Blue Jays photo and video gallery: Fans share their memories

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It’s been nearly 150 days since Toronto Blue Jays fans gathered to watch their beloved baseball team play a meaningful game.That all changes as the new season starts so we’ve been asking the CityNews audience to share photos and videos of their favourite Blue Jays memories.We received so many great submissions — see the photo gallery below.Some submissions include:Chris Pomay sent us a photo of him with Blue Jay greats Lloyd Moseby and Willie Upshaw from back in 1980 at Exhibition StadiumMaureen Knabenschuh watched last year’s World Series in the Dominican RepublicMichael Brown won a contest to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in 2014Marlo Stimpson sent us a collage of the many games he has attended over the yearsNancy Taylor sent us a picture of her son Brett on his sixth birthday back in 1991Andrew Pawlak sent us a picture of the ticket stub from the first game he ever attended back in 1980Enjoy the season everyone!if (typeof window.rsm_galleries === 'undefined') {window.rsm_galleries = [];}window.rsm_galleries[0] = [{"html":"","src":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pomay-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1925,"alt":["Blue Jays fan submission"],"caption":"Photo submitted by Chris Pomay: \"Photo with myself with Lloyd Moseby and Willie Upshaw in July of 1980 photo day at Exhibition Stadium.\"","srcset":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pomay-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pomay-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pomay-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pomay-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pomay-1536x1155.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pomay-2048x1540.jpg 2048w"},{"html":"","src":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-charbonneau-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920,"alt":["Blue Jays fan submission"],"caption":"Photo submitted by Elaine Charbonneau: \"I have newspapers from the Blue Jays back to back as well as a booklet from the first win and a calendar.\"","srcset":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-charbonneau-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-charbonneau-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-charbonneau-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-charbonneau-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-charbonneau-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-charbonneau-2048x1536.jpg 2048w"},{"html":"","src":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/27\/jays-taylor.jpeg","width":360,"height":640,"alt":["Blue Jays fan photo submission"],"caption":"Photo submitted by Nancy Taylor: \"Our son Brett Taylor, age six April 14th, 1991 photo for his birthday. 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It's been an unbelievable time and can't wait to do it again this year.\"","srcset":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-brown.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-brown-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-brown-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-brown-1152x1536.jpg 1152w"},{"html":"","src":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pawlak-scaled.jpg","width":1920,"height":2560,"alt":["Blue Jays fan submission"],"caption":"Photo submitted by Andrew Pawlak: \"My first Jays game in 1980.\"","srcset":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pawlak-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pawlak-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pawlak-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pawlak-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-pawlak-1536x2048.jpg 1536w"},{"html":"","src":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-stimpson.jpeg","width":2048,"height":2048,"alt":["Blue Jays fan submission"],"caption":"Photo submitted by Marlo Stimpson: \"Here is a bit of a collage of photos of my family and I at different Blue Jays games over the years. 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Unfortunately, they put us up in the \u201cdisco\u201d to watch the games. They couldn\u2019t get the language changed on the TV and we watched the games in Spanish. The DJ came in every night around 10 and blasted music but us die-hard fans wouldn\u2019t leave.\"","srcset":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-knabenschuh-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-knabenschuh-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-knabenschuh-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-knabenschuh-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-knabenschuh-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w"},{"html":"","src":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-kerzner02-scaled.jpeg","width":2273,"height":2560,"alt":["Blue Jays fan submission"],"caption":"Photo submitted by Seth Kerzner: \"Seth at a Blue Jays game.\"","srcset":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-kerzner02-scaled.jpeg 2273w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-kerzner02-266x300.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-kerzner02-909x1024.jpeg 909w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-kerzner02-768x865.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-kerzner02-1364x1536.jpeg 1364w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-kerzner02-1818x2048.jpeg 1818w"},{"html":"","src":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-ferry.jpeg","width":592,"height":454,"alt":["Blue Jays fan submission"],"caption":"Photo submitted by Cathy Ferry: \"When my grandson was nine years old, the Jays helped us raise money so he could have surgery on his spine in the states. He is now 20 and still undergoing more surgeries, but without the surgery he had he would be suffering. If you\u2019d like to reach out to me, I can send you a picture of him and us with George Bell.\"","srcset":"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-ferry.jpeg 592w, https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/26\/jays-ferry-300x230.jpeg 300w"}];Open Gallery12 items window.plugins = {"ima3":{"ad_server_url":"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?sz=640x360&iu=\/7326\/en.citynews_toronto.web\/video&ciu_szs=300x250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&ad_rule=1&cmsid=1224&env=vp&output=xml_vast2&unviewed_position_start=1&url={window.location.href}&correlator={timestamp}&vid={mediainfo.id}&title={mediainfo.name}&referrer={document.referrer}&duration={mediainfo.duration}&description_url=toronto.citynews.ca","syndicated_enable":true,"index_bidding_ad_server_url_exchange":{"index_bidding_ad_exchange_site_id":{"preroll":{"1":{"1":{"siteID":191890},"2":{"siteID":192079}}}}}},"moat":{"partner_code":"rogersbrightcoveint878700116445"},"streamsense":{"ns_st_pu":"\"Rogers\"","c2":"3005682","c3":"\"CITYNEWS\"","ns_st_st":"\"CITYTV\"","ns_st_stc":"\"5193\""},"chartbeat":{"uid":"55711","domain":"toronto.citynews.ca"},"omniture":{"site_catalyst_account":"rogersrmiglobal","site_catalyst_brand":"citynews toronto"},"adtitle":{"advertisement_title":"Advertisement"}}Video submission by Zubair Patel: “Game 7, ALCS with my son celebrating the Springer Dinger. 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