The Blue Jays launched an updated version of the Home Run Jacket in game 47 of the season today, the 3rd of a 3-game series with the Chi Sox.
(The Home Run Jacket is a celebration prop for hitting a home run that’s worn by the player who hits the home run upon returning to the dugout.)
Bo Bichette had the honours of wearing it first, hitting a 2-run homer in a bottom of the 2nd, when the Jays scored a season-high 7 runs in an inning.
John Schneider, interviewed on the TV broadcast soon after, said that the idea had to come from the players. He also said that he’d had a chat with some of the players a week ago, telling them that anything that the players could come together around would be good to implement [to hopefully stir up a very under-performing offense].
The Blue Jays have also introduced a red carpet in the dugout as well, which debuted a few days before the Home Run Jacket did this year
Also: It was Yusei Kikuchi bobble-head day, and his son Leo threw out the first pitch
It’s two games against the White Sox and Tigers, but so far in the Jacket era this team is scoring 9 runs a game 👀
3 jacket wearers in Thursday’s game against the Tigers: Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Daulton Varsho, and
