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<\/p>\nTORONTO \u2013 More than three decades after hitting the biggest home run in Blue Jays history, Joe Carter is still feeling the love from Toronto.<\/p>\n
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Carter threw out the opening pitch to all-star shortstop Bo Bichette ahead of Game 2 of the World Series as the Blue Jays hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. Carter received a rousing ovation from the packed Rogers Centre, especially after donning Toronto\u2019s home run jacket and jogging through the home dugout.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had the emotions for 32 years. I come back here so often,\u201d said Carter, who famously hit a three-run homer to win the 1993 World Series. \u201cI get that wherever I go here in Toronto, which is great. They just appreciate what I did.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t do it myself. I just happened to come up in that situation because I was the next guy in line.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Carter played for the 1992 and 1993 Blue Jays when they won back-to-back World Series. The five-time all-star finished his career with a .259 batting average, 396 home runs, and 1,445 runs batted in over 16 years in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Toronto, the Baltimore Orioles, and the San Francisco Giants.<\/p>\n
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He knows, however, that it\u2019s his climactic home run in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series that he\u2019s best remembered for.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a ruckus crowd. It\u2019s going to be loud,\u201d said Carter in a pre-game news conference about an hour before throwing the opening pitch. \u201cI wish I could go back and be (acrobatic St. Louis Cardinals shortstop) Ozzie Smith right now because I said I would kind of run out there and do a backflip with the round-off, you know, a tuck.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut at 65, no, it\u2019s going to be a walk out there. But it\u2019s going to be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter was also at Rogers Centre for Toronto\u2019s 11-4 victory over Los Angeles in Game 1 on Friday. After the game Carter joined Blue Jays manager John Schneider and his staff in the coaches\u2019 room of Toronto\u2019s clubhouse.<\/p>\n
Schneider said it was a treat picking Carter\u2019s brain and that of former Toronto manager Cito Gaston, who threw out the opening pitch before Game 1.<\/p>\n
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