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Ok. Blue Jays. We. Had. Fun.

By Anne • October 27, 2015 • Life, Urban gadfly

What’s with the hat? Since when are you a baseball fan?

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No surprise moves in middle age?

Go back to your cave, whiner.

Today is Blue Jays Appreciation Day, says Toronto Mayor John Tory.

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I remember another such day a few decades ago, before a baseball strike wearied and wore down this fangirl.

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I was a newlywed. A very attractive Joe Carter lived in our tower at the foot of Yonge Street. As incongruous as those two statements appear, it was a trippy time. I considered sending in stories of my meetings in elevators with Joe to magazines, you know the ones your male buddies said they read just for the articles inside; except we weren’t fated to meet, but for a chance sighting in the front driveway.  Also considered was a dash after his sleek vehicle, shouting Hey neighbour! A dominant klutz gene prevented me from any impropriety.

Ah, newlywed bliss.

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We took our girls to the games then, before ballet lessons, basketball tournaments, and other teenage pursuits crowded the calendar.

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And then we forgot about the game. Other games prevailed. Soccer, soccer, and did I say soccer?

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So was it mere nostalgia for those years that had me glued to every game in this recent heart-stopping pennant race?

Hell, no. We just needed to cheer about something.  A federal election had exhausted the nation-this writer too. We needed to gather at the national hearth.

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What’s that? There isn’t one?

Oh yes there is.

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Watching the Jays games, sharing the excitement with neighbours, friends and strangers on the subway made us shed our Pod People postures. We became a village again.
I’ll leave the game details to the sports writers who show off their romantic sides during baseball playoffs.

Thanks for the ride. We had a blast.

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