Day 5 - Toronto

Start: Novi, MI
Stop: Toronto, ON –Rogers Centre – Chicago Cubs vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Finish: Weedsport, NY

Today we left the Carson residence at about 8:20 AM in order to make the 1:07 start in Toronto. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to the game on time because traffic in downtown Toronto was absolutely ridiculous and parking was a nightmare. That didn’t start the experience in Canada off too well. We finally got to the stadium in the 3rd inning and basically climbed a mountain to get to our seats. The steps in the upper deck are the steepest in all of Major League Baseball. When we walked in, they were closing the roof because of some oncoming rain. After watching a little bit of the game, we went down to the concourse to buy some food and our souvenirs. There was no food unique to Rogers Centre, which was kinda crappy. The souvenirs were a bit pricey but I got a really nice pin. Jason has been getting a bat keychain that is supposed to be at every stadium, but it wasn’t at this one. Also, they ran out of programs, which was ridiculous.

After getting mad in the concourses, we found some open seats in the outfield and took in some of the game. The fans were in the game as much as they could be in a 7-1 shellacking. When an ump missed an obvious call in the 9th inning, a fan screamed ‘Hey ump! I got your cell phone! It’s got 3 missed calls!’ Everyone clapped and gave the fan support, which I found hilarious. After the game concluded, we got out of the stadium and started heading back to our car in the parking garage. Halfway to the car, it started pouring rain, so we had to run back in flip-flops. We exited the garage and pushed our way through an hour of traffic in downtown and finally got on our way back to America.

At the US-Canada border, the officer was suspicious that we came all the way from Texas to go to a Toronto Blue Jays game, which was funny. Eric explained our trip, he checked the trunk, and then we left. We finally got to the hotel at around 10 and flicked on the Lakers game. What a day!

Game result: Blue Jays lose 7-4
Record: 2-3