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The name "Blue Jays" came about in 1976, when the team held a "name the team" contest, which involved more than 4,000 suggestions. [33] 154 people suggested the name "Blue Jays" and Dr. William Mills, a periodontist from Etobicoke, was selected from a draw as the grand winner. Mills stated that it was traditional for a Toronto-based sports team ...
The Jays – Short version of "Blue Jays". The Blue Birds – Another name due to their mascot being a Blue Jay. The Birds – Reference to jays, which are birds. The Blue Hyays – The popular Spanish pronunciation of the Blue Jays. The Blow Jays [71] – Used when they are playing terribly. The BJ's – Shorter version of "Blue Jays".
Rate Field (formerly Comiskey Park II, U.S. Cellular Field and Guaranteed Rate Field) is a baseball stadium located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois.It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball’s Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two MLB teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.
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, for a number of reasons, are primed to make a midseason push after slogging their way through the first 1/3 of the MLB campaign. MLB: Blue Jays are actually sitting pretty in the AL ...
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 ...
Cottonmouths are one of the six venomous snakes found in North Carolina. Though it’s unusual to see a cottonmouth in the Triangle, you should still know how to identify it and stay safe from a bite.
One of the insects she came across was a super rare blue-eyed cicada that is called one in a million. NBC Chicago reports, " Experts said blue-eyed cicadas have been seen before, but such ...