I could have chosen to disappear. I chose to go watch the Blue Jays instead.
Max Scherzer vs. Marco Estrada, a first trip to Rogers Centre, and the nature of displaced fandom.
I became a Blue Jays fan because I had emerged from darkness and found them there waiting for me, just like they’d always been.
I am the most heat-averse person I know. I have lived in the Pacific Northwest, the ideal climate for someone who hates extremes of temperature, for my entire life, and yet every summer I find myself bewailing how hot it is, hiding indoors during the daylight hours, and wearing a lot of silk robes. The…
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