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“There was a seagull that was on the field,” Jeff explained.

Jeff was throwing the ball with Yankees right fielder, Dave Winfield, between innings. It was August 4, 1983, when the New York Yankees were in town. It became such a joke that one enterprising entrepreneur created a T-shirt that looked like it was covered in seagull droppings just so people could wear it and blend in with the crowd. The gulls were attracted by the fact that thousands of fans would be munching on hotdogs, popcorn, and other treats during the game. It was that warm-up between innings in 1983 that caused the now famous seagull incident.Įxhibition Stadium was notorious for the amount of seagulls that flew overhead and landed on the field. He was also responsible for cleaning up the club house, cleaning out the spittoons, and cleaning up the club house. He had a responsibility to the on-deck players to make sure their bats were available.Īs a ball boy, he would play catch and warm up with the right field players between innings as well as snag any balls that came down the right field line in foul territory. I still have my first pay cheque from the Blue Jays – it was $36.”Īs a bat boy, he was responsible for making sure the bats were where they were supposed to be. Finally it was Gord Ash (Assistant Director of Stadium Operations) who hired me in 1982. For three years I was continuously writing letters (to the Jays) and following up with phone calls. “One day I’d be a bat boy, the next day a ball boy. “The home team always supplied the visiting side with a bat and ball boy,” Jeff explained. Thinking that must be the greatest job in the world, to be down there with the pros, he started a campaign to get hired by the Club.

He was just a kid when he attended a Blue-Jays game with his dad and watched the bats boys scurrying about on the field. His job was to assist visiting clubs when they arrived to play a game against the Jays at the old Exhibition Stadium down by the lakeshore in Toronto.

Jeff Pinchuk was a 16 year-old bat and ball boy working for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1983. He got his dream job as a teenager, but little did he know he would soon be thrust into the international spotlight as part of an incident that made headlines through the sports world.