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"August [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 @LetsGoToTheEx It's "Dave Stieb Day" today 🚨 Okay sometimes the stuff we dig up even surprises us 🤣"
X Link 2023-08-20T23:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: August [--] [----] - Now the media and fans have sounded the alarm: the #BlueJays don't score runs for Dave Stieb and the bullpen doesn't prevent them once he's out of the game. After back-to-back blown three-run leads Stieb works the ninth in a 1-1 game. .and loses 3-1"
X Link 2023-08-21T11:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: August [--] [----] - 🚨 Dave Stieb secures his 2nd pro win as a pitcher. 🚨 He does this whilst still batting and playing Centre Fielder for Single-A @DunedinBlueJays Shohei Ohtani-style"
X Link 2023-08-22T00:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"August [--] [----] - 🚨 Listen to audio of our @DaveStiebToday account mentioned on the @Sportsnet #BlueJays TV broadcast by @DShulman_ESPN. 🚨 This from a chance meeting with Pat Tabler two days before in NYC. Another chance to thank Dan Pat and you all for the ongoing support"
X Link 2023-08-22T23:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: August [--] [----] - Biggest series of the summer. Dave Stieb's eighth-inning 3-1 lead evaporates in back-to-back pitches: a George Bell misplay and a Tom Henke two-run homer but the #BlueJays rally to walk-off Boston. Stieb's line: 7IP 8H 2R 2ER 1BB 4K; GSc [--] RE24 2.20"
X Link 2023-08-23T11:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/2: This is when George Bell's declining eyesight becomes a hot-button topic (The Star: ".losing two catchable balls in whatever particular Twilight Zone seems to pick on him in Toronto"). But Toronto's offense is worse: they lose the series' remaining games 2-0 1-0 and 1-0"
X Link 2023-08-23T11:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"3/3: It remains the only series in Jays' history with three consecutive shutout losses and one of only two three-shutout skeins overall (May '81 incl. Barker's perfect game). For his part Stieb's rolling 52-week record 21-4 (2.59) since last August 23rd is his career best"
X Link 2023-08-23T11:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Big up Kevin & Kirk. Work it out like #Expos @GaryCarterKid & #BlueJays Dave Stieb 1984-style"
X Link 2023-08-23T23:52Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"August [--] 1985🧵 - #BlueJays Dave Stieb's quest for no-hitter glory really begins here at Comiskey against the #WhiteSox.🧵 He loses it in the 9th inning with B2B homers while trying to ignore a screaming right elbow"
X Link 2023-08-24T23:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/4: August [--] [----] - Now it's getting crazy. Already the only Live-Ball era pitcher to throw three one-hitters in a year Dave Stieb's one-hitter against Milwaukee today makes him the only one EVER to throw five over two seasons. He's thrown 5 one-hitters his last [--] starts"
X Link 2023-08-26T11:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@DaveStiebToday Nation omni-present in the house today #BlueJays #NextLevel #Retire37"
X Link 2023-08-26T19:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: August [--] [----] - 🚨 Dave Stieb mows down [--] #Twins in Minnesota at a thunderous Garbage Bag Dome for a 2-1 #BlueJays CG win to take over the A.L. ERA title at [----]. 🚨 "It was the best-pitched game against us from what I've seen" said #Twins catcher Dave Engle"
X Link 2023-08-26T20:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"August [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 Video of Dave Stieb from the #BlueJays [----] World Series 30-Year Anniversary Reunion at Skydome. 🚨"
X Link 2023-08-27T18:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 Video of Dave Stieb's first moments reflecting on his return to Skydome as part of the [----] World Series Reunion. 🚨 We owe this exclusive video to our pal @SimonDingleyTV. Some heart-felt expressions from Stieb about his #BlueJays career"
X Link 2023-08-27T19:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] (P3) - 🚨 Listen to Buck Martinez talk about Dave Stieb being the best pitcher in #BlueJays history. 🚨 Stieb was present for the [----] World Series 30th Anniversary Celebration at Skydome"
X Link 2023-08-27T20:48Z [----] followers, 10.8K engagements

"1/2: August [--] [----] - "I was just real fortunate" says Oakland's Dave Stewart. "Stieb pitched a heck of a game. The breaks went in my favour." A Dave Stieb complete game five-hitter goes for naught in a splendid showdown of division leaders; the A's shade the #BlueJays 3-2"
X Link 2023-08-28T11:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: August [--] [----] - 🚨 Dave Stieb makes his 4th career start as a pitcher for the Single-A @DunedinBlueJays. 🚨 Drafted by the #BlueJays in June Stieb has been doing it Shohei Ohtani style for the #BlueJays farm club - playing CF hitting and used as a starting pitcher"
X Link 2023-08-29T00:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] (Pt.1) -🚨Finally the fates align: a Pat Hentgen injury whisks Dave Stieb into a spot start against the #Twins and THIS one's at home. Stieb's first SkyDome start in six years has none of 1992's darkness; it's all light.and yes he'll take that run support"
X Link 2023-08-29T11:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"August [--] [----] - 🚨 EXCLUSIVE full-game video of #BlueJays Dave Stieb's last career win. 🚨 At age [--] his last win in May '93 only [--] start since his return in June after [--] years away Stieb spins the magic one more time. Click for the whole game ➡"
X Link 2023-08-29T23:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: August [--] [----] - 🚨 Dave Stieb at age [--] wins a start for the 1st time after [--] years away from #MLB. 🚨 After pitching only [---] innings in the last [--] days Stieb gets his 2nd start of 1998.and it results in his 1st win for the #BlueJays since July [--] 1992"
X Link 2023-08-30T00:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - The first half of '82 was one long mechanical hitch. The second half Dave Stieb's been lights out since early August and will be for some time to come. Today - a sloppy four-run #Orioles second the key blemish - is nothing more than a reset"
X Link 2023-09-01T13:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - Dave Stieb begins his career as a #MLB pinch-runner/batter. The #BlueJays lose to the #Mariners in the 10th inning with Stieb stranded on 1st base having pinch-run for Rico Carty's IBB with [--] outs. (Pic below from June [--] '87; another PR appearance.)"
X Link 2023-09-02T00:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Sunday September [--] [----]. Toronto @ Cleveland. Game time 1:37 p.m. The most satisfying date in Dave Stieb history. Happy International Dave Stieb No-hitter Day Well see you after the bottom of the first. @BlueJays #DaveStieb #NoHitter #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T13:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"September [--] 1990: 2:14 p.m. Second inning ends. Ken Phelps pops out. Brook Jacoby flies out. Carlos Baerga walks caught stealing. Early on Stieb struggles with his release point. #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T18:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] 1990: 2:27 p.m. Third inning ends. Cory Snyder strikes out. Tom Brookens strikes out. Joel Skinner strikes out. Despite two walks - both erased trying to steal by Pat Borders - Dave Stieb has faced the minimum through three. #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T18:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] 1990: 2:43 p.m. Fourth inning ends. Alex Cole grounds out. Jerry Browne pops up. Dion James strikes out. IIRC we all stopped flipping between Stieb and the McEnroe-Emilio Sanchez US Open match at this point. Its getting funky. #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T18:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] 1990: 3:01 pm. Fifth inning ends. Ken Phelps grounds out. Brook Jacoby strikes out. Carlos Baerga grounds out. Don Chevrier opens the 5th by noting Stiebs on a no-hit track never mind superstition. Stiebs curse-proof anyway. #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T19:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] 1990: 3:11 p.m. Sixth inning ends. Cory Snyder strikes out. Tom Brookens strikes out. Joel Skinner strikes out. Second verse same as the first. Stieb strikes out the side in 3m 54s: the same three batters as in the third #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T19:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] 1990: 3:26 p.m. Seventh inning ends. Alex Cole grounds out. Jerry Browne grounds out. Carlos Baerga flies out. Typical of so many Stieb games this ones still close. At 2-0 the tension is excruciating for any Stieb watcher. #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T19:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] 1990: 3:43 p.m. Eighth inning ends. Ken Phelps walks. Brook Jacoby flies out. Carlos Baerga flies out. Cory Snyder flies out. The inning where Ken Phelps at the end of a career almost wrecks the no-hitter. Hes juuuuust foul. #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T19:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] 1990: 4:02 p.m. THE NINTH INNING Chris James flies out Candy Maldonado strikes out Alex Cole walks. Jerry Brown lines out He. Has. GOT IT A no-hitter for Dave Stieb The long frustration is finally over - Don Chevrier #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T20:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] (On-field interviews) - Before a crush of travelling #BlueJays loyalists Fergie Olver delivers an iconic Dave Stieb interview. Stieb's voice climbs an octave to battle the din. #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay @CarrieOlverTSC: h/t to F.O. for this"
X Link 2023-09-02T21:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"3/3: September [--] [----] (On-field interviews) - Olver caps a good day's work for CTV's Chevrier-@THUT14 broadcast team with a Pat Borders on-field. Pat who'll someday have something to rival this moment calls it "the highlight of (my) career." #InternationalDaveStiebNoHitterDay"
X Link 2023-09-02T22:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] [----] Coverage (P1) - 🚨 Dave Stieb's no-hitter floods the Toronto media landscape. 🚨 Give it up to the Toronto Sun who went to town on still the only no-hitter in #BlueJays history (b/c #Retire37). Let's pull back the covers"
X Link 2023-09-03T00:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] [----] Coverage (P2) - 🚨 The Toronto Sun goes to town with [--] pages for Dave Stieb's no-hitter. 🚨 Stieb is honoured as #MLB Player Of The Week (with Ellis Burks) thanks to his no-hitter. He finishes 5th in Cy Young/25th in MVP voting after his 18-6 [----] ERA year"
X Link 2023-09-03T00:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - Dave Stieb wins his 100th career #BlueJays game keeping the #Indians to a single run over [---] innings. Stieb's slider's returned. "It reminds me of how I threw back in '79 '80 '81. It's breaking sharp.outside part of the plate on right-handers now.""
X Link 2023-09-03T14:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"September [--] 1990: No-Hitter Coverage (P1🧵) - 🚨 Dave Stieb finally locking down the elusive no-hitter makes the press across North America the following day. 🚨"
X Link 2023-09-03T23:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"September [--] 1990: No-Hitter Coverage (P2🧵) - 🚨 "I could do this all day." And the press does with reportage on Captain Canada Dave Stieb and his elusive no-hitter. 🚨 We were in Stiebian bliss the day after taking it all in; the disappointments of 1988-89 washed away"
X Link 2023-09-04T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - It's Chicago Comiskey Park. So it's one of the few positive givens in early #BlueJays lore: a well-pitched Dave Stieb complete game win. It's Chicago and it's something more: @JesseBarfield29's second career game in front of family friends and Dad"
X Link 2023-09-04T15:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: Last night and tonight young master Barfield's in the lineup alongside Lloyd Moseby and Rule [--] pick George Bell. Also in the lineup is 1B Greg Wells meaning three [----] @DunedinBlueJays play MLB ball for the first time together. The expansion Jays are finding their wings"
X Link 2023-09-04T15:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: 🚨 Dave Stieb September [--] [----] No-Hitter Cardapalooza (P1) 🚨"
X Link 2023-09-04T22:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"How about [--] innings and [---] pitches on this day in [----] Look at that arm I was at this game too at The Ex watching Ernie Whitt bounce a walk-pff homer off the right field fence to allow Stieb to get the win in the bottom of the 10th. 🤯"
X Link 2023-09-04T23:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - Seven innings. Three singles nothing more. Dave Stieb at old Comiskey. Some day we'll probably find someone with a better record in someone else's park but.Stieb's [----] ERA (108 IP) is the lowest Comiskey mark by anyone with at least four starts"
X Link 2023-09-05T11:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/2: Last week he pitched the #BlueJays into a first-place tie with Baltimore. At 17-8 he's the only Jays starter to finish .500 in [----]. His [----] July-Sept ERA is the lowest by a Jays starter in any playoff-bound season. Stieb's line: 7IP 3H 0R 0ER 0BB 1K; GSc [--] RE24 3.27"
X Link 2023-09-05T11:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] [----] (Retrospective Events P2) - 🚨 Watch the 20th anniversary event of Dave Stiebs No-Hitter hosted by Buck Martinez. 🚨 The nice thing about this [----] visit was hearing Stieb's briefly address the crowd at Bucks prompting"
X Link 2023-09-06T00:01Z [----] followers, 10.6K engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - A masterpiece that just misses our #StiebBest37 list immortalized in Dorktown's Captain Ahab doc as one of those "cube" games a no-hitter broken up by the #Athletics' Tony Armas in the seventh. Stieb's line: 9IP 2H 1R 1ER 3BB 9K; GSc [--] RE24 3.23"
X Link 2023-09-06T11:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/2: With one down in the seventh and Geno Petralli catching just his second MLB game Stieb shakes off three signs before serving Armas a changeup later described by the pitcher himself as: lousy dumb terrible and brutal. Home run. Listen to your catchers Dave #BlueJays"
X Link 2023-09-06T11:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - "It is the first summer that Stieb has had off since he turned professional in [----] and although he likes spending time with his family it is a summer of discontent." The Globe And Mail interviews the recovery-minded Stieb at his home in Gilroy CA"
X Link 2023-09-06T23:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - This week the unpredictable Jimy Williams allows an initially wild Dave Stieb to self-correct; it's nearly enough to overcome the #Tigers' Frank Tanana who takes a perfect game bid into the sixth. Stieb's line: 7IP 5H 3R 2ER 2BB 6K; GSc [--] RE24 0.28"
X Link 2023-09-07T11:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - The one game in history that can answer the question: "How would Dave Stieb's first start after a no-hitter go" The answer: eight shutout innings against a team well above his in the standings. Stieb's line: 8IP 6H OR 0ER 2BB 3K; GSc [--] RE24 4.10"
X Link 2023-09-08T11:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/3: Six days after making #BlueJays history on the road Stieb walks in from the bullpen past a rolling standing ovation from the Toronto crowd modestly doffs his cap takes the mound.and loses his Vander Meer on the first #WhiteSox batter. Gaston pulls him for a Henke save"
X Link 2023-09-08T11:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"3/3: Stieb's 18th win sets a Jays record. At 18-5 [----] he's [--] decisions over .500 for the first time in his career. The reigning AL Player of the Week's got five starts left. Jays're still in the division race. You could argue this week's the high point of Stieb's 1988-91"
X Link 2023-09-08T11:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - News pops about the book release party the previous night for the biography of Dave Stieb "Tomorrow I'll Be Perfect." Give the man credit. Stieb turned [--] in '86 & he's got a book about his life. We enjoyed the heck out of it; some others not as much"
X Link 2023-09-09T21:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - Zack Greinke's disengagement balk in yesterday's #BlueJays-#Royals game reminds us of Dave Stieb's temperament when he was unhappy with a baserunner reaching. Possessed of a strong pickoff move he wasn't shy about using it. 🚨REALLY NOT shy about it.📽"
X Link 2023-09-10T15:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: September [--] [----] -🚨This clip also depicts the angrily competitive Dave Stieb of yore. The leadoff walk sparks a chain reaction with an error and well-placed hits escalated by an awful inning from Damaso Garcia: an irate Stieb evidently gets him benched after the first.📽"
X Link 2023-09-10T16:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/4: September [--] [----] - #BlueJays fans wake up to the news that manager Jittery Jimy Williams has pulled Dave Stieb from the rotation 😳. Williams already behind Detroit by [---] games rolls the dice on a 4-man rotation.and loses"
X Link 2023-09-10T20:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"4/4: Williams spent [--] of his full years managing the Jays from '86-88 yanking Stieb in & out of the bullpen.including right after his ASG appearance in '88 Ridiculous for Stieb especially based on his last [--] months work: 17-7 [----] over [--] starts. Hes a top [--] AL starter"
X Link 2023-09-10T20:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [----] (Sept. 5th) - Joe Posnanski - one of this century's most-decorated baseball writers - frequently mentions Dave Stieb in his JoeBlogs Substack. This week's "Five Underrated Pitchers in My Lifetime" piece lauds Stieb and four other un-enshrined '70s-'90s arms"
X Link 2023-09-11T00:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - A three-run first inning is the margin of error for Dave Stieb and the #BlueJays in Anaheim: both he and #Angels' Ken Forsch pitch complete games; both allow but one run after Stieb's early stumble. Stieb's line: 8IP 9H 4R 3ER 4BB 6K; GSc [--] RE24 0.00"
X Link 2023-09-11T11:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - Dave Stieb starts the first of what Stephen Brunt's Diamond Dreams calls the most significant series to this point in franchise history a four-gamer in New York with the #BlueJays clinging to a 2.5-game AL East lead on the #Yankees. 🚨📽Two videos"
X Link 2023-09-12T11:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: Unlike the teases of '83-'84 the Drive of '85 feels legitimate. Up by [--] 1/2 on August 4th Toronto continues to play well - a .636 clip (21-12) since. Problem is New York's mad .829 (29-6) tear's brought them within range. A poor series in the Bronx could be devastating"
X Link 2023-09-12T11:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - Jays in the Bronx. The reckoning. An amped-up Stiebs wild but nearly unhittable building a 4-1 lead through six. 🚨Then disaster strikes: a botched double play riles Stieb and with Henke unavailable the bullpen allows six runsand a #Yankees win.📽"
X Link 2023-09-12T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/3: It's a 4-1 bottom-of-seventh lead turned 7-4 deficit when a competently turned double-play would've preserved the status quo. The Star calls it Toronto's "worst inning of year" and no one would disagree at this point. For a night it seems the Jays won't survive this test"
X Link 2023-09-12T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - The starter bails out the relief😮Believe it "Stieb thought his job was done after seven innings and was in the clubhouse sipping a soda and starting to remove his uniform." The #BlueJays blank the #Mariners 3-0 on a Dave Stieb three-hitter"
X Link 2023-09-13T00:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - In a lost season at least one conundrum's been dashed: Dave Stieb. He's back. And it'll lead a division title next year. For now #BlueJays fans are about to see something remarkable. The #Tigers' third-inning run is the last one Stieb allows in 1988"
X Link 2023-09-13T11:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - That darned book title it's woven into Dave Stieb reportage like "Old Blue Eyes" "Land of the Rising Sun" and "les Glorieux" defines their subjects. A terminal 2-7 wobble's dropped the Blue Jays out of the AL East race and so the knives are out"
X Link 2023-09-14T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - "I love them. They're great. I feel like I've done my job when I get a complete game." Dave Stieb - not even remotely sounding like [----] Seattle starter George Kirby - throws [---] pitches at the #Indians for his sixth CG in [--] career #BlueJays starts"
X Link 2023-09-14T14:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - 🚨 Watch the press conference featuring Dave Stieb ahead of his November's induction ceremony into the San Jose Sports Hall Of Fame. 🚨"
X Link 2023-09-15T00:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/2: Stieb was a standout player at Oak Grove High School and San Jose City College.of course not as a pitcher (and he played football in high school too). This is the 28th year of inductees and the induction will be held at SAP Center on Nov. 8"
X Link 2023-09-15T00:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - A jaw-dropping performance which we've ranked as the best regular season start of Dave Stieb's career (#2 on our #StiebBest37 list): analytics and Stieb's testimony alike support it. "That was the best slider I've had for location maybe in my career.""
X Link 2023-09-16T16:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - 🚨 Pics from the press conference featuring Dave Stieb ahead of his November's induction ceremony into the San Jose Sports Hall Of Fame. 🚨"
X Link 2023-09-16T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - "It's so frustrating. I'd hate for the end to be that August [--] game in Detroit. That was awful." It looks like Dave Stieb won't pitch again in [----]. Next time you see that iconic '92 clip of Stieb white sneakers flashing leading the delirious"
X Link 2023-09-16T23:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - It's a five-game lead atop the AL East but every #BlueJays loss is still a national emergency and so it goes for Dave Stieb as he loses in Fenway. The startling thing is the media pile-on. Stieb's line: 4.2IP 8H 6R 3ER 3BB 4K; GSc [--] RE24 -3.45"
X Link 2023-09-17T16:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - Six-and-a-half out the day of Dave Stieb's no-hitter the surging #BlueJays catch Boston for a first-place tie in the East walking off the #Yankees. Stieb very effective takes a no-decision. Stieb's line: 7IP 5H 1R 1ER 3BB 6K; GSc [--] RE24 2.59"
X Link 2023-09-18T11:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: In addition to the winnable East Stieb's 20-win quest's equally in play and he pitches like a man intent on edging closer to both. The Ward-Henke tandem's unavailable; Gaston elects to use Bud Black - acquired earlier in the day - to close. Black quickly blows the save"
X Link 2023-09-18T11:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"3/3: Then-Yankee flavour-of-the-month Kevin Maas sees identical pitches from Black tying the game on the second after just missing the first offering. Black recovers and scoops the win on a stirring Rance Mullinks pinch hit. No 19th win for Stieb. A top-100 rated Stieb start"
X Link 2023-09-18T11:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - 🚨 And so it begins. Perhaps the best 3-game stretch in the career of Dave Stieb. 🚨 Stieb shuts out Cleveland on [--] measly hits (2 don't leave the infield). His line: 9IP 4H 0ER 2BB 4SO GSc [--] WPA .445. It ranks as Stieb's 30th career best start"
X Link 2023-09-18T23:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - The second and last Tom Seaver-Dave Stieb matchup* goes Stieb's way: a 6-4 #BlueJays win over the #RedSox. It's the final start of Seaver's wondrous career his right knee quitting on him midgame. * - the other: the '85 Stieb near no-hitter in Chicago"
X Link 2023-09-19T14:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - For the sixth time in seven starts Dave Stieb either completes the game or works into the ninth this one a ragged #BlueJays win over the #Brewers that features the last save of rookie Jimmy Key's career. Stieb keeps a 29-point lead for the ERA title"
X Link 2023-09-20T11:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - For you burgeoning Dave Stieb historians here's a startling bit of postgame reflection from someone derided at the time for intemperate ego. The baseball media perched between fear and loathing were probably transfixed as Stieb unloaded after losing"
X Link 2023-09-22T11:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - 🚨 Okay [----] #BlueJays do a Dave Stieb tonight in Tampa. 🚨 @SNJeffBlair documents (for the Montreal Gazette) Stieb slaying the #Brewers for the 3rd time in [----] giving the Jays a 2-game lead in the A.L. East Division race vs the #Orioles"
X Link 2023-09-22T23:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Dave Stieb and The Three Stooges Who knew 🤷 Reporter @Gary_Singh was at the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame pre-induction press event on Sept. [--] and shares Stieb's memories of growing up in San Jose eatin' pizza with his Dad at Shakey's and watching Three Stooges movies. 👇🏽"
X Link 2023-09-23T12:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - Cito Gaston hooks Dave Stieb early in 1990's home finale - and on Dave Stieb No-Hit Poster Day no less. It's only 3-2 in the 4th but Gaston doesn't like the optics. A familiar air of Stiebian torment sits alongside the rush of a #BlueJays walk-off win"
X Link 2023-09-23T14:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"2/3: A 19-day 7.5-game swing's sending Toronto on the road one up on Boston but trouble's a-brewing: the Jays strand [---] runners over 1990's last [--] games still the worst LOB finishing kick in team history. The 1987-90 East's wide open. Jays win it but once. Change is coming"
X Link 2023-09-23T14:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"September [--] [----] - 🚨 The final home game of the season featured the Dave Stieb no-hitter poster giveaway. 🚨 Cito Gaston pulled a Jittery Jimy Williams pulling Stieb in the 4th but #BlueJays walked it off in extras & many tossed their posters.and we collected a bunch. 😎"
X Link 2023-09-23T20:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"September [--] [----] - 🚨 On the eve of a historic run by Dave Stieb let's listen to @BaseballHall Of Famer #BlueJays teammate Fred McGriff talk about Stieb's B2B near no-hitters (courtesy of @robertbrender). 🚨"
X Link 2023-09-23T23:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/4: September [--] [----]. Hellooo Cleveland The name's Dave Stieb and it's time to rock and roll Everybody knows this song right "Ninth Inning Two Out Two Strikes." It's off my new album Heartbreak Kid 🚨📽TWO-PART VIDEO: #BlueJays #OneHitter #NextLevel #Retire37"
X Link 2023-09-24T14:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - Lots of pitchers tuck their worst-ever games away in places where they look ugly on the stat sheet but leave little lasting impact. Dave Stieb's worst-ever start by Game Score and earned runs allowed pretty much costs him the [----] AL ERA crown. Oh Cy"
X Link 2023-09-25T11:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"September [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 Watch video of Dave Stieb making his last career appearance. 🚨 The #BlueJays 3rd last game of the year & Stieb sneaks in a third of an inning in relief: His comeback (now at age 41) after [--] years away from #MLB is complete"
X Link 2023-09-25T23:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"September [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 Video of Dave Stieb throwing his last career pitch. 🚨 Ironically the '98 #BlueJays would've easily made the 2nd wildcard this year. But the reality is the Gord Ash era descended into chaos this year: a fibbing coach on top of terrible ownership"
X Link 2023-09-25T23:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"September [--] [----] (P3) - Dave Stieb had expressed interest in being a 4-decade player but one assumes seeing the #BlueJays org. chaos getting worse led him to the fact the #BlueJays weren't going to win soon. He'd proven himself in '98. He made it back. He was always that good"
X Link 2023-09-25T23:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - On a crisp Toronto night Dennis Eckersley and Dave Stieb's pitchers' duel tilts the #RedSox' way when the #BlueJays' eighth-inning 1-0 lead evaporates in a single-walk-bunt-sac fly-single flurry. Stieb's line: 9IP 9H 3R 3ER 3BB 2K; GSc [--] RE24 1.75"
X Link 2023-09-26T13:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - 🚨 [--] year-old rookie Dave Stieb becomes the 1st #BlueJays pitcher ever to secure a .500 win-loss record in a season. 🚨"
X Link 2023-09-26T23:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/2: Stieb throws a CG vs a powerful #RedSox line-up for a 5-3 win in his 2nd last start of '79. It's his 8th win in a season that started in A-Ball called up to #MLB in late June. More impressive: on a 53-win #BlueJays team worst ever. And he was batting/playing CF in Aug '78"
X Link 2023-09-26T23:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] -🚨In keeping with his work since June 3rd Dave Stieb's last regular season start of 1989's a damned good one keeping the #BlueJays a game ahead in first place. He also ties Toronto's - and his own for the third time - season record for wins with 17.📽"
X Link 2023-09-27T15:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - In a moment elevated into sports doc legend the day Jon Bois and Alex Rubenstein released 'Captain Ahab' Dave Stieb "with [--] seconds left in a Major League Baseball career that began almost [--] years ago" catches Roy Halladay's blown no-hitter ball"
X Link 2023-09-28T00:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"3/3: [----] is over. No one knows it at the time but so is Dave Stieb's MLB career. On [----] he offers: "I think I showed I can do the job in the bullpen. I'd like to stay here play here and end my career here." And actually.he did. And he did and he did. #Retire37"
X Link 2023-09-28T00:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"And your humble narrators (@thegoldenyear & @blakebellwriter) rode off into the sunset on this the last appearance of Dave Stieb in a #BlueJays uniform. We kept our [----] Dave Stieb website going for awhile and it's been a pleasure to continue to serve you all here. ✌🏽👍🏼"
X Link 2023-09-28T01:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - Having rejoined the #BlueJays for the stretch run in Oakland last weekend Dave Stieb - done for [----] and likely under orders to go easy - opts for a quiet Saturday night of rock 'n' roll at the second annual Canadian Music Video Awards in downtown T.O"
X Link 2023-09-28T16:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/2: We join Dave in the midst of a brief chat with VJ @EricaEhm. Dave's probably front row for Helix who just won the Heavy Metal Video of the Year category for "Running Wild in the 21st Century." #RunningWild And hey that's Dave's famous World Series parade speech jacket"
X Link 2023-09-28T16:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - Costliest loss of [----] for the #BlueJays whose trouble with the #RedSox makes the difference in the East. At this point Jays've only won twice: both home Dave Stieb starts. But Stieb's June Fenway start was his career-shortest. Which Stieb will we see"
X Link 2023-09-28T23:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: Sept. [--] [----] - Stieb's distressing start - four consecutive singles in the first - bodes ill but he recovers handsomely (11 straight outs at one point) before sixth-inning calamity puts the him down 4-0. Jays catch up. Jays go ahead. Henke's on up one. Then.disaster"
X Link 2023-09-29T00:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"3/3: Boston's walkoff courtesy September callup Jeff Stone puts the Jays in crisis. They never see first place again. Stieb pitching decently on a wild night began the game with a shot at [--] wins. It's gone now. Stieb's line: 7IP 8H 4R 2ER 0BB 6K; GSc [--] RE24 -0.49"
X Link 2023-09-29T00:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: September [--] [----] - Dave Stieb closes [----] with a pyrrhic complete game win in Milwaukee: he enters play with a shot at winning the AL's ERA and strikeout titles but within [--] hours he's left a whisker short of both. Stieb's line: 9IP 10H 4R 4ER 4BB 6K; GSc [--] RE24 0.27"
X Link 2023-09-29T11:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/4: September [--] [----] - Six days after that Julio Franco horror #BlueJays' Dave Stieb's no-hitting the #Orioles with light-hitting Jim Traber down to his last strike. An astounding historical feat's at stake. Either way actually. 🚨TWO-PART VIDEO:📽 #OneHitter #Retire37"
X Link 2023-09-30T19:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] - At the end of the first great #BlueJays season some business: can the golden boy collect on that $50K bonus ($136K in [----] dollars) for [---] IP Six more'll do it. Of course Dave Stieb buries the #Twins under a three-hit one-walk shutout"
X Link 2023-10-01T00:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: September [--] [----] Remembered: as we near the end of the [----] baseball season @DaveStiebToday will occasionally revisit events that didn't quite happen on the day in question. Case in point - this day in history YESTERDAY: the @BlueJays win the [----] AL East title"
X Link 2023-10-01T23:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: Tom Henke's emphatic punchout of #Orioles pinch-hitter Larry Sheets ends the most unlikely division title in #BlueJays history reeling in all six AL East rivals from last place as recently as June 2nd with a 77-49 flourish under Cito Gaston"
X Link 2023-10-01T23:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"3/3: "I don't know - looks pretty much like the same now as it did then" says Dave Stieb - 14-5 [----] since June 3rd and confirmed as ALCS G1 starter - comparing [----] to [----]. For players and fans alike the rollercoaster-like '89 win is a salve against some of 1986-88's angst"
X Link 2023-10-01T23:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: October [--] [----] - Their first division title in clear sight Dave Stieb and the #BlueJays stumble in Detroit: a pair of #Tigers home runs one an inside-the-park jab is the difference in a 4-2 loss. Toronto's magic number's two. And Stieb's It's 2.48: his first ERA title"
X Link 2023-10-02T14:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/3: Stieb muses "I didn't get the ball out far enough on Darrell Evans" now the first to reach [--] HR in both leagues (ATL 1973). One of just five Stieb-Morris matchups it's the only one both pitch to a 50+ Game Score. Stieb's line: 8IP 5H 4R 4ER 1BB 4K; GSc [--] RE24 0.05"
X Link 2023-10-02T14:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] - Base hit Blue Jays win the East Let the celebration begin The new guard - White Alomar Carter - walks off the #Angels sending Toronto to its third ALCS and second in three years. Dave Stieb doesnt head the happy scrum this time but hes there"
X Link 2023-10-02T23:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/2: Oct. [--] [----] - Amid the clubhouse delirium two old friends meet for an on-camera chat. Buck Martinez knows the angst of injury in a winning season and addresses Dave Stieb with sympathy. Stieb went 4-3 [----] ERA [---] ERA+ [---] WAR in a quarter of a season. He contributed"
X Link 2023-10-03T00:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] - Suit up The #BlueJays're off to Oakland The [----] ALCS kicks off at OaklandAlameda County Coliseum tonight with Daves Stieb (17-8 3.35) 'n' Stewart (21-9 3.32) on the hill. For Stieb fighting a heavy cold it's a bonus to play the series near home"
X Link 2023-10-03T11:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P1) - 📽 Let's be real. The '89 #BlueJays victory is the division. 📽 "Stand Pat" Gillick doesn't stand up 'til Dec '90 while Oakland steals Rickey Henderson in mid-'89 to add some pulp to the juice. Stieb starts ALCS Game [--] but no one's besting the As in '89"
X Link 2023-10-03T23:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P2) - While Rickey Henderson ran over the #BlueJays in the '89 ALCS Dave Stieb allows only a walk to him in the 7-3 Game [--] loss. It unravels in the 6th when Jim Acker lets an inherited Stieb runner to score for the lead. (Some clips via the @jon_bois doc.)"
X Link 2023-10-04T00:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: October [--] [----] remembered - At the end of Dave Stieb's great '90 season - team record [--] wins sub-3.00 ERA seventh All-Star nod the no-hitter - sits Toronto's bid to repeat as East champs. Poor fundamentals costs the Jays all year; so it is in G#162. 🚨Three clips:📽"
X Link 2023-10-04T11:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"3/3: Oct. [--] [----] - Stiebs '90 ends in the 8th when he loads bags on singles and a HBP. Torontos [--] ends an inning later a talented but two-dimensional team finishing two behind the equally flawed #RedSox. An era's over. Stieb's line: 7IP 6H 2R 2ER 0BB 6K; GSc [--] RE24 0.45"
X Link 2023-10-04T13:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 Video of Torontos [----] East division clinch is deservedly undermined by later events as the Jays finally storm the World Series stage. 🚨 In Stieb lore this 4th division title is problematic: hes hurt again. But hes about to be disrespected too"
X Link 2023-10-04T23:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] (P2) - "He left early because he doesn't like to party. So I think we should drench his locker." - Derek Bell with [--] at bats after [----] - [---] WAR as of [----] - decides to soak Stieb's locker after the Blue Jays clinch the [----] Division Title"
X Link 2023-10-04T23:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/2: "I've been here for [--] years. Everything's changed. People don't have the same respect for older players any more." - Dave Stieb [----] WAR as of [----]. Derek Bell doesn't make it out of Blue Jays Spring Training in 1993"
X Link 2023-10-04T23:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: October [--] [----]. Dave Stieb on the [----] #BlueJays' #NextLevel finish. (But also on his [----] season in general.)"
X Link 2023-10-05T11:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/3: In 1986's #BlueJays season finale Dave Stieb hands a sixth-inning 2-2 game to Mark Eichhorn. There was chatter about letting the rubber-armed Eichhorn go twice in the day's doubleheader with the ERA title at stake. Stieb's line: 5.1IP 5H 2R 1ER 2BB 4K; GSc [--] RE24 0.25"
X Link 2023-10-05T11:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"3/3: In the end the Jays play it straight and Eichhorn's [----] ERA() over [---] IP doesn't qualify. For his part Stieb finishes '86 on a 4-2 [----] run (10 starts) earning a "looked very much like the old Stieb in the last six weeks of the season" plaudit from the Toronto Star"
X Link 2023-10-05T11:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 Video of Dave Stieb's Toronto #BlueJays clinching their 1st ever division title finally slaying their dogged pursuers the #Yankees. 🚨"
X Link 2023-10-05T23:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 Rare video of an ecstatic Dave Stieb being interviewed in the #BlueJays clubhouse after the East division titles settled. 🚨"
X Link 2023-10-05T23:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: Dave Stieb's career September/October reg. season stats: 32-25 [----] ERA (76 starts); [--] CG seven SHo one no-hitter two one-hitters. In the second half of his career he becomes an excellent late-season pitcher: Sept/Oct 1986-91 - [----] ERA: 3rd among AL starters"
X Link 2023-10-06T14:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"2/3: Dave Stieb's career Sept/Oct stats - awards and charts: September [--] [----] AL Player of the Week. Toronto @BlueJays' Player of the Month for Sept/Oct in 1981; Pitcher of the Month for Sept/Oct in [----] [----] and [----] (pitcher award not given out until 1983)"
X Link 2023-10-06T14:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"3/3: Dave Stieb's top five Sept/Oct games: 1) Sept [--] [----] [--] IP 3-hitter WPA .878; RE24 [----] 2) Sept [--] [----] One-hitter 8K; GSc [--] 3) Sept [--] [----] NO-HITTER 9K; GSc [--] 4) Sept [--] [----] Second consecutive one-hitter 1BB; GSc [--] 5) Sept [--] [----] 3-hit SHo 7K; GSc 87"
X Link 2023-10-06T14:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@jonnyzee20 Brunt made the same observation in Diamond Dreams. Now that I think about it Canadian media did similar with Ben in Seoul [--]. Goes from being a Canadian to a Jamaican with a passport in three days"
X Link 2023-10-06T15:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] - 🚨 Let's go down to W.H. Smith and get Dave Stieb to sign his new book "Tomorrow I'll Be Perfect." 🚨 Stieb begins a book tour.right after his worst season ever (after a run of [--] amazing seasons). More of that Stiebian luck. 😊👍🏼"
X Link 2023-10-06T23:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] - Playoff time. You know what THAT means: BATTING PRACTICE FOR PITCHERS INCLUDING THOSE WHO WERE ORIGINALLY DRAFTED AS CENTERFIELDERS. #BlueJays #ALCS"
X Link 2023-10-07T14:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/2: Tomorrow night it's the first playoff game in a young organization's history and its first superstar is centre-stage: Dave Stieb will start the #ALCS against the #Royals. He's about to become the most-talked about sports figure in the country. Some local coverage here:"
X Link 2023-10-07T15:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P2) - Hey let's look back on the [----] season.and [--] gems by Dave Stieb as he wins the ERA title at 2.48.even though he Felix Hernandez's with a 14-13 record on a 99-win #BlueJays team. 🤕"
X Link 2023-10-07T20:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: October [--] [----] - The first playoff game in @BlueJays history. Its hard to imagine a better one: #1985ALCS' Game Ones oft-cited as Dave Stiebs personal favourite an eight-inning masterwork by a great pitcher aching for the sports biggest stage. 🚨A three-part video📽:"
X Link 2023-10-08T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: October [--] [----] -📽The setting's majestic to any #BlueJays fan even [--] years later: Toronto's first icon-laden lineup against the #Royals' genius George Brett. And there's Stieb marshalling that extraordinary talent spinning outrageous breaks on those sliders and curves"
X Link 2023-10-08T17:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"3/3: October [--] [----] -🚨Stieb's sixth-inning Brett strikeout's the exemplar of his signature pitch done to perfection nonpareil filth.📽 He writes about it in his book. "Backdoor slider. Again. As soon as I let it go I knew was the pitch of the season." Jays win ALCS G1 6-1"
X Link 2023-10-08T17:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"October [--] [----] - 🚨 Anatomy of an at-bat: Dave Stieb vs George Brett - Game [--] '85 #ALCS #BlueJays vs #Royals 🚨 6th inning. The game & at-bat of Stieb's life. A ball to Brett. Then a curve for a K then a BB then a K then the pitch of the season to take down Brett"
X Link 2023-10-08T22:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 We rank this as the best start of Dave Stieb's career his #ALCS Game [--] victory over the #Royals. 🚨 The first-ever #BlueJays playoff game only [--] hits over 8IP; everything he had been longing for. The most intense spotlight and he shone"
X Link 2023-10-09T01:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"October [--] [----] - 🚨 @BlakeMurphyODC & @SNSAlli on the anniversary of Dave Stieb's [----] Game [--] #ALCS masterpiece vs the #Royals. Still the best GSc in #BlueJays playoff history. 🚨"
X Link 2023-10-09T01:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: October [--] [----] remembered - The #Athletics close the #BlueJays and a valiant Dave Stieb down for [----] at SkyDome. Game Five's frankly a showcase between two different tiers of ballclubs (or the club with Rickey Henderson vs. the club without). 🚨Our three-part video📽:"
X Link 2023-10-09T18:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: October [--] [----] - Stieb keeps Toronto close down 2-0 into the seventh. The Jays knock Dave Stewart "all over the lot" Bob Costas while Stieb - much sharper than in G1 - permits but two hits through six and retires [--] straight at a point. It's #ALCS death by paper cuts.📽"
X Link 2023-10-09T19:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] - In Dave Stieb's last career playoff start the Oakland As squeeze out all the juice they can to finish the #BlueJays. Stieb keeps it to 2-0 into the 7th. (Sound familiar '23 Jays fans) Ernie Whitt: "Dave's got nothing to be ashamed of. He kept us there.""
X Link 2023-10-09T23:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"🚨Early October [----] remembered: Dave Stieb. Pitcher. Guitarist. Author. Actor. ACTOR 1980s Citytv reporter Peter Gross films #BlueJays players just hangin loose at the end of the '80 season risking life n limb in a thrilling action sequence with Stieb and Ernie Whitt.📽"
X Link 2023-10-10T13:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] - "Won-lost records don't reflect an accurate picture.it was just the man with the $25-million arm having the kind of night he was due" the North Bay ON paper writes. The guy in the far-flung reaches gets what writers in the teeming metropolises don't"
X Link 2023-10-11T11:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] - Dave Stieb's 18-day book tour rolls into Kingston after an odd-ball choice of a venue the night before: a tavern in the nation's capital Ottawa. Stieb's "Tomorrow I'll Be Perfect" biography is selling well across Canada even after a challenging 1986"
X Link 2023-10-12T00:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/2: This newspaper piece sums up where Dave Stieb is in '86. The book is a reclamation project for Stieb's brand but unfortunately it comes after the disappointment of his worst season & #BlueJays reverse of fortune. And the scribes' knives are out to jab this point home"
X Link 2023-10-12T00:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"October 8-16 1985:🚨Airing during the [----] #ALCS youth counsellor Dave Stieb steps away from his regular job with the #BlueJays to help turn North America's youth away from the demons of temptation.📽 #SayNoToDrugs #PSA #Drugs"
X Link 2023-10-12T11:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/3: October [--] [----] - On three days' rest and practically unhittable again - a disputed bang-bang play at first is the only #Royals hit through five and one of only two all game - Dave Stieb locks horns with Charlie Leibrandt in a pitchers' duel in the [----] ALCS' Game Four"
X Link 2023-10-12T16:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"3/3: October [--] [----] -🚨Al Oliver's sizzling double caps a ninth-inning rally from 1-0 down; Toronto's on the delirious edge of history. Stieb's ERA is [----]. There's a ball spike and a crotch grab mixed in with the great work giving NBC's Costas/Kubek team scads of material.📽"
X Link 2023-10-12T16:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 Dave Stieb helps lift the #BlueJays to a 3-1 series lead in the #ALCS (a best of [--] for the first time) vs the Kansas City #Royals. 🚨"
X Link 2023-10-12T23:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 Dave Stieb allows only one run in Game [--] of the [----] ALCS. Toronto wins. The #BlueJays are one game away from a World Series birth. 🚨"
X Link 2023-10-13T00:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] - #BlueJays Nation awakens this [----] morning with a 3-1 #ALCS advantage that in years prior would've punched a World Series ticket. The #Royals in their seventh playoff in [--] seasons have embraced the reprieve. 📽Here's a D.S. Today recap of Games 1-4"
X Link 2023-10-13T15:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/3: October [--] [----] - 🚨 Video recap of Games [--] to [--] as Dave Stieb and the #BlueJays Nation awaken to a 3-1 #ALCS advantage vs the #Royals. 🚨"
X Link 2023-10-14T00:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"2/3: In years prior a 3-1 lead punched a World Series ticket. The #Royals in their 7th playoff in [--] seasons embrace the reprieve. The #BlueJays offense is about to take a 3-game nap and manager Bobby Cox is getting outfoxed as the #Royals benefit from a 4-man rotation"
X Link 2023-10-14T00:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"October [--] [----] (P1) - 🚨 "Bobby Cox was my favourite manager I ever played for and the best." - Dave Stieb 🚨 #BlueJays announce Bobby Cox as their new manager. Perfect timing for a franchise on the rise that needed his type of leadership. The Glory Jays are about to begin"
X Link 2023-10-15T12:01Z [----] followers, 24.4K engagements

"October [--] [----] (P2) - 🚨 Bobby Cox is hired as the #BlueJays manager. 🚨 He's a hot coaching commodity. Notable he chooses the fledgling Jays vs an established American franchise like the #Mets. "Dave Stieb is one of the best young pitchers in the major leagues" says Cox"
X Link 2023-10-15T23:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"1/2: October [--] [----] (P3) - And while new #BlueJays manager Bobby Cox is already getting plaudits from the best in the game.a [--] year-old Dave Stieb is chosen by @SInow as the host of [--] of its #WorldSeries luncheons. 🤯🤣"
X Link 2023-10-16T00:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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