Adam Bunch
@adambunch.bsky.social
Exploring the history of Toronto/Canada. Author: The Toronto Book of the Dead & Toronto Book of Love. Host of Canadiana. Prof at George Brown. Creator: Toronto Time Traveller newsletter, The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History & The Toronto Dreams Project
Having the greatest seventh inning stretch.
Never have I heard “OK Blue Jays” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” sung with such conviction.
Never have I heard “OK Blue Jays” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” sung with such conviction.
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Having the greatest seventh inning stretch.
Never have I heard “OK Blue Jays” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” sung with such conviction.
Never have I heard “OK Blue Jays” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” sung with such conviction.
GAME SEVEN. LET’S GO!!!!!!!!!!!
Proper nosebleeds, but we’re in the building.
(I have no money left.)
Proper nosebleeds, but we’re in the building.
(I have no money left.)
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
GAME SEVEN. LET’S GO!!!!!!!!!!!
Proper nosebleeds, but we’re in the building.
(I have no money left.)
Proper nosebleeds, but we’re in the building.
(I have no money left.)
Toronto is so hyped for tonight that there was even a little line-up to take photos of this beauty at the Old Toronto Pumpkin Parade.
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Toronto is so hyped for tonight that there was even a little line-up to take photos of this beauty at the Old Toronto Pumpkin Parade.
Let’s win the World Series
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Let’s win the World Series
Fourteenth inning stretch
October 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Fourteenth inning stretch
Weird and fun and tense and loud at the watch party
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Weird and fun and tense and loud at the watch party
The World Series. The actual, real, honest-to-goodness World Series.
October 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The World Series. The actual, real, honest-to-goodness World Series.
From Toronto's First Home Runs to George Springer...
I've tried to articulate some of what I've been feeling and thinking about during this Jays' run — while digging up some Toronto history in the process: torontohistory.substack.com/p/from-toron...
I've tried to articulate some of what I've been feeling and thinking about during this Jays' run — while digging up some Toronto history in the process: torontohistory.substack.com/p/from-toron...
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
From Toronto's First Home Runs to George Springer...
I've tried to articulate some of what I've been feeling and thinking about during this Jays' run — while digging up some Toronto history in the process: torontohistory.substack.com/p/from-toron...
I've tried to articulate some of what I've been feeling and thinking about during this Jays' run — while digging up some Toronto history in the process: torontohistory.substack.com/p/from-toron...
Two walking tours this weekend!
On Saturday: we explore the bone-chilling true tales of Toronto's most notorious murders.
On Sunday: we dive into some of the most dramatic stories from more than 150 years of baseball in our city.
On Saturday: we explore the bone-chilling true tales of Toronto's most notorious murders.
On Sunday: we dive into some of the most dramatic stories from more than 150 years of baseball in our city.
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Two walking tours this weekend!
On Saturday: we explore the bone-chilling true tales of Toronto's most notorious murders.
On Sunday: we dive into some of the most dramatic stories from more than 150 years of baseball in our city.
On Saturday: we explore the bone-chilling true tales of Toronto's most notorious murders.
On Sunday: we dive into some of the most dramatic stories from more than 150 years of baseball in our city.
A new Toronto baseball history tour!
This Sunday, we'll explore some of the most dramatic tales from the history of baseball in our city — more than 150 years of walkoffs, curses & prophetic dreams...
It's an off day in the World Series. No registration required. Pay what you like!
This Sunday, we'll explore some of the most dramatic tales from the history of baseball in our city — more than 150 years of walkoffs, curses & prophetic dreams...
It's an off day in the World Series. No registration required. Pay what you like!
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A new Toronto baseball history tour!
This Sunday, we'll explore some of the most dramatic tales from the history of baseball in our city — more than 150 years of walkoffs, curses & prophetic dreams...
It's an off day in the World Series. No registration required. Pay what you like!
This Sunday, we'll explore some of the most dramatic tales from the history of baseball in our city — more than 150 years of walkoffs, curses & prophetic dreams...
It's an off day in the World Series. No registration required. Pay what you like!
Whatever happens tonight, what a joyous, wonderful, magical few weeks of baseball — feeling grateful for this city and this team.
(Now let’s go to the World Series.)
(Now let’s go to the World Series.)
October 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Whatever happens tonight, what a joyous, wonderful, magical few weeks of baseball — feeling grateful for this city and this team.
(Now let’s go to the World Series.)
(Now let’s go to the World Series.)
Five more wins. 135 outs.
October 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Five more wins. 135 outs.
Another night of high-fiving strangers. The biggest win in 32 years and a crowd to match.
October 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Another night of high-fiving strangers. The biggest win in 32 years and a crowd to match.
No one in here is off the bandwagon. It is LOUD.
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
No one in here is off the bandwagon. It is LOUD.
44. Here's hoping we add to that history tonight.
Thanks so much for reading! If you'd like more from me, you can subscribe to my Toronto Time Traveller newsletter for free here: tinyurl.com/tohistory
If the Jays go the World Series, I'll also do a baseball history tour next Sunday. Stay tuned!
Thanks so much for reading! If you'd like more from me, you can subscribe to my Toronto Time Traveller newsletter for free here: tinyurl.com/tohistory
If the Jays go the World Series, I'll also do a baseball history tour next Sunday. Stay tuned!
October 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
44. Here's hoping we add to that history tonight.
Thanks so much for reading! If you'd like more from me, you can subscribe to my Toronto Time Traveller newsletter for free here: tinyurl.com/tohistory
If the Jays go the World Series, I'll also do a baseball history tour next Sunday. Stay tuned!
Thanks so much for reading! If you'd like more from me, you can subscribe to my Toronto Time Traveller newsletter for free here: tinyurl.com/tohistory
If the Jays go the World Series, I'll also do a baseball history tour next Sunday. Stay tuned!
43. The SkyDome has witnessed some of the most memorable moments in the history of the sport. Carter's walkoff. Bautista's batflip.
It's now the sixth oldest ballpark in the Majors.
Amazingly, Toronto's concrete egg has become one of the most storied & historic stadiums in baseball.
It's now the sixth oldest ballpark in the Majors.
Amazingly, Toronto's concrete egg has become one of the most storied & historic stadiums in baseball.
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
43. The SkyDome has witnessed some of the most memorable moments in the history of the sport. Carter's walkoff. Bautista's batflip.
It's now the sixth oldest ballpark in the Majors.
Amazingly, Toronto's concrete egg has become one of the most storied & historic stadiums in baseball.
It's now the sixth oldest ballpark in the Majors.
Amazingly, Toronto's concrete egg has become one of the most storied & historic stadiums in baseball.
42. It was a futuristic concrete colossus that made our city feel like the world class metropolis we're always so anxious to be.
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
42. It was a futuristic concrete colossus that made our city feel like the world class metropolis we're always so anxious to be.
41. It would be another 12 years before the Toronto Blue Jays got a roof. And what a roof it was.
It's easy to forget just how spectacular and groundbreaking the SkyDome was when it first opened. One of a kind.
It's easy to forget just how spectacular and groundbreaking the SkyDome was when it first opened. One of a kind.
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
41. It would be another 12 years before the Toronto Blue Jays got a roof. And what a roof it was.
It's easy to forget just how spectacular and groundbreaking the SkyDome was when it first opened. One of a kind.
It's easy to forget just how spectacular and groundbreaking the SkyDome was when it first opened. One of a kind.
40. It was snowing in Toronto that day. But more than 40,000 people still made the trek down to the CNE grounds.
They packed the bleachers overlooking the artificial turf, huddling against the cold while a Zamboni borrowed from Maple Leaf Gardens cleared the snow off the field.
They packed the bleachers overlooking the artificial turf, huddling against the cold while a Zamboni borrowed from Maple Leaf Gardens cleared the snow off the field.
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
40. It was snowing in Toronto that day. But more than 40,000 people still made the trek down to the CNE grounds.
They packed the bleachers overlooking the artificial turf, huddling against the cold while a Zamboni borrowed from Maple Leaf Gardens cleared the snow off the field.
They packed the bleachers overlooking the artificial turf, huddling against the cold while a Zamboni borrowed from Maple Leaf Gardens cleared the snow off the field.
39. But when the Leafs left Toronto, the search for a Major League team heated up. The latest stadium at the CNE — Exhibition Stadium, built in the 1940s — was renovated in anticipation.
And on April 7 1977, it finally welcomed the city's first Major League team.
And on April 7 1977, it finally welcomed the city's first Major League team.
October 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
39. But when the Leafs left Toronto, the search for a Major League team heated up. The latest stadium at the CNE — Exhibition Stadium, built in the 1940s — was renovated in anticipation.
And on April 7 1977, it finally welcomed the city's first Major League team.
And on April 7 1977, it finally welcomed the city's first Major League team.
38. And that dream would need a home.
There'd been a series of stadiums standing on the same spot at the Exhibition Grounds since the 1870s. The CNE grandstand had long been a place to showcase prize-winning cows & death-defying llamas.
There'd been a series of stadiums standing on the same spot at the Exhibition Grounds since the 1870s. The CNE grandstand had long been a place to showcase prize-winning cows & death-defying llamas.
October 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
38. And that dream would need a home.
There'd been a series of stadiums standing on the same spot at the Exhibition Grounds since the 1870s. The CNE grandstand had long been a place to showcase prize-winning cows & death-defying llamas.
There'd been a series of stadiums standing on the same spot at the Exhibition Grounds since the 1870s. The CNE grandstand had long been a place to showcase prize-winning cows & death-defying llamas.
37. For the next decade, our city would have no big professional team.
But there was hope. People had been talking about bringing Major League ball to Toronto since the 1800s. Even Al Spalding, co-founder of the National League, suggested it.
And in the 1970s, that dream finally became a reality.
But there was hope. People had been talking about bringing Major League ball to Toronto since the 1800s. Even Al Spalding, co-founder of the National League, suggested it.
And in the 1970s, that dream finally became a reality.
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
37. For the next decade, our city would have no big professional team.
But there was hope. People had been talking about bringing Major League ball to Toronto since the 1800s. Even Al Spalding, co-founder of the National League, suggested it.
And in the 1970s, that dream finally became a reality.
But there was hope. People had been talking about bringing Major League ball to Toronto since the 1800s. Even Al Spalding, co-founder of the National League, suggested it.
And in the 1970s, that dream finally became a reality.
36. But by the middle of the 1960s, attendance was down and the team left for Kentucky.
They're still around today, but they've suffered the most heartbreaking possible fate for any self-respecting Toronto ballclub: they have become the Red Sox AAA affiliate, the Worcester Red Sox.
They're still around today, but they've suffered the most heartbreaking possible fate for any self-respecting Toronto ballclub: they have become the Red Sox AAA affiliate, the Worcester Red Sox.
October 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
36. But by the middle of the 1960s, attendance was down and the team left for Kentucky.
They're still around today, but they've suffered the most heartbreaking possible fate for any self-respecting Toronto ballclub: they have become the Red Sox AAA affiliate, the Worcester Red Sox.
They're still around today, but they've suffered the most heartbreaking possible fate for any self-respecting Toronto ballclub: they have become the Red Sox AAA affiliate, the Worcester Red Sox.
35. They are now considered one of the most successful teams in Minor League Baseball history.
Five of their squads are included on the official MLB list of the top 100 greatest Minor League teams ever. At least a dozen of their players would eventually end up in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Five of their squads are included on the official MLB list of the top 100 greatest Minor League teams ever. At least a dozen of their players would eventually end up in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
October 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
35. They are now considered one of the most successful teams in Minor League Baseball history.
Five of their squads are included on the official MLB list of the top 100 greatest Minor League teams ever. At least a dozen of their players would eventually end up in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Five of their squads are included on the official MLB list of the top 100 greatest Minor League teams ever. At least a dozen of their players would eventually end up in the Baseball Hall of Fame.