Forget the win. Toronto Blue Jays fans want to know who moved 'Home Plate Lady'

The Toronto Blue Jays won their home opener last night, but some fans were still angry.

Not mad at the game, in which Jose Berrios threw 6⅔ shutout innings and Davis Schneider drove in two runs as they defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-2. And not necessarily annoyed at the Rogers Centre dome, which was closed.

No, fans were upset at the placement of a longtime icon in the stands: Home Plate Lady. Specifically, that she wasn't behind home plate, but off to the side.

"This will be our curse. Mark my words," one fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter, where "Home Plate Lady" was still trending in Canada Tuesday morning.

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"Who moved Home Plate Lady," wrote another.

"It's Home Plate Lady...Not off to the side lady. All that money spent on renovations and they f---ed up the only thing that matters," another person wrote.

CBC News has reached out to the Toronto Blue Jays for comment, but not yet heard back.

The longtime fan has had the best seats in the ballpark for decades, according to fans on X. Her almost constant presence at Jays home games has led fans down a rabbit hole of theories, and her deadpan expressions have made her a fan favourite.

CBC News spoke to Home Plate Lady back in 2016. The Jays fan didn't want her identity revealed, but confirmed she's had season tickets behind home plate for years, and doesn't have any special connection to the baseball club.

In 2019, she famously didn't even flinch as a foul ball flew right at her face. In 2020, when the U.S.-Canada border was closed to non-essential travel, the team's marketing director added a cardboard cutout of her to the