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Stretch dive: Oakland's Rickey Henderson desperately reaches for first base as Jays' Fred McGriff gets set to apply the tag after a perfect pickoff toss by pitcher John Corutti yesterday
Stretch dive: Oakland's Rickey Henderson desperately reaches for first base as Jays' Fred McGriff gets set to apply the tag after a perfect pickoff toss by pitcher John Corutti yesterday

Stretch dive: Oakland's Rickey Henderson desperately reaches for first base as Jays' Fred McGriff gets set to apply the tag after a perfect pickoff toss by pitcher John Corutti yesterday

Date10/7/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Stretch dive: Oakland's Rickey Henderson desperately reaches for first base as Jays' Fred McGriff gets set to apply the tag after a perfect pickoff toss by pitcher John Corutti yesterday.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0091804F
Out at home, Jays catcher Greg Myers loses his hat but hangs on to ball to tag out Oakland's Willie Wilson in the sixth inning last night
Out at home, Jays catcher Greg Myers loses his hat but hangs on to ball to tag out Oakland's Willie Wilson in the sixth inning last night
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A-arrivals: Oakland's Mark McGwire, left, and Rickey Henderson, right, land in Toronto yesterday along with manager Tony La Russa
A-arrivals: Oakland's Mark McGwire, left, and Rickey Henderson, right, land in Toronto yesterday along with manager Tony La Russa
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A-rrivals: Oakland's Mark McGwire, left, and Rickey Henderson, right, land in Toronto yesterday along with manager Tony La Russa
A-rrivals: Oakland's Mark McGwire, left, and Rickey Henderson, right, land in Toronto yesterday along with manager Tony La Russa
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Gotcha: Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber pursues, dives and tags scrambling Rex Sox catcher Tony Pena in the seventh inning after he was caught rounding third base and tried to hot-foot it home
Gotcha: Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber pursues, dives and tags scrambling Rex Sox catcher Tony Pena in the seventh inning after he was caught rounding third base and tried to hot-foot it home
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Winning slide: Oakland's Scott Hemond slips in safely under the tag of catcher Pat Borders to score the go-ahead run in the ninth inning last night
Winning slide: Oakland's Scott Hemond slips in safely under the tag of catcher Pat Borders to score the go-ahead run in the ninth inning last night
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Sweet-swinging Fred McGriff compiled some fancy numbers last year in his first season as the Blue Jays' everyday first baseman
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On the move: Shortstop Tony Fernandez, left, and first baseman Fred McGriff are San Diego-bound after the Blue Jays' big deal yesterday
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Relief in sight: This could be year when lefty Mike Willis finally reaches his potential in the Jay's bullpen
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Split second, With Jays catcher Greg Myers sliding into second base last night, Brewers shortstop Bill Spiers made a quick toss to...no one? Nope. Whi(...)
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Too late, Boston's Tom Brunansky slides into home before Jays catcher Greg Myers can apply the tag in eighth inning yesterday. Boston won 1-0
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