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blue jays grand slam catch Brendan Craig holds the grand slam ball hit by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in Game 2 of the ALDS at Rogers Centre. (CTV News Toronto \/ Allison Hurst) <\/p>\nA Toronto Blue Jays fan reacts to catching Vladdy\u2019s historic grand slam in Game 2 of the ALDS. <\/p>\n
Brendan Craig initially decided to get standing room seats for Sunday\u2019s American League Division Series (ALDS) game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre, but a spur of the moment switch up led to a moment he\u2019d never forget.<\/p>\n
Craig, who lives in St. Catharines, Ont., and his wife told CTV News Toronto on Monday that they chose to switch to seats in the upper deck at the very last minute. <\/p>\n
They said they found the seats via Facebook Marketplace, and could never have anticipated what came next.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person who I bought the tickets off… his pitch to sell them was it was a good spot for a Vladdy (Vladimir Guerrero Jr.) bomb,\u201d Craig said. \u201cSo, he did say that ahead of time, which is just kind of full circle moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth, Guerrero Jr. smoked a pitch from the Yankees\u2019 Will Warren up into the second deck, for the first ever grand slam in a Blue Jays post-season game. <\/p>\n
That shot was caught by Craig mid-air, as he leapt up from where he was seated, to catch the historic moment – literally.<\/p>\n
Craig said he blacked out when it happened, as his adrenaline and instincts took over. <\/p>\n
\u201c(I was) looking at the people in the rows behind me and beside, and we were kind of like, \u2018No way! Did that just happen?\u2019 And then we all kind of got in a big huddle, we\u2019re screaming and excited,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut I didn\u2019t realize at the time, it was the first post-season grand slam in the Jay\u2019s history, that just makes the moment all the more cool to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Craig said he had taken around 200 photographs by the time the game ended, as people were fawning over him making the catch and buying him drinks.<\/p>\n
The electricity in the building was tense, Craig recalled. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou could feel it,\u201d he said. \u201cClement hit that early homer and that ignited the park, and then they just kept pouring it on after that. Just such a cool atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n
blue jays grand slam catch Brendan Craig holds the grand slam ball hit by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in Game 2 of the ALDS at Rogers Centre. (CTV News Toronto \/ Allison Hurst) <\/p>\n
Craig hasn\u2019t parted with the ball since he caught it, and confessed to carrying it with him in his pocket everywhere. But, he is open to discussing letting it go with the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they\u2019re interested in it, I\u2019d be happy to talk with them and get it back. Because it\u2019s a pretty historic ball,\u201d Craig said.<\/p>\n