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===="The Streak"==== [[File:JaysRetired4306.PNG|right|thumb|Tom Cheek's name on the Blue Jays Level of Excellence.]] Cheek announced every Blue Jays game from their inaugural game at Exhibition Stadium, in Toronto, on April 7, 1977, until June 3, [[2004 Toronto Blue Jays season|2004]], when he took two games off following the death of his father—a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular season and 41 postseason games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/tom-cheek-a-finalist-for-hall-of-fame-1.602452|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825085517/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/12/05/cheek-frick.html|url-status=live|archive-date=August 25, 2007|title=Tom Cheek a finalist for Hall of Fame|work=cbc.ca|date=December 5, 2006|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> On August 9, 2004, the Jays raised a banner to SkyDome's (now the [[Rogers Centre]]) "Level of Excellence" bearing Cheek's name and, in place of a jersey number, 4,306—his streak of straight regular-season broadcasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/tomcheekmemoriam.html|title=Tom Cheek, Voice of the Toronto Blue Jays, Dies|work=americansportscastersonline.com|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>
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