7.10.06

Playoff baseball in Canada (almost)

Postseason baseball hasn't been on Canadian soil since Joe Carter hit the World Series game-winning homerun in 1993. But last night, it came as close as it has come since.

Resting a mile or two from the banks of the Detroit River, the Tigers played their first playoff game in their downtown stadium, Comerica Park. It was the city's first postseason game since 1987 (the old stadium was a few more miles inland).

I visited the ballpark last May, so I know it's really close to the border. I'm certainly not implying Detroit is Canada's team. But the now-departed Montreal Expos hadn't been in postseason since the ill-fated playoff setup of 1981, and the Blue Jays, though finishing second this year, were still 8 games behind the wild-card Tigers.

But this may the closest to Canada for awhile, and I'm going to enjoy it.

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