Blue Jays fans hope to recreate magic of ’92-’93 as World Series sets ending in Toronto

'This has been a postseason filled with amazing moments'

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Published Oct 31, 2025  •  4 minute read

St. Catharines friends Troy Hacock and Tim Tyler watched the Blue Jays win the 1993 World Series together. They are hoping to recreate that magical Game 6 win Friday night at Rogers Centre. Photo by Mark Daniell /Toronto Sun

Longtime Toronto Blue Jays fan Troy Hacock remembers where he was when the team won its first back-to-back World Series titles like it was yesterday.

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“In ’92, my buddies picked me up from the gas station where I worked and we went back to my friend’s house. There was seven of us who watched the Jays beat the Atlanta Braves,” the St. Catharines, Ont.-native told the Sun ahead of Game 6 Friday night.

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The following year, when Joe Carter hit a one-out, three-run walk-off homer off Philadelphia Phillies closer Mitch Williams to give the Blue Jays its second consecutive World Series title, he had another six or seven friends at his parents house.

“We went and celebrated in downtown St. Catharines afterwards and it was an amazing night. Just a crazy crowd, and that’s why we’re here,” said Hacock, who went to 15 games this season.

Thirty-two years later, Hacock was hoping to relive the moment once again with one of those high-school buddies, Tim Tyler.

“I remember Joe hitting the ball and everyone jumped up because we knew it was gone,” Tyler added.

Troy Hacock and Tim Tyler seen together with two other friends after the Toronto Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series. Photo by Troy Hacock /Supplied

Prior to first pitch, all-star shortstop Bo Bichette, who is a free agent at the end of this season, called his World Series experience “incredible.”

“Everybody tells you, especially my dad (Dante Bichette), who never had a chance to play in a World Series, ‘Don’t take winning for granted,’ but you have to learn that for yourself,” Bichette said. “There’s been a lot of times where I thought we would win and we didn’t … So it’s special to be here.”

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“Baseball is great. It really is,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said in his pregame media availability. “You never know who’s going to do what.”

‘It’s worth every penny if they win’

Standing just behind first base three hours before first pitch, Ottawa’s Scott Bailey recalled being dejected as he left Game 5 of the 1992 World Series, after the Blue Jays lost 7-2 to the Braves. He returned the following year for Game 6 and was 12 rows up over the left-field wall when Carter hit the home run that sealed Toronto’s win.

“Being here in ’92 was depressing. They lost, and we walked out of the building with our heads down, thinking, ‘Now they have to go on the road to win it in Atlanta.’ But they came back and won it here the next year. It was amazing,” he said.

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His friend, Shane Verge, was at a house party in his native Newfoundland and Labrador. “I was 21 years old and I hit the roof tile in the basement when Joe Carter hit that home run,” he said.

The two friends made the decision to come down at the last minute.

“We said, ‘We’re not missing this.’ We were driving here and I bought the tickets on the road for $880,” Verge said.

“It’s worth every penny if they win,” Verge said. “We’re ready to party tonight.”

Shane Verge and Scott Bailey drove down from Ottawa to see the Blue Jays play in Game 6 of the World Series. Photo by Mark Daniell /Toronto Sun

‘Dad, you love baseball, you should really go’

Michael Heuchert said the ’92-’93 teams produced some of his “greatest memories” of watching the Blue Jays. In 1992, his family was driving back from a vacation in Florida and had stopped to watch Game 6 in Atlanta.

“We went for breakfast the next morning and I remember my parents giving grief to the waitress,” he said, laughing.

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“The nice thing about it is that generation, the ’92-’93 fans, we’re here tonight with all those memories and it’s so awesome to see the new generation that weren’t there to see it, but they’re having their own moment,” he continued. “It shows how special baseball is. It transcends generations.”

Chris White and Michael Heuchert were all smiles ahead of Game 6 of the World Series in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 31. Photo by Mark Daniell /Toronto Sun

Wearing a vintage Roy Halladay jersey, Brampton’s Mike Perricone remembers how as a nine-year-old he was allowed to stay up past his bedtime to watch the ’92 and ’93 World Series.

“After they won in 1993, we jumped in the family station wagon and drove in from Mississauga down to Yonge St. and honked the horn,” he said. “Those were formative years for my love of baseball … It’s similar to now. Everyone was talking about the Blue Jays and everyone was feeling Blue Jays. It developed a life-long love of the game that I’ve passed on to my kids.”

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Perricone paid $1,200 for a ticket to potentially watch history unfold once again Friday night.

“My family came to me this morning and said, ‘Dad, you love baseball, you should really go’ … This has been a postseason filled with amazing moments,” he said, smiling. “I’m so glad the fans have been able to share this together.”

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