In the 32 years since, the Blue Jays have experienced plenty of heartache, including two decades without a playoff berth between 1994 to 2014. Since Joe Carter’s series-clinching home run in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series, the closest the team has come was consecutive ALCS defeats in 2015 and 2016.

Host Peter O'Dowd talks with Brian Stokes, graduate student in ecology, evolution and behavior at the University of Texas at Austin, about the rare hybrid offspring of a blue jay and green jay, seen for likely the first time in the wild.

And while none of the Blue Jackets have any regrets about how things unfolded from there, they do look back fondly on the old days. They also credit their time on the diamond as not just a fun summer distraction but a way to build skills – teamwork, competitiveness and hand-eye coordination, to name a few – that would translate to the hockey rink.

A 70-year-old retired supply chain manager has been a baseball fan since he was five and he's been entranced by the Cinderella story of the Jays' most recent evolution, on their way to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Blue Jays have the early advantage over the Dodgers in the Fall Classic, but they’re always bracing for impact. Even after catcher Alejando Kirk slugged the team’s third home run of the night to give Toronto an 11-2 lead, the Blue Jays dugout wasn’t sure it would be enough to stop the powerhouse Dodgers from mounting a comeback.

A rare bird alert on the eBird app led University of Texas researchers to discover a rare hybrid from a blue jay and green jay mating.