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Flashback Friday

Venture down the rabbit hole and discover all kinds of weird, bizarre and fascinating historical figures, statistics and mascots from Blue Jays past.

This is where you’ll find everything from BJ Birdy, Domer and Diamond, to the birth of Edwin Encarnacion’s “walk the parrot”, to old Blue Jays commercials, videos and former players.
 

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Flashback Friday: The John Gibbons/Shea Hillenbrand Altercation

July 11, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Flashback Friday, John Gibbons, Shea Hillenbrand

John Gibbons has had a tough week. Judging by the sound of his voice and the look on his face at some of the post-game pressers, it seems like John Gibbons has aged 20 years in the past month or so.

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Flashback Friday: Frank Thomas’ Pillow Fight Commercial

June 20, 2014April 10, 2023 Ian Hunter Blue Jays commercials, Flashback Friday, Frank Thomas, videos

A harmless pillow fight between two kids – seems innocent enough, right?

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Flashback Friday: Domer the SkyDome Mascot

June 6, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Domer, Flashback Friday, mascots, Skydome

Whether they want to admit it or not, a lot of people have a soft spot in their hearts for mascots.

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Flashback Friday: The Birth of Edwin Encarnacion’s Parrot Walk Home Run Trot

May 30, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Edwin Encarnacion, Flashback Friday

Sometimes, the best traditions are born by accident. Such is the case with Edwin Encarnacion and his famous “chicken wing trot”, walking the parrot, T-Rex arm, “Edwing” or whatever you want to call it.

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Flashback Friday: Position Players to Pitch for the Blue Jays

May 16, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Flashback Friday, Jeff Mathis, Mike McCoy, Steve Tolleson

For whatever reason, there’s a strange fascination with watching position players take the mound.

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Flashback Friday: WAMCO

May 9, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Devon White, Flashback Friday, Joe Carter, John Olerud, Paul Molitor, Roberto Alomar, WAMCO

White. Alomar. Molitor. Carter. Olerud.

Five names that would strike fear into the hearts of opponents everywhere.

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Flashback Friday: Dave Stieb Gets Kissed by a Fan

May 2, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Dave Stieb, Flashback Friday

Fans rush on the field all the time. Their motivations aren’t always clear, but one thing that’s certain is once they step over that barrier and enter the field of play, all bets are off.

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Flashback Friday: Joe Carter’s Misspelled Jersey

April 25, 2014July 16, 2023 Ian Hunter Flashback Friday, Joe Carter

Typos happen all the time. Especially with the advent of the internet, spelling mistakes are incredibly common.

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