The World Series Tour Walker off is still far for Joe Carter, 25 years later

Not a day goes by without Joe Carter being questioned about his homecoming in 1993.

"Mostly in Toronto," said Carter. "They will talk about it every day, which is a bit of what you expect."

Despite the long history of baseball, the pursuit circuit during the sixth match of the 1993 World Series remains one of the two circuits to win the championship, the second title of the Blue Jays in as many years . And while Carter gently reminds that he has, in fact, hit more than one home race in his career, and jokes that the three-point winner on October 23, 1993 is his cross to wear, he gets himself remembers the pitch-for-pitch night

"CBS m gave a tape that night from every camera that was that night, so I saw it from 9 to 10 different angles ", he said.

The best angle, in his mind, was on the Blue Jays pirogue. Runner Alfredo Griffin was thrusting his hands in the air as the ball fell on the wall in the left field. The bench erupts. The fans erupt. For Carter, this look around him was "priceless" and gave him more joy than the scenes of himself that ran the bases.

"The quintessence (for) every athlete is to be able to go through his team in moments, when all eyes are on you," he said.

Soon, Carter will have a new team coming for. He and Roberto Alomar have partnered with Budweiser Canada to get out of retirement and play with an adult recreational league. It is up to baseball fans to recruit Carter and Alomar by bidding on why they deserve to play with the old Jays, using the #BudHomeRunContest hashtag and following Budweiser Canada and tagging Blue Jays on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The winning bid, which will be selected based on creativity, originality, quality and showing where a team would sign a baseball idol in Toronto, will be announced on July 25th. Submissions will be accepted until July 20th.

Carter likens adding himself and Alomar to a rec league baseball team to add Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan to a rec league basketball team, even though he now has it. age "29 times two."

"You are going to be pretty good," 1965 Carter Carter predicts.

As to who would be most valuable to their new team, he or Alomar, Carter gave himself the advantage

"In (league rec), you need circuits. Robbie can not hit any circuit, "he said." I'll give myself the advantage. "

While he was available, the Star had Carter's thoughts on some of the other news in the game.

On where the ranks of Jose Bautista with regard to the Jays hitters of all time:

"Just below me," said Carter laughing. Bautista's 54 runner in 2010 is a Carter number said that he "never thought to reach." The 37-year veteran's three-point run in the game that won the 2015 Divisional Series American League – complete with this iconic flip-flop – was monumental, Carter said.While Carter said it's hard to place Bautista because the Jays have had a lot of great players and hitters, he places somewhere in the top 10 after a "huge" career in Toronto

in 1993 or Bautista in 2015: Carter took the side of his own shot, because of the anticipation factor. "The thing about Jose, is that he knew it was gone, I did not know it was gone," he said. Five or six steps to Carter before the race was confirmed, all the while he thought, "Is it? Yes No Maybe? To see him go out, what a great feeling. "When he knew that everything was going to happen right away, Carter said that he probably would not have done otherwise.

On the acceleration of the game: Carter has no qualms about games that last three hours

"Why is everyone talking about speeding up the game?", He said. "Are we in a society where we have to cross the road, everything has to be done quickly?" The longer the games are, the more fans get for their money, he said, and the more people in the stands – Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters must bond with the game.

"I do not want to go to a place where I could say," How fast can I get out of here? "

On the defensive quarter: It's up to the batters to be willing to change their approach to the plate to break the gap, Carter said.

"The players do not want to make any adjustments." Baseball is a game of chess and when you make a move, the other team must counter this movement by doing something different. , he said. "If they do not move, they will be beaten every time. If they're going to continue to be interested in it, just keep playing the game. "

Enter Coaching or Managing: " It takes too much time, "said Carter, who has previously worked as a special badistant to the general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Dave Stewart.

Recalling the best hopes and excitement surrounding Vladimir Guerrero Jr: Carter is a defender of the training of young players like Guerrero with the least possible pressure on them.This means to say to the young people that they are going to be everyday players and line up at a certain place, and stick to those plans, that they touch .100 or .400. That's a rare approach, but a former Jays manager Cito Gaston took with Carter he said that it took a lot of pressure off him and allowed him to relax by learning the ropes.

"So they do not fear to catch this train to Buffalo if they have a bad start. "

Carter, like many others, can not wait for Guerrero's arrival in the major leagues.

"You want to see these guys come because it adds excitement."

Laura Armstrong is a sports journalist in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @lauraarmy