ARLINGTON, TEXAS - A week ago Sunday morn they gathered in an auxiliary clubhouse inside Tropicana Field.
They were there for a photo shoot, surrounded by lights, back drops, nervous giggles and laughs.
For they were the chosen few the Sports Illustrated cover boys.
Edwin Encarnacion, Troy Tulowitzki, David Price, John Gibbons, Russell Martin, Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson made on the SI under the title “The New Jacks”
And since the picture was taken, their bats have been as frozen as the smiles on their faces in the pictures.
The Jays were winless arriving at Globe Life Park Sunday night a loss away from elimination in the best-of-five American League Division Series.