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Sports Energy presents Sports Panel

Have the Toronto Blue Jays got your attention?
The Major League Baseball spring training season is well under way, and for fans of the Toronto Blue Jays, it looks like it

could be a very good year. Baseball in Canada doesn’t have the appeal that it has with our southern neighbor. Still, not that
long ago talk of the Toronto Blue Jays and their hopes of a championship did get people talking. This month the question is
whether the moves the club made in the off-season affect your interest level in the sport? Are you looking forward to opening
day in April, or is baseball in Canada something that really doesn’t demand your attention?

Terry Tinkess At one time I would have listed baseball as my favourite sport, or at the very least, in a tie with hockey. Since
the Toronto Blue Jays won their second world championship, the game has lost much of its interest for me.
I can’t really say why, except that to follow any professional sport at more than a casual level requires more
time than I had to offer. If you don’t know the players, it isn’t nearly as much fun. This year, however, that
might change.
Many “experts” are giving the Jays a chance to challenge for a spot in the post season, and that, I have to
admit, has me paying attention. Nothing beats the smell of a well-oiled ball glove or the feel of a ball fresh out
of the box. I’d like to have the chance to stimulate those memories again.

Will it have any chance to unseat hockey? I doubt it, but I’m willing to give it a chance to fight for my time
The Canadian Press between April and October.

Jim Riddell
I am not much of a baseball fan, as I have not been to a game or followed it very closely since the
Expo’s left Montreal almost ten years ago. Media attention on the Blue Jays during spring training

seems greater than I remember in previous years, and expectations for this season are quite high.
April and May are busy months for me in karate, with coaching clinics, tournaments and belt

gradings. The NHL season is finishing, and playoffs are getting underway.

After the Stanley Cup has been won and karate classes have finished for the summer, following the
Toronto Blue Jays becomes an option.
Seaway Karate Club

Robert Walker
My level of interest in the Blue Jays has certainly increased with all the moves that they have made

in the off-season. Although I do not follow baseball on a consistent basis, I do enjoy watching the
occasional game and keep track of the standings, however, I will certainly pay more attention this
year.

I am looking forward to opening day and watching to see if the lineup on the field is as good as
it appears on paper. Hockey, however, will still be my primary focus until the Stanley Cup is
hoisted.
Minor Hockey Coach

“Sports Energy wishes

our local teams a long

and successful playoff run.”