The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. Since 1989,the team has played its home games primarily at Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto.
Joseph Chris Carter is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs,Cleveland Indians,San Diego Padres,Toronto Blue Jays,Baltimore Orioles,and San Francisco Giants. Carter hit a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Blue Jays,their second consecutive championship. Carter is one of only two players to end a World Series with a home run,the other being Bill Mazeroski.
The Buffalo Bisons are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Located in Buffalo,New York,the team plays their home games at Sahlen Field,the highest-capacity Triple-A ballpark in the United States.
Jerry Howarth is an American Canadian former sports commentator,best known as the radio play-by-play voice of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1981 through the 2017 season.
John Albert "Buck" Martinez is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager,and is currently the television colour commentator for the Toronto Blue Jays. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Kansas City Royals,the Milwaukee Brewers,and the Toronto Blue Jays. Since the end of his playing career,he has been a broadcaster,working on the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles radio and television broadcasts,and nationally for TBS and MLB Network. Martinez managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 2001 to May 2002 and Team USA at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006.
Warren Sawkiw is a Canadian former professional baseball player and broadcaster. As a player,he was listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and 185 pounds (84 kg);he threw right-handed and was a switch hitter.
Daniel Shulman is a Canadian sportscaster with Sportsnet as well as the American network ESPN.
Sunday Night Baseball is an exclusive weekly telecast of a Major League Baseball game that airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN during the regular season.
Rod Black is a Canadian sports announcer best known for his work with CTV Sports and TSN from 1990 to 2021. He is now a host and brand ambassador for NorthStar Bets,a brand of NorthStar Gaming.
Alan Dean Ashby is an American former professional baseball catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and former radio and television sports commentator. A switch hitter,he played for the Cleveland Indians,Toronto Blue Jays,and Houston Astros between 1973 and 1989.
Christopher Verdell Singleton is an American sportscaster and former professional baseball outfielder. He played most of his career as a center fielder for six seasons in Major League Baseball,from 1999 to 2005. He played for the Chicago White Sox (1999-2001),Baltimore Orioles (2002),Oakland Athletics (2003) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2005). During his playing career,his listed height and weight were 6'2",210 pounds. He batted and threw left-handed.
Thomas George Hutton is an American former professional baseball infielder-outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Los Angeles Dodgers,Philadelphia Phillies,Toronto Blue Jays,and Montreal Expos.
The 1988 Cleveland Indians season was the 88th season for the franchise. The team,managed by Doc Edwards,finished sixth in the American League East.
The Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network consists of 20 stations in 7 Canadian provinces broadcasting the team's games in English.
Toronto Blue Jays on Sportsnet is a live telecast of Toronto Blue Jays baseball games that air on Sportsnet,Sportsnet One,or Sportsnet 360. Starting in 2003,some games were broadcast in high definition. As of 2007,all games that air on the network are presented in high definition,and as of 2016,all home games are broadcast in ultra-high definition. Sportsnet began showing Blue Jays games in 1999 and is now their official television carrier,carrying all televised Blue Jays games throughout the regular season.
The MLB on TSN is a television presentation of Major League Baseball games on Canada's TSN. TSN has broadcast Major League Baseball games since they went on the air in 1984. Their current MLB schedule consists of simulcasting ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts on TSN2. TSN had previously broadcast Sunday Night Baseball from 1990 to 2000. TSN has also broadcast Toronto Blue Jays (1984-2009) and Montreal Expos games.
Benjamin L. Wagner is an American sportscaster. As of 2024 he works as a play-by-play announcer for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball,after having performed the same role for the Toronto Blue Jays from 2018 to 2023.
The 2023 Major League Baseball season (MLB) began on March 30. The 93rd All-Star Game was played on July 11,hosted by the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle,Washington,with the National League winning,3–2. The regular season ended on October 1,and the postseason began on October 3,and ended with Game 5 of the World Series on November 1. This season saw the introduction of several rule changes:in an effort to create a quicker pace of play,a pitch clock was introduced along with other minor changes,while limits on defensive shifts and larger bases were also introduced.
The following is a general overview of Major League Baseball on television in the 2020s. During the 2020s,Major League Baseball announced its first exclusive television contract with a paid streaming service. Due to the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group,MLB took over the production of the local broadcasts of the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks.
