Canada at the All-Star Game

This sadly marks the second year now that Montreal is not in the All-Star Game. The only Canadian team left in Major League Baseball is the Toronto Blue Jays. Yet there were many ways Canada sneaked into the game.

* B.J. Ryan of the Toronto Blue Jays got the win for the American League in the 3-2 win.

* Troy Glaus of Toronto got a key 9th inning double with two outs. Though a 3rd baseman, Glaus saw his first action ever as a 1st baseman in the 9th inning.

* Center fielder Vernon Wells (Toronto) got a chance to show off his throwing arm, nailing Alfonso Soriano trying to score from second base in the 3rd inning.

* Pittsburgh's Jason Bay, who is from Trail, B.C., played the majority of the game in his home ballpark. Bay had a hit and split his time between right field and left. Bay was elected as a starter in fan balloting.

* Former Montreal Expos outfielder Vladimir Guerrero hit his first All-Star Game homer. Guerrero now plays for the Los Angeles Angels of the AL.

* Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay gave up a run on a wild pitch in two innings.

* Toronto manager John Gibbons was a coach on manager Ozzie Guillen's coaching staff.

* The Blue Jays' Alex Rios, chosen to the AL team in a vote of players, coaches, and managers, could not play because he is on the disabled list.

* Toronto and the Rogers Centre is trying to get the All-Star Game to come to Toronto. One advantage to getting the game, besides tourism money and publicity, is that MLB sponsors community activities that could directly benefit Toronto in similar ways that the NFL did in Windsor when the Super Bowl came to Detroit.