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December 20, 2023

Over the years, the Toronto Blue Jays have created three full-time mascots, all of which portray the bird for which the team was named.

Ace at the Rogers Centre during the 2013 season.

BJ Birdy was the team mascot from 1979 to 1999. For the 2000 season, BJ was replaced by Ace and Diamond, two new characters. Diamond was dropped at the end of the 2003 season, leaving Ace the sole mascot. In recent years, Ace has been joined on an occasional basis by Junior. This happens on "Junior Jays Sundays", formerly "Junior Jays Saturdays".

Eras edit

BJ Birdy (1979–1999) edit

Kevin Shanahan was an employee of Ontario Place, a theme park attraction run by the provincial government of Ontario, located on Toronto's lakeshore across from municipally-run Exhibition Place, site of Exhibition Stadium, the team's home field at the time. As a University of Toronto student, Shanahan designed and performed in a moose costume at the park,[1] to replace the more "motley-looking thing" they already had.[2][Note 1] The second moose costume was uncomfortable, so he designed a more comfortable bird costume. A friend suggested to him the Blue Jays might want a mascot.[1][2] Not a baseball fan, he had never seen a live game. He commented "it didn't take me long to see why a mascot was needed. The game needs a distraction. Otherwise your mind wanders."[1] Shanahan was a part-time science student,[2] before he later dropped out. Previously he had attended Michael Power High school, where he drew comics for the school newspaper.[1]

The team was working on a deal with CHUM Limited to develop a mascot character,[2] after the Montreal Expos had added the character of Youppi! earlier in the year.[Note 2]

Mascots are fuzzy animals hired to keep people happy—young people especially—who aren't fascinated by all the statistics we pour at them, or who just get distracted by the time they reach the sixth or seventh innings.

Kevin Shanahan, 1998[3]

In 1985, the BJ Birdy character was described as "lovable, irascible, curious, impudent, mischievous, and often the victim of his own impulsiveness."[1] Much of the routines were improvised. "B.J. is a reaction character. He's a fan. He wants to know what's going on. He'll duck behind a dugout and then pop up again. He does what a lot of fans would do if they weren't so reserved."[1] The costume had "perfect vision", and was said to be quite agile.[2]

During the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, 22-year-old Shanahan told the Star that he would lose $7000 if the whole season was cancelled.[Note 3] He suggested he might return to Ontario Place, but worried the strike might permanently kill the character.[4][5] During the strike, he rebuilt his Basil Beaver and Mickey Moose costume heads for Ontario Place, and received a contract to build six more animals in the autumn.[6] By the end of the strike, he estimated a loss of $3600.[6]

The Globe and Mail reported a rumour that Shanahan would not be offered a new contract for 1986.[7]

The character and its actor had a continuously strained relationship with the team and some fans. When receiving complaints from the fans or media on his behavior at a game, the team front office would apparently reply "B.J. Who?"[1] In 1985, he commented: "I'm always walking a fine wire. I found out early that Blue Jays won't back me up, that I'm on my own. So I'm on a balancing act."[1][Note 4]

On the move to SkyDome, "BJ Birdy" told the Star that the team should keep prices as is.[8]

On April 1, 1985, the first BJ Birdy comic ran in the Toronto Star, created by Shanahan. In a preview article, he commented on the character: "I see him as an underbird but he'll definitely be his own bird. He'll get the odd quip in his favor, he'll second-guess like fans do but, most of the time, everything will fall back on him. Of course, he might develop into something totally different. I have ideas but that isn't to say they and B.J. won't change. Situations that B.J. got into at the stadium were limited but this way the sky's the limit. He can fall off stadiums, go through walls, do silly, little things. There's total freedom." The character often criticized Jays management.[1] The Globe noted that fans "had grown abusive. Broadcasters question the reason for his existence. The team's front office offers only middling support." The newspaper noted a negative bent to the comic, with many strips taking shots at those groups. When Paul Beeston was asked about his opinion on a strip centering on him, vice president he commented "What comic strip? I didn't know he had one." In another strip, BJ Birdy's mother is about to hit mascot-hating broadcaster Tony Kubek on the head.[9] He commented that the strip was based on real situations, "when I distort something, I only tone it down."[9] Despite—or perhaps because of—its controversial nature, the comic was not successful, and was soon cancelled.[10]

BJ Birdy gained wider notoriety on May 22, 1993, when he was ejected from a Blue Jays game against the Minnesota Twins for trying to influence an umpire's call on a caught line drive.[11] In the bottom of the first inning, umpire Jim McKean ruled that Twins infielder David McCarty didn't catch a line drive hit by Roberto Alomar, ruling the play a hit.[12] Although the ruling favoured his team, BJ Birdy was caught up in the excitement of the play and attempted to get the crowd to make the "hit" ruling just as McKean was actually making the ruling.[12] McKean still took exception to the antic, ejecting BJ Birdy from the game, which the Jays still won 7–0.[12]

Over the character's final seasons, Shanahan suggested that Jays management turned down multiple appearance requests for BJ Birdy.[13] The Raptor, mascot of the Toronto Raptors basketball team, was meanwhile gaining acclaim for his acrobatic routines.[3][14] The Jays noted the admiration for the NBA team's "total entertainment package".[15] The team had its second lowest opening day attendance in 1999, desperately trying to attract audiences. The Star commented that the team's desperation was evident, suggesting that "the nadir probably reached when a van circled the field pulling a flatbed which bore B.J. Birdy, a massive plastic rodent, two dancing bears and a man firing T-shirts into the stands with a bazooka."[16] Shanahan retained ownership of the character, despite initial attempts to sell the rights and costume to the club.

Shanahan was called into a meeting with the senior vice-president of marketing for the Toronto Blue Jays, Terry Zuk; the two apparently had not met before.[13][15] He was told he was being replaced by two new mascots. Shanahan again offered to sell the costume and copyrights, but the club declined.[15] The team suggested, if it were too hard to hold onto the costume, the Jays Care Foundation would gladly accept a donation; he flatly refused.[13][15] It was also suggested Shanahan might be interested in training the new performers. Seeking legal advice, he informed the club the new mascots could not debut before his contract expired on December 31, well after the season's end. In response, the club called him at his home in Mississauga, telling him not to appear at the final two regular season home games; he would quip to the media that they were the first "two paid days off after 20 years."[13]

In early December, the story about BJ Birdy's two replacements made the news. Shanahan commented that "there's not a great deal of pain in this. I had a good run. But it bothers me that the Jays talked about it before my contract was up. They gave their word they'd wait until December 31." General Manager Gord Ash contested that "there was no intent to reveal that. We were confronted with the story, it was out from another source and there was no sense having a bunker mentality and denying it."[13]

Ace (2000–present) and Diamond (2000–2003) edit

 
Ace appears at Rogers Centre in 2006.

Quickly, some in the sports media asked "Double the pleasure? Or, double the pain?"[17] News of a naming contest led to suggestions like Swing and A Miss, More and Annoying, and Bird and Brain.[18] For their part, the Globe issued an editorial calling the situation "a baseball civics lesson", suggesting that no one asked the public, "and when you don't ask citizens of a democracy if they want an icon to be changed you must expect them to rise up in revolution... or at least cry out: Give us back our bird."[19]

As of early December 1999, four people expressed interest in applying, three of them from the United States.[20] By the first round of auditions on January 10, 2000, the club had received about 70 applications.[21]

The characters themselves were conceived and designed by Kelly Giannopoulos and Diane Semark. "We looked for the most interesting personality traits and then actually gave the mascots a past, a sort of legend that went with their story." The duo were designed with distinct plumage and faces, to reflect their gender. Sugar's Costume Studio built the outfits based on their designs.[20] Their personality traits were modelled after Jim Carrey and Goldie Hawn, because "both of them have a wild and zany side."[Note 5] Their original names were Slider and Curveball.[20] On March 4, 2000, two new names were unveiled through the Toronto Blue Jays "Name the Mascots Contest" ACE and DIAMOND. Winner of contest: Toronto High School Student A. McConnell.[citation needed]

The costumes were built by Sugar's Mascot Costumes in Toronto.[22] An early article suggested they would wear varied clothes; "tuxedos for formal events and surgical garb for hospital visits."[20] The new costumes were lightweight and featured athletic pants to allow for stunts.[21]

Brennan Anderson played Ace for five years, bringing his competitive gymnastics and media background.[23] He later became a sales manager at Sugar's.[22] Diamond performers included then-Ryerson University student Angelina Milanovic, University of Toronto musical theatre student Larissa Bathgate,[24] and Amanda Barker.

Ace became sole mascot of the Blue Jays in 2004, after the team removed Diamond before the season opened.[25] Ace's jersey number is double zero.

A second blue jay mascot, named Junior, is present on "Junior Jays days", usually Saturdays home games, when children are invited to run the bases after the games. Junior's number is 1/2 (half).

Affiliate team the Dunedin Blue Jays are represented by DJay the Blue Jay;[26] he was named BJ in 1998.[27]

Ace's official website jokingly mentioned that his father invented bird stickers commonly found on windows and his mother was a goose feather supplier.[28]

In 2012, Ace underwent some changes when the team changed their logo and uniforms. Ace was given more fur and his beak was changed from gray to blue and the bottom of his legs were switched from black to gray. This also happened to Junior.[29]

Notes edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ace.
  1. ^ The new moose cost $700 to make, whereas the Jay cost $250 to $300, "because this time I knew what I was doing." (Patton, "Big Jay flaps for win".)
  2. ^ The Expos' final season in Montreal was 2004. The team moved to Washington, D.C., and the rights to Youppi! were sold to the Montreal Canadiens. (Rubin, Mike (September 1996). "The Round and the Fury". SPIN. Palm Coast, FL: Camouflage Associates: 142. Retrieved 14 January 2012.)
  3. ^ This was listed as being $110 a home game, plus licensing fees and outside appearances.
  4. ^ In the book Yes, It's Hot in Here: Adventures in the Weird, Woolly World of Sports Mascots (2014), former Mr. Met A.J. Mass noted that Shanahan would regularly verbally answer the questions of the public, contrary to standard procedure for mascots. As it set precedent, it would make other performers look inaccurately standoffish in comparison. (Mass, A. J. (15 April 2014). Yes, It's Hot in Here: Adventures in the Weird, Woolly World of Sports Mascots. Rodale. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-1623360047.)
  5. ^ Ironically, in a 1996 article, the Raptors performer listed Carrey and Charlie Chaplin as his inspirations.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i MacLeod, Rex (30 March 1985). "B.J. Birdy feathers his nest in new career with The Star". The Toronto Star. p. C3.
  2. ^ a b c d e Patton, Paul (13 September 1979). "Big Jay flaps for win". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. 45.
  3. ^ a b Littler, William (18 April 1998). "A symphony of sports". The Toronto Star. p. M1, M16.
  4. ^ Orwen, Patricia (12 June 1981). "Blue Jays' mascot says strike is for the birds". The Toronto Star. p. A01.
  5. ^ Gray, James (28 June 1981). "The Jays aren't losing too badly--for a change". The Toronto Star. p. C01.
  6. ^ a b Parrish, Wayne (1 August 1981). "Old club waiting for gang". The Toronto Star. p. D01.
  7. ^ York, Marty (19 October 1985). "Carlton's like a Fisk out of water". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. C06.
  8. ^ Perkins, Dave (5 November 1988). "How much is a Jays game worth?". The Toronto Star. p. B4.
  9. ^ a b Brunt, Stephen (28 June 1985). "Mascot in flap". The Globe and Mail. p. E12.
  10. ^ Clarke, Steve (April 2017). "70. BJ Birdy Gets Tossed". 100 Things Blue Jays Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (revised ed.). Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1633197701.
  11. ^ Graham, Bryan Armen (25 April 2013). . Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  12. ^ a b c Jaffe, Chris (22 May 2013). "Wednesday, May 22, 2013 20th anniversary: Blue Jays mascot ejected". The Hardball Times. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d e Christie, James (8 December 1999). "By the bye, Birdy, train replacements". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. S01.
  14. ^ Ryan, Allan (20 January 1996). "Raptor mascot is dino might". The Toronto Star. p. F01, F07.
  15. ^ a b c d Ormsby, Mary (8 December 1999). "Bye-bye Birdy: Jays kick mascot out of nest". Toronto. p. B8.
  16. ^ Coyle, Jim (13 April 1999). "A whole new ball game, Jays no longer hot ticket". The Toronto Star. p. A01, A16.
  17. ^ Woolsey, Garth (9 December 1999). "'Twas the night before Christmas, à la Ken". The Toronto Star. p. D6.
  18. ^ Woolsey, Garth (13 December 1999). "Domi-McCarthy: more fightin' words". The Toronto Star. p. C2.
  19. ^ Addis, Richard (8 December 1999). "Watch the Birdy". The Toronto Star. p. A20.
  20. ^ a b c d Baker, Baker (9 December 1999). "Jays going for 'wild and zany' mascots". The Toronto Star. p. D6.
  21. ^ a b Baker, Geoff (11 January 2000). "Jays looking for a couple of new birds". The Toronto Star.
  22. ^ a b Clayton, Liz (12 May 2005). "Mascot designers' products 'labour of love'". BusinessEdge. Calgary. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  23. ^ Clayton, Liz (12 May 2005). . BusinessEdge. Calgary. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  24. ^ "Canadian Association of Broadcasters" (PDF).
  25. ^ Power Ranking all of the MLB Mascots, BleacherReport.com, retrieved 31 January 2012
  26. ^ "The Dunedin Blue Jays to Host Mascot Night - OurSports Central". 21 April 2008.
  27. ^ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/access/30409561.html?dids=30409561:30409561&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+23%252C+1998&author=DEBORAH+O%2527NEIL&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mascot+nameless+no+more%253A+Bird+is+now+B.J.&pqatl=google[dead link]
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on 2010-03-13.
  29. ^ "Blue Jays Mascot Shows Off His Best TikTok Dance Moves". Yahoo News. 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

External links edit

  • Official website

BJ Birdy

  • Appearance in Wendy's Great Canadian Hot Dog, 1985 commercial, on YouTube

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Over the years the Toronto Blue Jays have created three full time mascots all of which portray the bird for which the team was named Ace at the Rogers Centre during the 2013 season BJ Birdy was the team mascot from 1979 to 1999 For the 2000 season BJ was replaced by Ace and Diamond two new characters Diamond was dropped at the end of the 2003 season leaving Ace the sole mascot In recent years Ace has been joined on an occasional basis by Junior This happens on Junior Jays Sundays formerly Junior Jays Saturdays Contents 1 Eras 1 1 BJ Birdy 1979 1999 1 2 Ace 2000 present and Diamond 2000 2003 2 Notes 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEras editBJ Birdy 1979 1999 edit Kevin Shanahan was an employee of Ontario Place a theme park attraction run by the provincial government of Ontario located on Toronto s lakeshore across from municipally run Exhibition Place site of Exhibition Stadium the team s home field at the time As a University of Toronto student Shanahan designed and performed in a moose costume at the park 1 to replace the more motley looking thing they already had 2 Note 1 The second moose costume was uncomfortable so he designed a more comfortable bird costume A friend suggested to him the Blue Jays might want a mascot 1 2 Not a baseball fan he had never seen a live game He commented it didn t take me long to see why a mascot was needed The game needs a distraction Otherwise your mind wanders 1 Shanahan was a part time science student 2 before he later dropped out Previously he had attended Michael Power High school where he drew comics for the school newspaper 1 The team was working on a deal with CHUM Limited to develop a mascot character 2 after the Montreal Expos had added the character of Youppi earlier in the year Note 2 Mascots are fuzzy animals hired to keep people happy young people especially who aren t fascinated by all the statistics we pour at them or who just get distracted by the time they reach the sixth or seventh innings Kevin Shanahan 1998 3 In 1985 the BJ Birdy character was described as lovable irascible curious impudent mischievous and often the victim of his own impulsiveness 1 Much of the routines were improvised B J is a reaction character He s a fan He wants to know what s going on He ll duck behind a dugout and then pop up again He does what a lot of fans would do if they weren t so reserved 1 The costume had perfect vision and was said to be quite agile 2 During the 1981 Major League Baseball strike 22 year old Shanahan told the Star that he would lose 7000 if the whole season was cancelled Note 3 He suggested he might return to Ontario Place but worried the strike might permanently kill the character 4 5 During the strike he rebuilt his Basil Beaver and Mickey Moose costume heads for Ontario Place and received a contract to build six more animals in the autumn 6 By the end of the strike he estimated a loss of 3600 6 The Globe and Mail reported a rumour that Shanahan would not be offered a new contract for 1986 7 The character and its actor had a continuously strained relationship with the team and some fans When receiving complaints from the fans or media on his behavior at a game the team front office would apparently reply B J Who 1 In 1985 he commented I m always walking a fine wire I found out early that Blue Jays won t back me up that I m on my own So I m on a balancing act 1 Note 4 On the move to SkyDome BJ Birdy told the Star that the team should keep prices as is 8 On April 1 1985 the first BJ Birdy comic ran in the Toronto Star created by Shanahan In a preview article he commented on the character I see him as an underbird but he ll definitely be his own bird He ll get the odd quip in his favor he ll second guess like fans do but most of the time everything will fall back on him Of course he might develop into something totally different I have ideas but that isn t to say they and B J won t change Situations that B J got into at the stadium were limited but this way the sky s the limit He can fall off stadiums go through walls do silly little things There s total freedom The character often criticized Jays management 1 The Globe noted that fans had grown abusive Broadcasters question the reason for his existence The team s front office offers only middling support The newspaper noted a negative bent to the comic with many strips taking shots at those groups When Paul Beeston was asked about his opinion on a strip centering on him vice president he commented What comic strip I didn t know he had one In another strip BJ Birdy s mother is about to hit mascot hating broadcaster Tony Kubek on the head 9 He commented that the strip was based on real situations when I distort something I only tone it down 9 Despite or perhaps because of its controversial nature the comic was not successful and was soon cancelled 10 BJ Birdy gained wider notoriety on May 22 1993 when he was ejected from a Blue Jays game against the Minnesota Twins for trying to influence an umpire s call on a caught line drive 11 In the bottom of the first inning umpire Jim McKean ruled that Twins infielder David McCarty didn t catch a line drive hit by Roberto Alomar ruling the play a hit 12 Although the ruling favoured his team BJ Birdy was caught up in the excitement of the play and attempted to get the crowd to make the hit ruling just as McKean was actually making the ruling 12 McKean still took exception to the antic ejecting BJ Birdy from the game which the Jays still won 7 0 12 Over the character s final seasons Shanahan suggested that Jays management turned down multiple appearance requests for BJ Birdy 13 The Raptor mascot of the Toronto Raptors basketball team was meanwhile gaining acclaim for his acrobatic routines 3 14 The Jays noted the admiration for the NBA team s total entertainment package 15 The team had its second lowest opening day attendance in 1999 desperately trying to attract audiences The Star commented that the team s desperation was evident suggesting that the nadir probably reached when a van circled the field pulling a flatbed which bore B J Birdy a massive plastic rodent two dancing bears and a man firing T shirts into the stands with a bazooka 16 Shanahan retained ownership of the character despite initial attempts to sell the rights and costume to the club Shanahan was called into a meeting with the senior vice president of marketing for the Toronto Blue Jays Terry Zuk the two apparently had not met before 13 15 He was told he was being replaced by two new mascots Shanahan again offered to sell the costume and copyrights but the club declined 15 The team suggested if it were too hard to hold onto the costume the Jays Care Foundation would gladly accept a donation he flatly refused 13 15 It was also suggested Shanahan might be interested in training the new performers Seeking legal advice he informed the club the new mascots could not debut before his contract expired on December 31 well after the season s end In response the club called him at his home in Mississauga telling him not to appear at the final two regular season home games he would quip to the media that they were the first two paid days off after 20 years 13 In early December the story about BJ Birdy s two replacements made the news Shanahan commented that there s not a great deal of pain in this I had a good run But it bothers me that the Jays talked about it before my contract was up They gave their word they d wait until December 31 General Manager Gord Ash contested that there was no intent to reveal that We were confronted with the story it was out from another source and there was no sense having a bunker mentality and denying it 13 Ace 2000 present and Diamond 2000 2003 edit nbsp Ace appears at Rogers Centre in 2006 Quickly some in the sports media asked Double the pleasure Or double the pain 17 News of a naming contest led to suggestions like Swing and A Miss More and Annoying and Bird and Brain 18 For their part the Globe issued an editorial calling the situation a baseball civics lesson suggesting that no one asked the public and when you don t ask citizens of a democracy if they want an icon to be changed you must expect them to rise up in revolution or at least cry out Give us back our bird 19 As of early December 1999 four people expressed interest in applying three of them from the United States 20 By the first round of auditions on January 10 2000 the club had received about 70 applications 21 The characters themselves were conceived and designed by Kelly Giannopoulos and Diane Semark We looked for the most interesting personality traits and then actually gave the mascots a past a sort of legend that went with their story The duo were designed with distinct plumage and faces to reflect their gender Sugar s Costume Studio built the outfits based on their designs 20 Their personality traits were modelled after Jim Carrey and Goldie Hawn because both of them have a wild and zany side Note 5 Their original names were Slider and Curveball 20 On March 4 2000 two new names were unveiled through the Toronto Blue Jays Name the Mascots Contest ACE and DIAMOND Winner of contest Toronto High School Student A McConnell citation needed The costumes were built by Sugar s Mascot Costumes in Toronto 22 An early article suggested they would wear varied clothes tuxedos for formal events and surgical garb for hospital visits 20 The new costumes were lightweight and featured athletic pants to allow for stunts 21 Brennan Anderson played Ace for five years bringing his competitive gymnastics and media background 23 He later became a sales manager at Sugar s 22 Diamond performers included then Ryerson University student Angelina Milanovic University of Toronto musical theatre student Larissa Bathgate 24 and Amanda Barker Ace became sole mascot of the Blue Jays in 2004 after the team removed Diamond before the season opened 25 Ace s jersey number is double zero A second blue jay mascot named Junior is present on Junior Jays days usually Saturdays home games when children are invited to run the bases after the games Junior s number is 1 2 half Affiliate team the Dunedin Blue Jays are represented by DJay the Blue Jay 26 he was named BJ in 1998 27 Ace s official website jokingly mentioned that his father invented bird stickers commonly found on windows and his mother was a goose feather supplier 28 In 2012 Ace underwent some changes when the team changed their logo and uniforms Ace was given more fur and his beak was changed from gray to blue and the bottom of his legs were switched from black to gray This also happened to Junior 29 Notes edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ace The new moose cost 700 to make whereas the Jay cost 250 to 300 because this time I knew what I was doing Patton Big Jay flaps for win The Expos final season in Montreal was 2004 The team moved to Washington D C and the rights to Youppi were sold to the Montreal Canadiens Rubin Mike September 1996 The Round and the Fury SPIN Palm Coast FL Camouflage Associates 142 Retrieved 14 January 2012 This was listed as being 110 a home game plus licensing fees and outside appearances In the book Yes It s Hot in Here Adventures in the Weird Woolly World of Sports Mascots 2014 former Mr Met A J Mass noted that Shanahan would regularly verbally answer the questions of the public contrary to standard procedure for mascots As it set precedent it would make other performers look inaccurately standoffish in comparison Mass A J 15 April 2014 Yes It s Hot in Here Adventures in the Weird Woolly World of Sports Mascots Rodale pp 60 61 ISBN 978 1623360047 Ironically in a 1996 article the Raptors performer listed Carrey and Charlie Chaplin as his inspirations See also edit nbsp Baseball portal nbsp Canada portalList of Major League Baseball mascotsReferences edit a b c d e f g h i MacLeod Rex 30 March 1985 B J Birdy feathers his nest in new career with The Star The Toronto Star p C3 a b c d e Patton 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2005 Mascot designers products labour of love BusinessEdge Calgary Retrieved 13 January 2012 Clayton Liz 12 May 2005 Talent inside mascot suit and planning are crucial to success BusinessEdge Calgary Archived from the original on 8 October 2010 Retrieved 13 January 2012 Canadian Association of Broadcasters PDF Power Ranking all of the MLB Mascots BleacherReport com retrieved 31 January 2012 The Dunedin Blue Jays to Host Mascot Night OurSports Central 21 April 2008 https pqasb pqarchiver com tampabay access 30409561 html dids 30409561 30409561 amp FMT ABS amp FMTS ABS FT amp type current amp date Jun 23 252C 1998 amp author DEBORAH O 2527NEIL amp pub St Petersburg Times amp desc Mascot nameless no more 253A Bird is now B J amp pqatl google dead link ACE bluejays com Fan Forum Archived from the original on 2010 03 13 Blue Jays Mascot Shows Off His Best TikTok Dance Moves Yahoo News 2023 01 24 Retrieved 2023 08 05 External links editOfficial websiteBJ Birdy Appearance in Wendy s Great 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