‘They Got This’: Blue Jays Fans Recall 1993 World Series Win, Look Forward to Reliving the Celebration

Philadelphia Phillies catcher Darren Daulton (L) walks off the field as members of the Toronto Blue Jays run onto the field on Oct. 23, 1993, after Joe Carter hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win Game 6 of the 1993 World Series. -/AFP via Getty Images

Natashia Moodie was 8 years old when the Blue Jays’ star team of Devon White, Roberto Alomar, Paul Molitor, Joe Carter, and John Olerud went to the World Series.

“They were my favourite players—and Joe Carter hitting that major grand slam and ended up winning the World Series,” she told The Epoch Times.

Toronto Blue Jays players celebrate on the field after defeating the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at the Rogers Centre in Toronto on Oct. 20, 2025. Mark Blinch/Getty Images

Now, Moodie is looking forward to the team’s first Fall Classic in more than 30 years.

The Blue Jays advanced to the World Series after beating the Seattle Mariners 4–3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Oct. 20. Toronto will host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the series on Oct. 24.

Moodie said her parents were part of a local baseball team called the Weekend Warriors, and their love for the sport wore off on her.

“I was very passionate about baseball, as was my sister.”

She and her sister, Alexandria, from the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Nelson House, Manitoba, were the first singers in Major League Baseball history to perform the national anthem in Cree before a Blue Jays game in 1999 at the SkyDome, which is now Rogers Centre.

“It was a huge, huge dream come true for me,” she said.

This time she will be cheering on the Blue Jays with her four children.

“We will be watching, as well as many other Canadians across Canada, and just wish the best for them. They got this.”

‘It Was Quite a Vibe’

Curtis Halliday has been collecting Blue Jays memorabilia since he was 12 and displays them in his game room. Courtesy of Curtis Halliday

Curtis Halliday was in Halifax when the Blue Jays won in 1993 and said the whole city “erupted.”

“Everybody was hitting the streets and it was quite a vibe,” he told The Epoch Times.

He returned to his home in Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia, where the community was celebrating with a parade.

“I’m thinking it was at least 25 to 30 [cars], but it could have been 50. And they done them up with the bristol board and the signs and the balloons, and they went around honking and tooting, and they went around the local community and just celebrated.”

Halliday has been a Blue Jays fan since he was 12, and over the years he has amassed an impressive collection of Blue Jays memorabilia that decorates the game room in his home.

“We get a lot of the local neighbours around, and people will come and we‘ll watch games together in the room and have a fun time with it,” he said. He and his wife try to attend a regular season game once a year, but they’ll be watching the World Series at home.

“We’re not going to be at the Rogers Centre, but this is the next best thing in, say, west Nova Scotia, down in a little fishing community in Nova Scotia, where we’re going to be rooting them on,“ he said. ”We’re going to be having a blast there.”

Newest Blue Jays Fan

This will be the first World Series for baby Julian, son of Oakville, Ont., Blue Jays fan Mark Galea. Their story was captured by Halton Healthcare, which celebrated Julian’s birth at the hospital on Oct. 19, just ahead of Game 7 of the Blue Jays against the Mariners.

Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning in Game 7 of baseball's American League Championship Series in Toronto, on Oct. 20, 2025. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP

Mark had all his Blue Jays gear on hand for the arrival of his son, and they watched the game from the hospital room on his laptop. “I couldn’t cheer quite as much with the baby on my lap, but we were definitely rooting for them from here,” he said.

Julian is “already a Jays fan, that’s not even a question,” he said. “I’m so excited to raise the next generation of Jays fans. I can’t wait to take him to his first Jr. Jays game and watch him run the bases.”