Toronto Blue Jays announce World Series icons to throw first pitches in Games 1 & 2
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Toronto Blue Jays icons Cito Gaston and Joe Carter will throw out the first pitches in Games 1 & 2 of the World Series.
The Blue Jays are welcoming back two franchise icons and World Series heroes to help this weekend's two World Series games inside Rogers Centre get off to a roaring start.
Former Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston will deliver the ceremonial first pitch for Game 1 vs. the Dodgers on Friday, and Joe Carter will deliver the ceremonial first pitch for Game 2 on Saturday.
First pitches in Toronto from a pair of legendary Blue Jays:
Game 1: Cito Gaston (r), manager of the 1992-93 world champs
Game 2: Joe Carter (l), two-time champ and 1993 Game 6 hero
Game 1: Cito Gaston (r), manager of the 1992-93 world champs
Game 2: Joe Carter (l), two-time champ and 1993 Game 6 hero
Gaston and Carter were perhaps the two most important figures to the Blue Jays' run to back-to-back championships in 1992 and '93.
Gaston was the man calling the shots in the dugout for those World Series-winning squads.
He managed 12 seasons in the big leagues, all with Toronto across two stints: 1989-97 and 2008-10.
The Blue Jays won five division titles under his watch, including in both of those championship years.
Joe Carter hit 203 home runs over seven seasons with Toronto, but the only home run that everyone will remember, Blue Jays fan or otherwise, is his walk-off three-run shot off the Phillies' Mitch Williams to win the 1993 World Series.
It is one of the most iconic plays in MLB World Series history, and it occurred 32 years ago yesterday.
OTD in 1993, the most famous home run in Blue Jays history -- Joe Carter's championship-winning walk-off! Tomorrow, Toronto plays its first #WorldSeries game since that night 32 years ago 😲
Gaston and Carter are the latest franchise icons to be given first-pitch honors.
Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson are among the players to perform the duties earlier in the post-season.
The actual first pitch of the World Series will be thrown by rookie Trey Yesavage, who on Thursday was named Toronto's starter for the opening game.
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