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Over the years, the Toronto Blue Jays have created three full-time mascots, all of which portray the bird for which the team was named. BJ Birdy was the team mascot from 1979 to 1999. For the 2000 season, BJ was replaced by Ace and Diamond, two new characters. Diamond was dropped at the end of the 2003 season, leaving Ace the sole mascot.
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The mascot's name is baseball slang for a team's top starting pitcher (the "ace" of the staff, such as former Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay). In 2004, Ace became the sole mascot of the team after Diamond was removed by the Blue Jays prior to the start of the season. In 2011, Blue Jays fans were introduced to his younger brother Junior (see below).
The Blue Jays' former radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Toronto Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father—a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular-season games and 41 postseason games. Cheek later died on October 9, 2005 ...
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss Jack Flaherty signing with the Tigers, Max Scherzer joining the Blue Jays, a look at the top prospects in baseball and answer questions from the BBQ mailbag.
The Blue Jays have won two World Series championships at Rogers Centre, hosting Games 3, 4, and 5 of the 1992 World Series and Games 1, 2, and 6 of the 1993 World Series at the stadium, then known as SkyDome, with Game 3 of the 1992 series the first World Series game ever played in Canada.
Toronto Blue Jays' Jonatan Clase, left, is doused by teammate Luis De Los Santos following their victory over the Boston Red Sox in an MLB baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.
Jack Mahoney (23) of South Carolina reacts to his team’s loss to Florida in the Super Regional round of the 2023 NCAA College Baseball Championship at Condron Ballpark in Gainesville on Saturday ...