On a cold October night in Toronto, the Blue Jays finally gave their fans a moment worth waiting three decades for: a thrilling Game 7 win over the Seattle Mariners to punch their ticket to the World Series. As bottles popped in a champagne-soaked locker room, reporters asked an injured Bo Bichette about his availability for the Fall Classic facing a Shohei Ohtani-led Dodgers team. His simple yet determined response was one that Blue Jays fans had been waiting to hear for months: "I’ll be back."
Bichette’s fearsome reputation at the plate was known by all by then, as he was previously preparing to come back from a knee injury that cut his 2025 regular season campaign short.