The one and only #DeionSanders, who’s celebrating his 58th birthday today, was once a Blue Jay?? After a three-year hiatus, Prime Time attempted a baseball comeback in 2001 and signed a minor league contract with the Jays. There is only one known photo of Sanders in his Toronto era (shown here), as he was quickly assigned to Triple-A Syracuse. Sanders’ football contract had been negotiated to allow for him to play both baseball and football, but the terms of the contract stated that he could miss NFL training camp and the first few games of the season only if he were playing Major League Baseball. Since he was not then on an MLB roster, Sanders had to leave Syracuse and report to Washington so he would not violate his NFL contract. He ended up retiring from football in 2001 as well, and would not make his return to the NFL until ‘04 with the Ravens. In his final professional baseball game, Deion hit a solo home run and an RBI single in Syracuse’s 12–6 win. Had he kept playing, do y...