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The Canadian Press
Posted October 8, 2025 4:24 pm
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TORONTO – Blue Jays fans are buzzing after Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s superhero-like slide to beat a throw home in Game 3 of Toronto’s American League Division Series with the New York Yankees.
Guerrero scored with an impressive head-first dive into home plate on a one-out single by Ernie Clement during Toronto’s four-run third inning.
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The 245-pound slugger’s leap from what appears to be around 20 feet away from the plate, narrowly making it home, has since gone viral on social media.
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“Vladdy believed he could fly and did,” one social media post reads.
With the series shifting to Yankee Stadium, the sellout crowd in the baseball-mad city was vocal from the start. “O Canada” was loudly booed before the game and a two-run homer from Guerrero in the opening frame unsettled the crowd of 47,399 even more.
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The Yankees came back to win the game 9-6, denying the Blue Jays a chance to sweep the best-of-five series.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 8, 2025.
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