Ex-CFL player Paul Markle used his marketing skills to help the Blue Jays soar | Unpublished
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Author: Ben Kaplan
Publication Date: July 31, 2025 - 20:06

Ex-CFL player Paul Markle used his marketing skills to help the Blue Jays soar

July 31, 2025

At the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in October of 1992, the police created a barrier around Paul (Sparkle) Markle and a group of Toronto Blue Jays front office workers and players’ children and wives. It was Game 4 of the American League Championship Series and after Roberto Alomar slapped a ninth-inning, game-tying homer off A’s closer Dennis Eckersley, the fans, already rowdy, began sniffing for Canadian blood. The Jays eventually won in the 11th inning.

“The police said, ‘Stay in your seat until the crowd leaves,’ because we didn’t want to get rained on with popcorn and warm beer,” says Glen Wilkie, known as Hoop, Mr. Markle’s best friend of 67 years. As Mr. Wilkie relates, the Jays’ contingent did as the police advised, but the evening wasn’t over.



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