TORONTO -- The Blue Jays’ second Virtual Variety Hour on Thursday brought together some of the club’s all-time greats with the current roster, including a visit from club president and CEO Mark Shapiro.

The event was held over Zoom to support the club’s virtual food drive, From Home Plate to Your Plate, benefiting Food Banks Canada. To date, the program has raised over 1.4 million meals for families who rely on Food Banks Canada, with one week left to donate.

Shapiro has been preparing for the upcoming MLB Draft from home, which comes with its own unique challenges. He was joined by his daughter, Sierra, who’s suddenly had her dad around the house a lot more this spring. Along with being trusted to give Shapiro a haircut, she let fans know that Shapiro has been doing the cooking. There’s been plenty of broccoli with chicken and bowtie pasta, but she joked that the sauce changes sometimes.

After Shapiro’s morning routine of coffee, breakfast, exercise and meditation, he’s been working extensively out of his home office as the Blue Jays put the final touches on their strategies and evaluations leading up to the Draft. This next group of talent that the Blue Jays draft will represent the wave that comes after their emerging core, so it’s a massive opportunity for the club.

“Obviously, having the fifth pick this year, we’ll have a lot of focus on the three or four we feel like are in our mix there," Shapiro said.

"The area scouts and the supervisors will largely take over the Draft and help us put the rest of the board together so that we’re in a position to help the Blue Jays sustain a championship run.”

Shapiro’s card collection

Shapiro has an extensive baseball card collection, a hobby that’s caught on with his son, Caden. Shapiro grew up an Orioles fan, so there’s plenty of Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. in the collection. Some of his other favorites include Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente and Sandy Koufax.

“Behind that collection are probably some of my worst trades,” Shapiro joked. "I got worked over by my friends, but those didn’t get reported on.”

Bell, Moseby and Barfield stop by

George Bell, Lloyd Moseby and Jesse Barfield, who formed one of the great outfields of the 1980s, joined the show, and the trio picked right up where they’d left off in their playing days.

They shared a laugh reliving a moment back in 1987, when Moseby “stole second base twice." After swiping the base normally, the ball sailed into the outfield, but Moseby lost sight of it and returned to first before realizing his mistake and racing back to second.

“Let me preface this by saying it was one of the greatest athletic moves of that year,” Moseby said. “I’m happy to say that my athletic abilities got me through that.”

Extras

• The first Virtual Variety Hour had Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo on the congas. This time? Pitcher Trent Thornton on the harmonica, playing “Piano Man” and “Low Rider”.

• Derek Fisher might not be a chef, but he’s proud to be a “local business helper,” as he put it.

• Randal Grichuk bought a new bike recently to help him keep fit. In a slightly larger commitment, he also bought a new house.

• Bo Bichette got a taste of the manager’s job in the MLB The Show Players League recently. Grichuk texted him at one point, wondering why he was still batting sixth.

• When made to choose between having the hair of Lourdes Gurriel Jr. or no hair at all, Bichette chose Gurriel’s, but Fisher was quick to assure him that “a bald life’s not a bad life.”