{"id":264282,"date":"2025-11-05T22:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/264282\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:54:09","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-president-and-ceo-mark-shapiro-writes-letter-to-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/264282\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro writes letter to fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro has penned a letter to fans of the team after a \u201cspecial\u201d season that ultimately ended in heartbreak in Game 7 of the World Series.<\/p>\n

Shared to the team\u2019s social media accounts, Shapiro said he is \u201cfilled with gratitude\u201d and issued a \u201cdeeply felt thank you\u201d to Blue Jays fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to our fans – the best in baseball,\u201d Shapiro wrote. \u201cYou travelled great distances to support us, filling our ballpark at home and supporting us at stadiums on the road. You gathered around screens and radios from thousands of kilometres away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard you. We felt you. Your energy, love, your hopes and belief reached our players and lifted us all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapiro said that the fan passion \u201cinspired a group of individuals to achieve what few thought possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

His letter pointed to the Blue Jays\u2019 successes in 2025, including capturing the AL East title, \u201ctoppling\u201d the New York Yankees on their \u201chome turf\u201d to claim the American League Division Series (ALDS), and overcoming \u201cpowerful opponents\u201d in the Seattle Mariners to win the American League Championship Series (ALCS).<\/p>\n

Shapiro wrote that despite coming \u201cjust centimetres short of a World Series Championship,\u201d the ALDS and ALCS banners will \u201cforever hang proudly\u201d at Rogers Centre to represent a season \u201cnone of us will ever forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that what stands out the most to him outside of the team\u2019s accomplishments, was what the fans \u201ccelebrated about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou saw their toughness, their resilience, their character, and above all their love for one another,\u201d Shapiro wrote. \u201cNo group could better represent what it means to be a teammate… Their unity and selflessness brought people together across our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Blue Jays became more than a baseball team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapiro went on to say that the \u201csting\u201d of missing out on winning the World Series is still there, and comes from the Blue Jays\u2019 \u201cshared desire\u201d to bring fans and all of Canada the championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll use that disappointment as fuel for what comes next,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The president and CEO closed his letter by once again expressing pride and gratitude for the fans, and promised them that their journey isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never been prouder to be a Blue Jay, and never more determined to deliver more memories, moments, and celebrations that bind us together,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cOne team, one country, one fanbase.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapiro and Blue Jays General Manager Ross Atkins will hold an end-of-season media availability at Rogers Centre on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"\"blue jays front office Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins, right, and president and CEO Mark Shapiro are seen in the dugout prior to Game 3 World Series playoff MLB baseball action against the Los Angeles Dodgers, in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2025. (Frank Gunn\/The Canadian Press) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro has penned a letter to fans of the team after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[712,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-264282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264282","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=264282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}