{"id":256217,"date":"2025-11-02T07:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T07:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256217\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T07:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T07:10:11","slug":"roots-ceo-meghan-roach-caught-bo-bichettes-home-run-ball-in-decisive-game-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256217\/","title":{"rendered":"Roots CEO Meghan Roach caught Bo Bichette\u2019s home run ball in decisive Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-byline__image\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"68\" width=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/author-placeholder.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy \tThe Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted November 1, 2025 9:39 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated November 2, 2025 12:23 am\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays fan who caught Bo Bichette\u2019s home run ball in the third inning of the clinching World Series game on Saturday just happens to be the head of another iconic Canadian brand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761814748_447_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meghan Roach, the CEO of Roots, said the ball came right at her in Section 148 at Rogers Centre, just a few rows over the centre-field wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt fell right in front of my feet and I literally just picked it up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761854947_61_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such a fantastic experience to catch the ball, and I can\u2019t wait to take it home to my two girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bichette had a three-run shot in the bottom of the third inning, his first playoff home run. It put the Jays ahead 3-0 at the time and sent fans inside the stadium into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11505629\/fda-restricts-use-of-kids-fluoride-supplements-citing-emerging-health-risks\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762067410_794_caaf0002d4647b82da0969687a7a924cd6af1a38a3cf6c44de83d5e7c3258a97.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFDA restricts use of kids\u2019 fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11506582\/snap-benefits-cut-off-during-shutdown-driving-long-lines-at-food-pantries\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762067411_24_ba0698f391d5136880460b1f30f8678e3e114e6fc63407110b1e119e5262c42c_975b23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Roach, who attended Game 7 with her siblings, said she\u2019s a longtime Blue Jays fan and was hopeful the team could win it all.<\/p>\n<p>But that wasn\u2019t in the cards for the Jays, who fell to the Dodgers 5-4 in extra innings.<\/p>\n<p>Roach said grabbing the ball was an \u201coverwhelming\u201d experience. In the meantime, she was holding on tight to her own game trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m zipping it in my pocket,\u201d she said of the home run ball.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 1, 2025 9:39 pm Updated November 2, 2025 12:23 am&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,43,44,82,41,39,42,40,507,519,3275,24418],"class_list":{"0":"post-256217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories","16":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","17":"tag-trending","18":"tag-world","19":"tag-world-series"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}