former major league infielder Doug Ault dies in Tarpon Springs, Florida, from a self-inflicted gun shot wound

On December 22, 2004, former major league infielder Doug Ault dies in Tarpon Springs, Florida, from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. Ault slugged a pair of home runs in the Blue Jays first game in franchise history on opening day in 1977, and later managed in the Toronto organization.