<p>This morning in Dunedin, the Blue Jays are participating in a well worn spring training tradition: photo day! And though the officially official photos are, at the time of this writing, still just starting to roll in (you can see a bunch of those by <a href="https://www.gettyimages.ca/photos/blue-jays?family=editorial&amp;phrase=blue%20jays&amp;sort=best#license">searching &#8220;Blue Jays&#8221; at Getty Images</a>), there are enough cameras surrounding the fields down there, whether they be on reporters&#8217; phones or otherwise, that all kinds of mischief &#8212; and whatever else goes on each year on this day &#8212; is being captured.</p>
<p>To wit:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">On <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a> photo day, Troy Tulowitzki convinces the photographer that he&#39;s a pitcher <a href="https://t.co/Bgm6iRWG1h">pic.twitter.com/Bgm6iRWG1h</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/966669443773247489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The photographer thinks Tulo is a pitcher??!! Tulo doesn’t correct him and obliges..shhhhhhhhhh ??<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PhotoDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PhotoDay</a> <a href="https://t.co/3GlKtmDZPY">pic.twitter.com/3GlKtmDZPY</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Hazel Mae (@thehazelmae) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehazelmae/status/966668164808364032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">You’ll want to collect this baseball card: On photo day, Troy Tulowitzki convinces photographer he’s a pitcher.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ST18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ST18</a> <a href="https://t.co/j7A39xWxfi">pic.twitter.com/j7A39xWxfi</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/966670838585053184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Tulo uses photo day to perfect his pitching form ?? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bluejays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bluejays</a> <a href="https://t.co/3XRQ4sSY1z">pic.twitter.com/3XRQ4sSY1z</a></p>
<p>&mdash; dani wex (@DaniWex) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaniWex/status/966680547270545408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<h2>Tulo is a damn legend. Do not forget this.</h2>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Okay, seriously, who is this guy and what happened to Troy Tulowitzki? <a href="https://t.co/7TmSj2KoWL">pic.twitter.com/7TmSj2KoWL</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jonah Birenbaum (@birenball) <a href="https://twitter.com/birenball/status/966715689611472896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<h2>You&#8217;ll have to click a couple times to see the text Jonah quotes, but I assure you: Tulowitzki legend status confirmed.</h2>
<h2>Now, here are some more candid shots from the field. Go follow all these people for even more, plus their outstanding spring training coverage:</h2>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bluejays</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BringerOfRain20?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BringerOfRain20</a> strikes a pose at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpringTraining2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpringTraining2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/tlFj4CVYFo">pic.twitter.com/tlFj4CVYFo</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Frank Gunn (@frankgunnphoto) <a href="https://twitter.com/frankgunnphoto/status/966722139624738817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlueJays</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertoOsuna1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RobertoOsuna1</a> smiles during a photo day video session at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpringTraining2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpringTraining2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/4e33dbXIeU">pic.twitter.com/4e33dbXIeU</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Frank Gunn (@frankgunnphoto) <a href="https://twitter.com/frankgunnphoto/status/966706641818324992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlueJays</a> Justin Smoak knocks on his bat as he talks about it with <a href="https://twitter.com/ajalfor1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ajalfor1</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpringTraining2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpringTraining2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/yvaaG7wMEa">pic.twitter.com/yvaaG7wMEa</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Frank Gunn (@frankgunnphoto) <a href="https://twitter.com/frankgunnphoto/status/966722018161954817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/baseballhall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@baseballhall</a> outfielder <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRaines30?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TimRaines30</a> is back at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a> facility to work at early camp for top minor-leaguers. Has fewer duties so to spend time with his two girls at home. Here seen with his favourite former PR guy. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/expos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#expos</a> <a href="https://t.co/AqhrjaPrgZ">pic.twitter.com/AqhrjaPrgZ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Richard Griffin (@RGriffinStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/RGriffinStar/status/966409523920433153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlueJays</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KPILLAR4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KPILLAR4</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/BringerOfRain20?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BringerOfRain20</a> walk off the field on photo day at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpringTraining2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpringTraining2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/nLONgf3qJH">pic.twitter.com/nLONgf3qJH</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Frank Gunn (@frankgunnphoto) <a href="https://twitter.com/frankgunnphoto/status/966719753904586752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">On <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a> photo day, Gift Ngoepe sneaks a shot of Randal Grichuk doing a take for <a href="https://t.co/FZYZaTOASh">https://t.co/FZYZaTOASh</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ST18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ST18</a> <a href="https://t.co/3qQri9Vm6F">pic.twitter.com/3qQri9Vm6F</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/966732108847894528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Devon White says good morning from Dunedin. <br />He’ll coach at Buffalo again this season.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Blue</a> Jays <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ST18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ST18</a> <a href="https://t.co/4T6va3k3iU">pic.twitter.com/4T6va3k3iU</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/966653605527932928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<h2>And now to the Getty Archive&#8230;</h2>
<h2>King of the jungle, baby:</h2>
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<h2>[Loudspeaker]: &#8220;Would the parents of Aledmys Diaz please come to the store manager&#8217;s office&#8230;&#8221;</h2>
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<h2>I hope he takes this damn thing quick, that shrimp cocktail isn&#8217;t sitting right&#8230;</h2>
<a id='elmT1t77S9JfX0j-Z8LpmA' class='gie-single' href='http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/923050318' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images</a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'elmT1t77S9JfX0j-Z8LpmA',sig:'aLhcIx3kVD7wIzb-AH_42eGP8Gab1pCXjvRHAD3ArUg=',w:'594px',h:'474px',items:'923050318',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});</script><script src='//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async></script>
<h2>Remember how long it was that this team wore atrocious uniforms? These ones just look so incredibly good &#8212; especially without the comically large maple leaf on the front.</h2>
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<h2>To wit:</h2>
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<p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/H1tyP0Tq8Q">pic.twitter.com/H1tyP0Tq8Q</a></p>
<p>&mdash; DaveD ?? (@Puckywuckums) <a href="https://twitter.com/Puckywuckums/status/964528338537721856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<h2>TFW you see the writing on the wall</h2>
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<h2>Please be good, please be good, please be good, please be good&#8230;</h2>
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<h2>TFW you love the camera as much as it loves you</h2>
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<h2>I hope he takes this damn thing quick, that shrimp cocktail isn&#8217;t sitting right&#8230;</h2>
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<h2>TFW they put your milk in a bag</h2>
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<h2>I KNOW YOU CAN READ MY THOUGHTS, BOY.</h2>
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<h2>♪ MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW ♪</h2>
<h2>♪ MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW ♪</h2>
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This morning in Dunedin, the Blue Jays are participating in a well worn spring training tradition: photo day! And though the officially official photos are, at the time of this writing, still just starting to roll in (you can see a bunch of those by <a href="https://www.gettyimages.ca/photos/blue-jays?family=editorial&amp;phrase=blue%20jays&amp;sort=best#license">searching "Blue Jays" at Getty Images</a>), there are enough cameras surrounding the fields down there, whether they be on reporters' phones or otherwise, that all kinds of mischief -- and whatever else goes on each year on this day -- is being captured.

To wit:

https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/966669443773247489

https://twitter.com/thehazelmae/status/966668164808364032

https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/966670838585053184

https://twitter.com/DaniWex/status/966680547270545408
<h2>Tulo is a damn legend. Do not forget this.</h2>
https://twitter.com/birenball/status/966715689611472896
<h2>You'll have to click a couple times to see the text Jonah quotes, but I assure you: Tulowitzki legend status confirmed.</h2>
<h2>Now, here are some more candid shots from the field. Go follow all these people for even more, plus their outstanding spring training coverage:</h2>
https://twitter.com/frankgunnphoto/status/966722139624738817

https://twitter.com/frankgunnphoto/status/966706641818324992

https://twitter.com/frankgunnphoto/status/966722018161954817

https://twitter.com/RGriffinStar/status/966409523920433153

https://twitter.com/frankgunnphoto/status/966719753904586752

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https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/966732108847894528

https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/966653605527932928
<h2>And now to the Getty Archive...</h2>
<h2>King of the jungle, baby:</h2>
[getty src="923053848" width="594" height="498" tld="ca"]
<h2>[Loudspeaker]: "Would the parents of Aledmys Diaz please come to the store manager's office..."</h2>
[getty src="923047934" width="594" height="436" tld="ca"]
<h2>I hope he takes this damn thing quick, that shrimp cocktail isn't sitting right...</h2>
[getty src="923050318" width="594" height="474" tld="ca"]
<h2>Remember how long it was that this team wore atrocious uniforms? These ones just look so incredibly good -- especially without the comically large maple leaf on the front.</h2>
[getty src="923047750" width="594" height="474" tld="ca"]
<h2>To wit:</h2>
https://twitter.com/Puckywuckums/status/964528338537721856
<h2>TFW you see the writing on the wall</h2>
[getty src="923054406" width="594" height="474" tld="ca"]
<h2>Please be good, please be good, please be good, please be good...</h2>
[getty src="923039922" width="594" height="518" tld="ca"]
<h2>TFW you love the camera as much as it loves you</h2>
[getty src="923039802" width="594" height="464" tld="ca"]
<h2>I hope he takes this damn thing quick, that shrimp cocktail isn't sitting right...</h2>
[getty src="923048358" width="430" height="594" tld="ca"]
<h2>TFW they put your milk in a bag</h2>
[getty src="923037560" width="594" height="456" tld="ca"]
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<h2>I KNOW YOU CAN READ MY THOUGHTS, BOY.</h2>
</div>
<h2>♪ MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW ♪</h2>
<h2>♪ MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW ♪</h2>
[getty src="923040016" width="594" height="469" tld="ca"]

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