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It's like the charge of the light brigade when the Jays grounds crew takes the field at the end of the 5th inning to restore the field to start-of-the(...)
It's like the charge of the light brigade when the Jays grounds crew takes the field at the end of the 5th inning to restore the field to start-of-the(...)

It's like the charge of the light brigade when the Jays grounds crew takes the field at the end of the 5th inning to restore the field to start-of-the(...)

Date5/5/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's like the charge of the light brigade when the Jays grounds crew takes the field at the end of the 5th inning to restore the field to start-of-the-game shape. Here they are in action cleaning up; redoing the baselines and even carrying off an unruly fan who jumped on the field opening day.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0098026F
It's like the charge of the light brigade when the Jays grounds crew takes the field at the end of the 5th inning to restore the field to start-of-the(...)
It's like the charge of the light brigade when the Jays grounds crew takes the field at the end of the 5th inning to restore the field to start-of-the(...)
5/10/1987
It's like the charge of the light brigade when the Jays grounds crew takes the field at the end of the 5th inning to restore the field to start-of-the(...)
It's like the charge of the light brigade when the Jays grounds crew takes the field at the end of the 5th inning to restore the field to start-of-the(...)
3/2/1987
Getting ready: Sam Viera uses steam to blast away dirt on the field at Exhibition Stadium yesterday as the crew makes preparatios for the Jays home opener next Monday against the Yankees
Getting ready: Sam Viera uses steam to blast away dirt on the field at Exhibition Stadium yesterday as the crew makes preparatios for the Jays home opener next Monday against the Yankees
4/4/1988
Workers prepare the SkyDome field yesterday for the Blue Jays home opener, at 7
Workers prepare the SkyDome field yesterday for the Blue Jays home opener, at 7
4/9/1990
The Blue Jays ground crew had to clear the field in the late innings, but this tidying up job was for an overexuberant fan who raced on to the field
The Blue Jays ground crew had to clear the field in the late innings, but this tidying up job was for an overexuberant fan who raced on to the field
4/14/1986
Say, isn't that... yup, it's buster Bison and, as usual, he's surrounded by a mob of kids looking for autographs or handouts. Pilot Field seats 20,500 but could easily expand to 40,000
Say, isn't that... yup, it's buster Bison and, as usual, he's surrounded by a mob of kids looking for autographs or handouts. Pilot Field seats 20,500 but could easily expand to 40,000
6/28/1990
Say, isn't that... yup, it's buster Bison and, as usual, he's surrounded by a mob of kids looking for autographs or handouts. Pilot Field seats 20,500 but could easily expand to 40,000
Say, isn't that... yup, it's buster Bison and, as usual, he's surrounded by a mob of kids looking for autographs or handouts. Pilot Field seats 20,500 but could easily expand to 40,000
6/28/1990
Hot spot: The track and field world will converge on the SkyDome starting Friday, when the world indoor championships begin in earnest
Hot spot: The track and field world will converge on the SkyDome starting Friday, when the world indoor championships begin in earnest
3/9/1993
Blue Jays may need to draw full houss like this one in order to meet a substantially heftier 1983 payroll
Blue Jays may need to draw full houss like this one in order to meet a substantially heftier 1983 payroll
2/23/1983
It was a wet bunch of Blue Jays loyalists who sat glumly in the stands last night waiting for the rain to let up so the Jays and Chicago White Sox cou(...)
It was a wet bunch of Blue Jays loyalists who sat glumly in the stands last night waiting for the rain to let up so the Jays and Chicago White Sox cou(...)
4/14/1987
Largest crowd to witness a football game in Canada, 25,153, begins to stream across the field at Varsity bowl Saturday afternoon just after McGill uni(...)
Largest crowd to witness a football game in Canada, 25,153, begins to stream across the field at Varsity bowl Saturday afternoon just after McGill uni(...)
10/16/1950
Demolition in Nelson's Alley. A pile of building blocks is all the remains of Maple Leaf Stadium. Photo shows right field area, which withstood record(...)
Demolition in Nelson's Alley. A pile of building blocks is all the remains of Maple Leaf Stadium. Photo shows right field area, which withstood record(...)
6/28/1968