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The last time the Toronto Blue Jays represented Canada in the Major League Baseball playoffs, the only way to watch a “Bautista Blast” (likely called a “Carter Crack” back then) was on television. If you’re too young to remember that historic moment, check it out on YouTube (which wasn’t invented until 12 years later.)

 

For those that may think baseball is a fringe sport in Canada and the Jays are just “Toronto’s team”, the social media numbers beg to differ.

 

In the past 10 weeks, the Toronto Blue Jays official twitter account gained 350,000 new followers. Almost like it was meant to be, yesterday @BlueJays hit the 1-million follower benchmark. This morning, their 1,054,156 followers are enough for third most in Major League Baseball, behind the legendary New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

 

Some other interesting social media stats from yesterday’s galvanizing moment inside Rogers Centre:

–          #ComeTogether was the NUMBER ONE trending topic in THE WORLD yesterday.

–          Since Thanksgiving Monday, #ComeTogether has made the Top Trend List in 39 different countries and 179 cities.

–          #ComeTogether reached over 9,300 mentions per minute during the famous Bautista home run and over 14,000 mentions per minute during the final pitch.

 

In 2015, a moment like yesterday brings the nation together much differently than it did in 1993. We no longer come together,  now we #ComeTogether.