{"id":251761,"date":"2025-10-26T01:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/251761\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T01:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:43:07","slug":"joe-carter-throws-first-pitch-wears-blue-jays-home-run-jacket-at-world-series-game-2-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/251761\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Carter throws first pitch, wears Blue Jays\u2019 home run jacket at World Series Game 2 \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Carter slipped into the Blue Jays\u2019<\/a> home run jacket, then touched them all in a parade of dugout high-fives.<\/p>\n

The hero of Toronto\u2019s 1993 World Series triumph threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night, bouncing his toss to infielder Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n

As Carter walked off the field, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stepped forward to\u00a0offer him the blue blazer<\/a>\u00a0that Blue Jays players put on to celebrate home runs, a Toronto tradition since 2021.<\/p>\n

Fans roared as Carter jumped around in front of the dugout, mimicking his celebration after his game-ending three-run home run off Philadelphia\u2019s Mitch Williams in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series. He then went into the dugout to high-five Blue Jays players and coaches.<\/p>\n

Carter\u2019s historic homer, one of only two to end a World Series, made the Blue Jays back-to-back champions. In the 32 years since, only the 1998-2000 Yankees have been repeat winners.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s opponent this year, the Los Angeles Dodgers, are seeking to join that group of repeat winners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why it\u2019s tough to repeat is because sometimes you become complacent when you reach the pinnacle,\u201d Carter said before the game. \u201cThen the next year there\u2019s kind of a letdown because all of a sudden you\u2019ve achieved what you wanted to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays avoided complacency by making changes between their two championship teams, Carter said, adding Paul Molitor and Dave Stewart while parting with Dave Winfield, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a different team,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh\u2019s Bill Mazeroski is the only other player to hit a World Series-clinching homer. His milestone shot came against New York Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry in the ninth inning of Game 7 in the 1960 Fall Classic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s what every kid dreams of,\u201d Carter said of hitting such a meaningful homer. \u201cIt\u2019s what everyone sits there and thinks about. It\u2019s only happened two times in the history of the game, and the first time it happened was the year I was born, 1960. And then it happens 33 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Carter hit his famous homer, the Blue Jays have added another trio of huge three-run homers, one at every stage of the postseason. Jos\u00e9 Bautista delivered his memorable\u00a0bat flip blast against Texas<\/a>\u00a0in the 2015 AL Division Series, and\u00a0Edwin Encarnaci\u00f3n hit a game-ending homer<\/a>\u00a0to beat Baltimore in the 2016 AL Wild Card game.<\/p>\n

Toronto’s latest chapter of October home run history was written last Monday with\u00a0George Springer\u2019s go-ahead homer<\/a>\u00a0in Game 7 of the ALCS against Seattle.<\/p>\n

Watching alone in his home theatre, Carter said Springer\u2019s homer brought back memories of his 1993 blast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m jumping up and down, I\u2019m hitting the wall,\u201d Carter said. \u201cIt was as if I had relived the whole thing because it was just that big.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Carter slipped into the Blue Jays\u2019 home run jacket, then touched them all in a parade of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[2323,363,99,19632],"class_list":["post-251761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-world-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}