It was the final Blue Jays home game today and it was Fan Appreciation Weekend. They were giving Blue Jay hoodies to the first 20,000 fans. We made our usual trek down to the Rogers Centre to get in line. Claudia chowing down on our pre-game ritual hot dog.

We arrived at 9:30 am and the lines were already longer than usual. We were at Gate 4 and there might have been 200-300 people ahead of us.

We all got a hoodie and everybody entering was given a rally towel.

Today’s starter was Mark Buehrle.

He gave a up a triple on the first pitch of the game, and it was a collective, oh no, here we go again.

Josh Donaldson.

Jose Bautista.

We were sitting in section 214 and with my big lens I was able to get some close-up shots.

Donaldson crossing the plate after Justin Smoak’s double.

Smoke with a lead-off of second.

Kevin Pillar.

Ryan Goins.

Some of the bench players watching the Jays fall behind 4-1.

Buehrle ended up going 6.0 innings, giving up 5 hits and 4 runs.

The Jays were able to tie the game in the eighth inning, which allowed Josh Donaldson to come to the plate in the bottom of the ninth, with 2 out and walk off home run to left field for the victory. Here he is in the red sunglasses coming to the plate.

It was a terrific finish to a good game.

Nobody left their seats for a good 10-15 minutes after he hit the home run.

Silver Elvis at his usual location just up the bridge from Batman.

The girls showing off their new Blue Jays hoodies.

And one with Chloe who wanted to get in the picture.