29-08-2014 15:00 via bluebirdbanter.com

Today in Blue Jays History: Jays trade for Cliff Johnson

On August 29, 1985 the Blue Jays sent three minor leaguers, Matt Williams (no not that Matt Williams), Jeff Mays and Greg Ferlanda to the Texas Rangers for Cliff Johnson.
At the time of the trade the Blue Jays were in 1st place, 4.5 games up on the second place Yankees, but we were running a platoon of Al Oliver and Jeff Burroughs at DH. They weren't doing a great job at the position, though Burroughs (the right-handed hitting half of the pair) was hitting .261/.375/.422 at the time
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