John Gibbons won’t be back as the team’s manager next season, but he’ll forever be a Blue Jay and a Torontonian. Mayor John Tory ensured that Gibbons’ legacy would forever live on in the city by proclaiming Sept. 26, 2018 is John Gibbons Day in the City of Toronto.

This is magnificent. Hopefully the Blue Jays are next to honour Gibbons, perhaps with a spot on the Level of Excellence for the franchise’s second-most winning manager and all-around beloved person.