Plush dragon flies off shelves after appearing in Jays homer celebration
Some are from local baseball teams looking to celebrate with their own dragon.Lifelong Blue Jays fan Adira Winegust went in search of the dragon soon after spotting it with Clase. Open this photo in gallery:Kazuma Okamoto (centre) of the Toronto Blue Jays has the home run jacket placed on him by Brandon Valenzuela (right) after hitting a three-run homer against the San Diego Padres earlier this month. The team's Home Run Dragon is seen in the background.Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images“I thought, oh my god, I have to get this now,” recalled the Kingston, Ont., mother of three.
- ▪Some are from local baseball teams looking to celebrate with their own dragon.Lifelong Blue Jays fan Adira Winegust went in search of the dragon soon after spotting it with Clase.
- ▪Open this photo in gallery:Kazuma Okamoto (centre) of the Toronto Blue Jays has the home run jacket placed on him by Brandon Valenzuela (right) after hitting a three-run homer against the San Diego Padres earlier this month.
- ▪The team's Home Run Dragon is seen in the background.Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images“I thought, oh my god, I have to get this now,” recalled the Kingston, Ont., mother of three.
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Open this photo in gallery:Toronto Blue Jay Jonatan Clase holds the Home Run Dragon in this handout photo, after hitting a three-run homer against the San Francisco Giants during their game in San Francisco earlier this month.HO/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountFor years, Simply Wonderful Toys has stocked a plush red dragon on a stick. The toy has a light-up flame coming from its mouth and a mighty roar, and was a reliable seller with a few getting scooped up annually.But in early July, the Guelph, Ont., store and many other Canadian toy shops sold out of the dragon overnight.Driving the unexpected surge in demand was an unlikely source: the Toronto Blue Jays.
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