RIP Damaso Garcia

Former Toronto Blue Jays All-Star second baseman Damaso Garcia has passed away at the age of 63.

The man known as "Damo" made his major league debut with the New York Yankees in 1978 and spent parts of his first two seasons in the Bronx before being traded to Toronto with Chris Chambliss and Paul Mirabella for Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn. Garcia finished fourth in American League Rookie of the Year voting in 1980 but really arrived on the scene in 1982 by winning a Silver Slugger and finishing 26th in AL MVP voting after hitting .310 and stealing 54 bases. The Dominican batted .307 in 1983 during the Blue Jays first winning season and followed that up with consective…