We were seated outside in the auxiliary press box at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum when Roberto Alomar walked to the plate in the ninth inning to face Dennis Eckersley, the Mariano Rivera of his time. Article content

It was late in that Northern California afternoon, the sun creating problems for those at the plate, the glare evident when everything changed in a haze for the Blue Jays franchise. Article content Article content

Alomar was 24 years old at the time. Eckersley was about to be voted both Cy Young Award winner and Most Valuable Player in the American League — something no AL pitcher has done since then.

The Blue Jays were in their 15th season and their reputation to that moment in time was of a team of talent that couldn’t figure out how to win. The electric Alomar

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