Roberto Alomar is now in Cooperstown

With 90% of the votes, former Blue Jays 2nd baseman, Roberto Alomar will be enshrined into the Hall of Fame. One of the most exciting and entertaining players to ever play for the city of Toronto and in Major League Baseball.

He is the BEST 2nd baseman... He will hurt you with the bat, with his legs and with his glove. I look at today's 2nd baseman like Yankees' Cano and if it were not for Roberto Alomar, they would NOT be making amazing plays.

Alomar was the first player to run to the ball, jump, turn and throw in the same motion and he RARELY (almost never) miss where he was throwing.

Although, I think Alomar's finest moment was in the 1992 ALCS vs the Athletics and that homerun off Eckersley - that moment is engrave into Blue Jays fans. The homerun and the 2 hands raised signaled the monkey off the bank.

I never got to watch the 85, 87 or even the 91 Blue Jays. I don't even recall the big trade between the Jays and Padres that brought Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar to Toronto (I was just 7) but I remember being drawn to baseball around September (and probably because it was Toronto and nothing else was on, other then Maple Leafs training camp). I do remember watching the series versus the Atheltics (them with Dave Stewart and HoF Rickey Henderson whom we stole for 1993 run) and the series versus the Braves. It was an exciting time in Toronto.

Then it was the magical 1993 run... Olerud, Alomar Molitar finished 1, 2 and 3 in the batting race and then it was back to the fall classic... first the White Sox then the famous Joe Carter walk-off winning world series homerun.

When you think the best Blue Jays ever... Roberto Alomar comes to mind. And hopefully, he will be the first Toronto Blue Jays to be in Cooperstown.

Although, I personally have always loved Joe Carter more, it wouldn't be the same without Roberto Alomar. Time to get a retro 1992 Alomar jersey!