The Blue Jays will open a new Hall of Excellence for the team’s 50th season
Longtime Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez will be inducted in August
With the Toronto Maple Leafs down absolutely horrendous, it’s nice to keep in mind that baseball season is starting soon.
With this being the Blue Jays’ 50th season, the team has announced a new Hall of Excellence at the Rogers Centre that will pay tribute to the last five decades.
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It’ll be constructed in the 100 level behind right field, and is set to open on August 29.
On the same day, Buck Martinez, the beloved longtime broadcaster and a former player and manager who recently announced his retirement, will be inducted to the Hall of Excellence.
“Buck has been one of the defining voices of the Blue Jays, and his passion, integrity, and unwavering commitment to this organization embody everything the Hall of Excellence represents,” Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro said in a statement.
The team’s home schedule opens on March 27.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
