{"id":193871,"date":"2025-10-06T21:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/193871\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:21:11","slug":"jays-will-likely-wear-white-panel-caps-in-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/193871\/","title":{"rendered":"Jays will likely wear white-panel caps in Game 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t be surprised if the Toronto Blue Jays have a retro look when they take the field at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

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The Blue Jays have worn a white-panelled cap, a throwback look based on the hats the 1992 World Series champions wore, in critical games this season. Toronto could complete a sweep New York on Tuesday in Game 3 of the best-of-five American League Division Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t pack another hat,\u201d Blue Jays manager John Schneider said with a smile on Monday when asked if he believed the caps were good luck.<\/p>\n

The ball caps were standard for Toronto when it beat the Atlanta Braves in six games to win its first World Series championship in 1992. The next season they were replaced by all-blue caps when the Blue Jays successfully defended their title.<\/p>\n

Toronto has gone through several uniform changes since then, including a predominantly black look highlighted with blue and silver in the 2000s before a return to its more classic 1993 style in 2012.<\/p>\n

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Alternate uniforms have been peppered into the Blue Jays\u2019 sartorial rotation, including a 1980s-inspired powder-blue look, an all-red uniform usually reserved for Canada Day weekend, and a City Connect jersey worn on Fridays.<\/p>\n

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Although the white-panel cap with a modernized logo was introduced back in 2015, it hadn\u2019t been used this season until Sept. 25.<\/p>\n

Closer Jeff Hoffman suggested the white-panel caps make a comeback as a sort of good-luck charm as Toronto needed to finish the regular season with four-straight wins to clinch the American League East title.<\/p>\n

Hoffman had kept the idea in the back of his head as an option all year. When he heard two clubhouse attendants discussing what jerseys to lay out for the end of the regular season, he asked them if the retro look was a possibility.<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018I heard we have those with our real logo, is that true?\u2019 And they were like, \u2018Yeah, we\u2019ve got them up upstairs,’\u201d recalled Hoffman last week. \u201cI was like, \u2018Let\u2019s bring them out, it\u2019s no better time.\u2019 I think everybody was on board without me even saying it.<\/p>\n

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The Blue Jays donned the caps in their 10-1 win over New York on Saturday in Game 1 of the ALDS and again in Sunday\u2019s 13-7 thumping of the Yankees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis hat was hanging in my locker, so it\u2019s the hat I\u2019m going to wear,\u201d said veteran outfielder George Springer before Game 1. \u201cI don\u2019t make that decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we busted these hats out a few games ago, I believe, and here they are again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toronto pitcher Kevin Gausman said he wasn\u2019t picky about what uniform he would wear. But Gausman also said he won\u2019t wear anything except the white-panel cap.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t pick the jerseys,\u201d said Gausman on Saturday after earning the win in Game 1. \u201cI just kind of show up, and that\u2019s what it is.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI probably would have switched (the cap) if it was anything different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 With files from Gregory Strong in New York City.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 6, 2025.<\/p>\n

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