With the Blue Jays safely in a playoff spot, the longest active postseason drought in North American sports has come to a close.
Toronto was last in the playoffs in 1993, when Joe Carter hit his famous game-ending home run off Mitch Williams of the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.
Over the next 21 seasons, the Jays had 10 winning records and Cy Young Award seasons from Roy Halladay, Roger Clemens and Pat Hentgen. They fired and rehired Manager John Gibbons and signed Jose Canseco. But they never made the playoffs.