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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: 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: 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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Flashback Friday: Kelly Gruber Hits for the Cycle

April 18, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Flashback Friday, Kelly Gruber

A single, a double, a triple, and a home run. Most players would be happy to collect each of these within a single week of play.

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Flashback Friday: Alfredo Griffin’s Hilariously Bad Strikeout

April 11, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Acid Flashback Friday, Alfredo Griffin, Flashback Friday, video

There’s a reason why only a small percentage of hitters make it to “The Show” – hitting a Major League pitch is not an easy feat.

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Flashback Friday: Alex Rodriguez Yells “Mine”

April 4, 2014January 29, 2023 Ian Hunter Alex Rodriguez, Flashback Friday, John McDonald

Alex Rodriguez has done some pretty deplorable things over the course of his career; some of them off the field, some of them on the field … but this one ranks up there.

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