{"id":810950,"date":"2026-07-18T22:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810950\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T22:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:26:15","slug":"blue-jays-unveil-statue-outside-rogers-centre-honouring-world-series-championships-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810950\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays unveil statue outside Rogers Centre honouring World Series championships \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 A statue honouring the 1992 and 1993 World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays has been unveiled outside of Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n<p>It shows right-fielder Joe Carter mid-jump as he rounds the bases following his walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>The statue is located at the southeast corner of the ballpark, outside Gate 5.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a5bda1bc06021afb960fb8fjpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"5000\" data-pswp-height=\"3333\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a5bda1bc06021afb960fb8fjpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Blue Jays' Joe Carter, right, and former manager Cito Gaston look on at the unveiling of a statue commemorating the Toronto Blue Jays' 1992 and 1993 World Series wins ahead of MLB baseball action against the Chicago White Sox in Toronto, on Saturday, July 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sammy Kogan\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToronto Blue Jays&#8217; Joe Carter, right, and former manager Cito Gaston look on at the unveiling of a statue commemorating the Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; 1992 and 1993 World Series wins ahead of MLB baseball action against the Chicago White Sox in Toronto, on Saturday, July 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sammy Kogan<\/p>\n<p>It was created, in part, to celebrate the franchise\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 30 alumni of the two championship teams were in attendance for the statue\u2019s debut, including Carter, 1992 World Series MVP Pat Borders and 1993 World Series MVP Paul Molitor.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n<p class=\"frequency\">Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n<p>On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"email-subscribe-link button the-warmup inline-block-logged-in\">Sign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/theWarm-up-tile.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for The Warm-Up\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It replaces a statue of former Blue Jays owner Edward S. Rogers, who died in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 A statue honouring the 1992 and 1993 World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays has been unveiled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-810950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810950","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=810950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}