The Toronto Marriott City Centre is giving fans a chance to relive one of the most memorable moments from the Toronto Blue Jays’ 2025 World Series run, which all started with a couch.
Addison Barger, the 25-year-old baseball player behind the historic Game 1 grand slam, was reportedly crashing on teammate Davis Schneider’s sofa bed at the Marriott City Centre the night before the game.
And now the couch he slept on will be on display.
The downtown hotel, located inside Rogers Centre, announced it will display the now-famous “postseason sofa” from Nov. 7 to 14, 2025, celebrating the story behind Barger’s historic Game 1 grand slam.
In his first World Series at bat, Barger made history by hitting the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, giving Toronto a 1–0 lead in the b

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