Baseball in Canada

ALTHOUGH baseball is seen as an American sport, thegame has a large following in Canada. There are two teams that play in the US’s two major leagues; the well-known Toronto Blue Jays, who won the World Series in 1992 and 1993, and the Montreal Expos, who became the first Canadian team to play in a US league in 1968. Baseball is played in the summer, and the season lasts from April to September (with play-offs through October) and can be a great family day out, with beer, popcorn, an enthusiastic audience, and plenty of between-inning entertainment, to keep the less baseball-obsessed amused. The teams play their rivals in two outstanding stadiums; the Jays in Toronto’s Sky-Dome, an architectural marvel with a retractable roof, and the Expos in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. Good tickets are easy to come by – just book a day or two in advance. Seats further back are almost always available on the day of the game. Seeing one of the minor league teams can also be fun.

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