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Originally Posted by Calgarian
BAseball is dying in Canada. Good riddance as far as I'm concerned.
Would love to see a Vancouver - Seattle rivalry in something (hockey would be awesome), that could be interesting. How is it between the Sounders and Whitecaps?
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Really - baseball dying? There's talk right now of Montreal looking into getting a MLB team back, the Jays attendance is up right now 3,000 fans per game (nothing crazy, but still). Jays games on TV get 600,000 viewers on average on Sportsnet.
If anything, this year has been a bit of a revival in and around BC and Ontario - I don't know Alberta (have they ever cared about baseball period there), but the Vancouver Canadians are affiliated with the Jays now here too.
From what I seen, the Jays/Mariners split in Vancouver is around 50/50. Either way, a lot of Jays fans heading down this week to see them in Seattle.