Mark Scheifele was still in diapers, just five months old when the Toronto Blue Jays last made a run in baseball’s post-season, winning their second of back-to-back World Series titles on Oct. 23, 1993.
Ever since then, Toronto has barely made a mark on the world of baseball. It’s a likely reason the Kitchener, Ont., native never really grew fond of the game.
None of that mattered Wednesday as Scheifele — he claimed he lacked the kind of attention span needed to play the sport as a kid — along with millions of others found themselves glued to the TV as the Jays knocked off the Texas Rangers in Game 5 to win an American League Division Series and earn their first post-season win at home since Joe Carter’s iconic walk-off home run 22 years ago.