Hometown Glory: Adele wears Jays jersey in support of Toronto playoff run

TORONTO — Call it Hometown Glory.

Superstar singer/songwriter Adele joined the chorus of Toronto’s baseball fans when she wore a No. 16 Blue Jays jersey with her name on the back for her concert Thursday night.

The Grammy award-winner took the stage at Air Canada Centre after the Jays throttled the Texas Rangers 10-1 in Game 1 of the ALDS. 

The Jays returned the sentiment, posting on the team’s official Twitter feed: “Hello from the other side (of Bremner), @Adele!,” a reference to the fact that the Jays play down the street from the Air Canada Centre.

The tweet included two concert photos of the Grammy winner clad in Jays blue.

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Jays star third baseman Josh Donaldson, who has said in the past he listens to Adele in the gym to get pumped up, also showed the singer some Twitter love.

“@Adele sorry I missed your call. I wasn’t home. #Hello,” he wrote on his Twitter feed just a couple of hours before the Jays were to play Texas in Game 2.

Adele performed Thursday night in her third of four sold-out shows in Toronto.

The Canadian Press