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Happy 13th, Kelly Gruber welcomes home John Olerud after the Jay rookie hit his 13th homer of the season in third inning
Happy 13th, Kelly Gruber welcomes home John Olerud after the Jay rookie hit his 13th homer of the season in third inning

Happy 13th, Kelly Gruber welcomes home John Olerud after the Jay rookie hit his 13th homer of the season in third inning

Date8/7/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Happy 13th, Kelly Gruber welcomes home John Olerud after the Jay rookie hit his 13th homer of the season in third inning.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0071629F
Welcome aboard: Joho Olerud (left) welcomes Candy Maldonado to the Blue Jays while Pat Tabler (right) seems to be asking Kelly Gruber who the new guy is
Welcome aboard: Joho Olerud (left) welcomes Candy Maldonado to the Blue Jays while Pat Tabler (right) seems to be asking Kelly Gruber who the new guy is
8/10/1991
Extra-Inning hero: Nelson Liriano gets a hero's welcome from Glenallen Hill, left, and Mookie Wilson after his double in the 13th gave the Jays and improbable 6-5 victory and kept the Orioles two lengths back in AL East race
Extra-Inning hero: Nelson Liriano gets a hero's welcome from Glenallen Hill, left, and Mookie Wilson after his double in the 13th gave the Jays and improbable 6-5 victory and kept the Orioles two lengths back in AL East race
9/20/1989
Hero's welcome: Mookie Wilson receives congratulations from Blue Jay teammates Kelly Gruber and Rob Ducey following his game-winning hit in the 10th inning yesterday
Hero's welcome: Mookie Wilson receives congratulations from Blue Jay teammates Kelly Gruber and Rob Ducey following his game-winning hit in the 10th inning yesterday
9/23/1990
Welcome home: kelly Gruber is greeted by Candy Maldonado at home plate after Gruber homered to left field in the fifth Inning, putting Jays up 2-0
Welcome home: kelly Gruber is greeted by Candy Maldonado at home plate after Gruber homered to left field in the fifth Inning, putting Jays up 2-0
10/9/1992
Solo shot: Kelly Gruber gets high-fived by Dave Winfield after clubbing a bases-empty homer in the first inning of Jays' 3-1 win in Detroit
Solo shot: Kelly Gruber gets high-fived by Dave Winfield after clubbing a bases-empty homer in the first inning of Jays' 3-1 win in Detroit
4/9/1992
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
8/11/1991
Rick Leach, His single through the infield in the 13th inning sparked the Jays to a 4-3 win over the White Sox.
Rick Leach, His single through the infield in the 13th inning sparked the Jays to a 4-3 win over the White Sox.
9/2/1985
Anything you can do . . . Kelly Gruber, left, had a pair of homers for the Blue Jays but ex-Jay Cecil Fielder countered with three of his own for the Tigers at SkyDome yesterday
Anything you can do . . . Kelly Gruber, left, had a pair of homers for the Blue Jays but ex-Jay Cecil Fielder countered with three of his own for the Tigers at SkyDome yesterday
5/6/1990
Big blow, Jays' John Olerud is met by Dave Winfield after his homer
Big blow, Jays' John Olerud is met by Dave Winfield after his homer
5/12/1992
Welcome home: Rookie Glenallen Hill gets five from the Blue Jay batboy after clubbing a grand slam home run in the fourth inning last night against the Twins
Welcome home: Rookie Glenallen Hill gets five from the Blue Jay batboy after clubbing a grand slam home run in the fourth inning last night against the Twins
9/1/1989
Fan-tastic: Fans, as well as Joe Carter and other Blue Jay players, were on their feet to welcome Kelly Gruber back to the dugout after his two-run blast
Fan-tastic: Fans, as well as Joe Carter and other Blue Jay players, were on their feet to welcome Kelly Gruber back to the dugout after his two-run blast
7/13/1991
Gotta hand it to ' Em: Kelly Gruber congratulates Candy Maldonado on his homer last night. Gruber then stepped to the plate and blasted one.
Gotta hand it to ' Em: Kelly Gruber congratulates Candy Maldonado on his homer last night. Gruber then stepped to the plate and blasted one.
7/28/1992