Montreal-Parna from Louis Filippus was not always a fan of Toronto Blue Jace.
As a child, his family was driving six o’clock south of his hometown Chikatimi, Que. To see how Montreal exhibitions play at the Olympic Stadium.
Now, the 21st year after the exhibitions moved to Washington, the District of Colombia, a secondary baseball coach from Montreal's South Shore and Blue Jays Lover for several hours to see the team in Toronto and in other cities of baseball of the High League, and says that his children love the tradition as much as growing.
“I had to mourn 10 years after the exhibitions left,” said the 41 -year -old guy. But when Kvebek Russell Martin began playing Toronto in 2015, “I took Blue Jace.”
This Saturday, when Jace plays against New York Yankees in the game of the 1st series of the American division of the League, Guy said that he was playing sports more than young people.
“Blue Jays is an excellent inspiration for children,” said Guy, also a leading radio broadcast for news for 98.5 FM in Montreal.
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According to Gai, in Quebec there was a decline in Quebec, who played sports after the exhibitions left Montreal in 2004, but this changed after 2015, when Blue Jace took home the division title.
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“They have not grown up with exhibitions, they are Blue Jays fans,” Guy said about young Quebecs who love sports. “This is really a team of the whole country, including Quebec. There are no two departures when we are talking about Blue Jays, Frankophone and Anglophone – this is a hand in his hand. ”
The series that starts on Saturday will be huge for Blue Jays, said Mark Griffin, a former player and commentator of expositions at the French sports station RDS. “I am quite optimistic that they can play, that they can win this series to go to the American League championship. They had a great season. ”
Griffin, a frequent participant in their games, said that he had no doubt that many Quebecs will travel to see them live.
“I think Montreal is really rooting for Blue Jace,” he said. “You can definitely see this for yourself at games, you can hear French, and you still see how many fans are decorated with EXPOS Gear.”
When Jeremy Filoz sat on a train from the western end of Montreal to see how Blue Jace play earlier this summer, he was puzzled by how many passengers are also on the way to the game.
“In the station wagon in which I was in, it was just crazy to see how many fans of baseball were, all the people dressed in EXPOS Gear, in Blue Jays Gear,” said Filosa, who is taking a popular French podcast with Gavino de Falco.
He said that he sat on the train in the past years to cover the games, but the number of fans on board and atmosphere this season was “crazy”.
Blue Jays has not won the playing play since 2016. The team in 1992 and 1993 advanced to World Series.
According to philosa, another reason why the Montreals were involved in the jays this year from Vladimir Herrero, Jr., who joined Blue Jace in 2019 and was born in Montreal. His father, Vladimir Herrero, played for exhibitions from 1996 to 2003 and was a favorite of fans.
Kvebex, Philos, said: “Absolutely love baseball.”
This report of the Canadian press was first published on October 3, 2025.
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