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Jays and Orioles meet again, 25 years after their Sept. 11, 2001 game was postponed
An extended pre-game ceremony marked the Blue Jays’ return to play, as 18,604 fans watched Toronto beat Baltimore 8-5 after baseball resumed.
- On Friday, the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles played at Rogers Centre on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Longtime baseball writer Richard Griffin said, "It's the only time I appreciated the crowd going, 'U.S.A.'"
- In 2001, the Blue Jays were stranded in Baltimore when terror attacks struck near the Baltimore World Trade Center. Travelling secretary Bart Given recalled the panic: "You're all trying to gather information. People have different levels of understanding of what's going on."
- Given secured two charter buses for a 12-hour drive north. He said, "It might sound mundane and ridiculous, but we bought some movies – old DVDs – for the ride for everyone to be distracted."
- A moment of silence was observed before Friday night's game at Rogers Centre. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said, "I feel like baseball kind of brought normalcy back a little bit."
- Major League Baseball resumed play on Sept. 17, 2001, with 18,604 fans watching the Blue Jays defeat the Orioles 8-5. That fall, U.S. President George Bush threw the ceremonial first pitch at World Series Game 3.
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Blue Jays and Orioles meet again, 25 years after their Sept. 11, 2001 game was postponed
After an off-day in September 2001, former Blue Jays manager Buck Martinez was driving from New Jersey to Baltimore for a series against the Orioles when news of the U.S. terror attacks came across his car radio.
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Jays and Orioles meet again, 25 years after their Sept. 11, 2001 game was postponed
TORONTO - After an off-day in September 2001, former Blue Jays manager Buck Martinez was driving from New Jersey to Baltimore for a series against the Orioles when news of
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Former Blue Jays reflect on 9/11: ‘It hit us all very hard’
TORONTO — After an off-day in September 2001, former Blue Jays manager Buck Martinez was driving from New Jersey to Baltimore for a series against the Orioles when news of the U.S. terror attacks came across his car radio. When he arrived in the Maryland city, uncertainty hung in the air – particularly with the […]
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