"If I wasn't rooting for the Phillies, this would be painful."

27-Jun-09 at 4:01 PM
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That's what I texted cranky from the Jays/Phillies game that Cappy took me to in Toronto this afternoon (except with misspellings and inconsistent capitalization). I know how the Phillies are doing most of the time because Cappy's a die-hard Phillies fan, but I've never followed the Blue Jays. It's my city's team, though, so he insisted on getting me a retro Jays cap for today's event --his team playing "mine" while he's here on vacation.

At the game

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Yes, I am the whitest chick on the planet. I used lots of sunscreen. Our seats weren't at close as at the Jays/Reds game, but I liked them better because the view from behind home plate on Thursday was quite foreshortened, and this time I could see the action a lot better. The SkyDome (I refuse to call it the Rogers Centre because Rogers is evil) which is a 15-minute walk from my place, was open and it was almost 90F with the humidity. We baked but good. The Jays were put on the spit till they were done, too, This isn't the final scoreboard, but that's how it ended up: a 10-0 shellacking.

Ouch

When a foul ball bounced into the Jays dugout, I thought it was a metaphor for their performance. All the Jays in the dugout ducked and dodged it. Give me a break.

Cappy wasn't alone in the crowd, either. Check out all the red in the stands,

Philly represent!

I didn't have time to post this the other day, but before the Jays/Reds game on Thursday, we ticked off another Canadian tradition -- a meal at Swiss Chalet before the game. Except Cappy didn't order rotisserie chicken (sacrilege!), he opted for chicken quesadillas. This is the iconic Swiss Chalet meal: quarter chicken dinner with fries. When I gave him a taste of mine, he didn't even like the Chalet dipping sauce. So sad.

Quarter chicken

On the way home today, he got another taste of Canada -- we stopped at a Tim Horton's donut shop. Contrary again, he didn't get a donut, but a danish. Clearly I have some work to do on him.

Tim hortons

On the whole, I think we're doing well for not just an international, but an inter-league partnership.

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Cappy may not appreciate Tim Horton's but he's a huge fan of the Barenaked Ladies. He'll assimilate in no time.

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It's ALL good! Well, except for the Jays...but they'll have to take it like men!

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Clearly you need to be a little more forceful with the shaming you put on him. When I met him at a Belgian brewpub to give him his prizes for the carpet staples contest he was going to order wine, for the love of dog. He didn't in the end.

But, I can't be too hard on him, he proved to be lucky for the Phils. They needed that win. I needed that win! Last year when I went to the game during the day w/TB (I think in August) it was like today, and when I stood up, my shorts were soaked. I looked like I peed myself. The front and the back. It was hilarious, only because everyone else were sweatballs too. It was kind of nice sitting and baking like that.

I LOVE the Jays retro uniforms. I'd forgotten how cool they are. The numbers, etc.

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Looks lke I good time. Hiope you dodn't burn

Try him on St Hubert instead. There's hope yet.

He did become a fan of Alexander Keith's while he was here, I'll give him that.

Cappy and I were wondering if the Jays were tempting fate by wering their black jerseys in the game today in the sweltering heat. It seemed to seal their doom, since they'd done so well against the Phillies in the last few matchups.

Do they have a rule of thumb which uniforms they wear? I just found out that day games = throwback uniforms for the Phils. Otherwise, it's gray away, white at home.

We don't know the protocol exactly for the uniform colors for the Jays, but on Thursday at the field they mentioned Flashback Friday the next day, so that would mean the retro uniforms with the different numbers.

You look like a fellow Scot, lassie. Could it be true?

British Isles on my dad's side, yes, but Scottish, no.

Well shucks, the All Star Game can't come fast enough. Your hats look so cute together.

When he took his hat away to go back the next day, my hat looked so lonely without it, I had to put it away in the closet because I couldn't bear to look at it.

I totally understand and I'd feel the same way. It would be great if you two could be in the same city, even if you were rooting for different teams.

Next year. That's when he's planning on moving up here and in with me. I'll still root for his Phillies, though, since I have no attachment except geographical to the Jays.

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I haven't been to Toronto since the SkyDome was being built. I remember being in the CN Tower looking down on the construction. Too fun.

When is the next visit? You headed south or will he come back up?

Nobody's building multi-purpose stadiums like the SkyDome any more. It's all retro baseball parks and single-purpose fields. When the Dome's not open, I understand the SkyDome's kind of cold and forbidding with all the concrete.

I'm headed to Philly for a three-day weekend on July 30. I'll get to see some of the other Crook family members again, too. They're all great.

Awesome!!! Then your hat's won't have to be alone anymore.

"If I wasn't rooting for the Phillies, this would be painful."

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