The Blue Jays – the Mariners’ opponent in the Wild Card playoff series this weekend – may call Toronto home, but they also have a lot of fans out west in Vancouver and in other parts of British Columbia.
TORONTO, ON - MAY 18: Abraham Toro #13 of the Seattle Mariners throws to first base as to out Lourdes Gurriel Jr. #13 after forcing out Alejandro Kirk #30 at second base in the fourth inning during a MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on May 18, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As it turns out, the Mariners may have a few supporters north of the 49th parallel as well.Vancouver, BC is named for British explorer Captain George Vancouver.
With the playoffs about to start, McElroy says “Blue Jays Fever” has not exactly spread like wildfire throughout British Columbia. “It’s because it’s a fun one, where there’s not an obvious rooting interest,” McElroy continued. “But if you asked a hundred sports fans [in British Columbia] to name your top ten teams in North America for anything, chances are, the majority of them would at least put either the Blue Jays or the Mariners in there.”
One critical fact became clear as McElroy was speaking to KIRO Newsradio: this 2022 Wild Card series is the very first time when there’s ever been anything ‘official’ at stake in a game or series pitting the Mariners against the Blue Jays – not counting the natural rivalry between the two expansion teams, who both first took the field in 1977.“There’s never been a time where they’ve both been in the playoffs at the same time,” McElroy said.
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