The Toronto Blue Jays are mourning one of the most familiar voices in their media orbit after announcing the death of longtime baseball writer Larry Millson on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
In a post on Twitter/X, the team called Millson “one of Canada’s most respected baseball writers” and credited him with chronicling “many of the most memorable moments in franchise history” over more than 30 years on the Blue Jays beat.
Even after his full-time beat work ended, Millson kept showing up in the Rogers Centre press box, where the Blue Jays said he remained “a familiar and welcome presence.” The team added that he kept sharing his passion for baseball through his writing, his stories, and the relationships he built around the game.
Millson’s career stretched across a long list of outlets, with bylines in the Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Star, Toronto Telegram, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, Field Level Media, the Sports XChange and Baseball America, among others.
He also won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Jack Graney Award. The Blue Jays noted that he wrote about the club’s first game at Exhibition Park in Toronto and is reputed to have covered more games in franchise history than anyone else.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to Larry’s family, friends, and former colleagues,” the Blue Jays wrote on Twitter/X. “His contributions to baseball journalism and the Canadian baseball community will be remembered.”
Millson graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University, and entered the newspaper business in 1964. Along with his Blue Jays coverage, he also reported on the Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors, Toronto FC, the Olympics, and horse racing.
He authored Ballpark Figures: The Blue Jays and The Business of Baseball, which was published in 1987, and later co-authored From Hockey to Baseball: I kept them in stitches with Ken Carson in 2016.
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