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The World Series Game Six is in the 6ix tonight, and some dedicated Blue Jays fans in Saskatchewan are taking their love for the team to T.O.
Lifelong Jays fan Ben Miller boarded his flight from Saskatoon to Toronto this morning wearing only the powder-blue jersey on his back.
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“I packed a cell phone and a wallet, so I’m there tonight and heading back in the morning,” he said.
Miller’s friend bought tickets for the Oct. 31 game at face value, after someone had to back out. Miller said he stepped up to the plate and paid for the Game 6 seat.
For him, it’s the “sports event of my lifetime.”
Even though he flies out of Toronto before a potential Game 7, Miller’s looking forward to a sleepless night.
“Hopefully, I’m not going to bed. I hope we have a big Game 6 celebration and World Series championship,” he said, adding how this is a once-in-a-32 year experience and he “better enjoy it while I can.”
Fellow passenger Greg Shelley was also boarding a flight to Toronto, although, unlike Miller, Hogtown is home for him.
“I’m excited to get home for tonight, though, that was really important that I got home on time,” Shelley said about making it back in time for the game.
Although he wasn’t able to secure a ticket, Shelley plans on taking his daughter downtown so she can see the crowds.
With people across the country tuning into tonight’s game, Shelley said Toronto has been feeling the love from the rest of Canada.
“It’s a very Canadian kind of feeling,” he said. “I don’t think that happens as often as it should, so I think something like this really brings everyone together.”
Electric vibes in Toronto
Blue Jay fans gather ahead of World Series Game 6 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Monica Chan-Strauss/submitted)
Regina-born Jays fan Monica Chan-Strauss took the subway downtown to arrive at Rogers Centre two hours ahead of the game.
The transit system added more trains to accommodate the anticipated additional traffic to bring in fans downtown, she said.
“All the restaurants downtown are booked. And I heard some universities are sending busloads of students downtown to cheer on the Jays and party. I think there’s very few tickets left, if any,” Chan-Strauss told 980 CJME before the game.
Even with two hours to go, she said there were lots of people already at the stadium.
“There’s people here with signs. There’s somebody here with a Blue Jays horn and throwing out T-shirts. There’s DJs and dancing going on, flags being waved. I think everybody’s just getting primed for an incredible game,” Chan-Strauss said.
She will be sitting in Section 109.
“I’m very lucky that I should have a really good view of the pitcher’s mound,” she noted.
Enjoy Halloween and World Series, but please don’t riot: Police
Friday has two reasons for celebrations – Halloween and Blue Jays playing Game 6 in the World Series, but Saskatoon Police Service are asking people to do so in a way that is safe and enjoyable.
The Saskatoon Police Service joins Canadians across the country in cheering on the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series but reminds those celebrating to do so responsibly.
Some Saskatoon residents rioted on Eighth Street during the last time the Jays won the World Series in 1993.
Police said officers will be “visible in the community to help ensure a safe and enjoyable evening for everyone; however, community safe is a shared goal.”
“Win or lose, we have a responsibility to respond to unlawful acts in an appropriate manner while you have a responsibility to remain respectful of people, businesses, and public property,” said the police in a statement.
Police advise people to be on the looking for increased pedestrians due to trick-or-treaters and vehicles.
It’s also advised people allow extra time to travel to and from where they are going to events on Halloween and World Series night.
Police said they will have a “high-visibility check stop” to make sure “we all make it to the final inning safety.
— with files from 980 CJME’s Florence Hwang
