Toronto Blue Jays pay tribute to World Series team with piece of equipment
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The Toronto Blue Jays have a stranglehold on the ALDS vs the New York Yankees, during the series so far the Toronto Blue Jays have donned the white panel baseball caps, paying tribute to the world series-winning team.
Former Blue Jays world series champion Pat Hentgen was quite pleased with the throwback, and believes it brought good luck.
Throwback white panel baseball caps help motivate the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Canadian Press covered an interesting story about the white panel baseball caps. While they obviously do not offer any extra performance for the team, they bring a morale boost that clearly worked. And one member of the 1992 and 1993 championship teams Pat Hentgen is very pleased with them.
"Pat Hentgen was a member of the 1992 and 1993 World Series-winning teams and went on to win the Cy Young Award as the American League's best pitcher in 1996. He's now a special advisor to the Blue Jays, working with their pitching department to develop the next generation of arms, and he loves that the distinct blue hat with a white front panel has become a good-luck charm for Toronto in this year's AL Division Series against the New York Yankees."-Canadian Press
It was closer Jeff Hoffman who suggested they reintroduce the caps, as they haven't been used since the 2015 season. He believed they should wear them as an homage to the old team and believed it would help them win the last 4 games of the season. They did just that and won the AL East division.
"«I love the white hat. That was the one I came up with and the old white uniform and the grey one. I even broke in with the powder blue in the minor leagues. I remember wearing the old powder blue and the minor leagues hand me downs that were from big league players."-Hentgen
Hopefully the magic of the caps continue for the rest of the series and onto the rest of the postseason.The Blue Jays play game 3 against the New York Yankees tonight to close out the series.
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