"As the Blue Jays doused each other with champagne, as is tradition, a familiar song bellowed through the visiting Yankee Stadium locker room: Frank Sinatra's signature Big Apple tune, "Theme from New York, New York." The Blue Jays are playing "New York, New York" during their locker room celebration 🍾 pic.twitter.com/AImJl6rC1u- FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 9, 2025 When Sinatra sings "start spreading the news..." this isn't usually the kind of celebration that baseball fans picture. It was none other than manager John Schneider who got the festivities going, with an extremely NSFW speech leading up to "start spreading the news, b------," before the entire team let the corks pop."
"Toronto certainly earned it, edging the Yankees out for the AL East crown via tiebreaker with an 8-5 head-to-head record over them during the regular season. The Blue Jays ultimately clinched the top seed in the American League, and used red-hot hitting by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Daulton Varsho, Ernie Clement and Alejandro Kirk to send New York home. Eight Toronto pitchers combined for a brilliant performance in a bullpen game on Wednesday,"
The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 5-2 in Game 4 to advance to the American League Championship Series. The team celebrated in the visiting Yankee Stadium locker room by spraying champagne while Frank Sinatra's "Theme from New York, New York" played and manager John Schneider delivered a profane pre-celebration speech. Toronto earned the top AL seed after edging New York for the AL East via an 8-5 regular-season tiebreaker. Key offensive contributions came from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Daulton Varsho, Ernie Clement and Alejandro Kirk, while eight pitchers combined for a strong bullpen performance.
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