A great day at the ballpark watching the Jays beat the Yanks in Jeter finale in TO.....

I can’t believe it is my Junior year already, I am halfway done with my college career here at Fredonia State.



John having a nap on the ride up 

After my first week it was great to be back with the team again and meet all the new freshman.  On Sunday our Junior class, which consists of John DeFeo, Mitch Kaufmann, Ryan Wilkinson and myself made a trip up to Toronto to watch the Blue Jays take on the Yankees.  John was a bit outnumbered with us three Canadians going up to cheer for the only Canadian baseball team and he being from New York.



Derek Jeter at bat

It was a great experience for my first MLB game, we left the house just after 8:00 and grabbed a quick bite at Tim Horton's for the road, we got into Toronto just after 11:00 and thanks to Forslund who gave us a heads up on a train station to park at to take the train in and avoid the game day traffic.  We arrived at Union station and had no idea where to go to get to the game, so the four of us followed a group of people wearing Jays jerseys hoping they were going to the game.  We came out of Union Station at ACC the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs and quickly found the diamond a couple blocks away.  It was a new experience for me to walk downtown in such a busy city.  We walked in and had some minutes to spare before the game started, so we took a tour around the Jays store where Mitch bought a new Jersey for himself before we located our seats.



Our seats

We got to our seats right before the Jays were honoring Yankees Derek Jeter for his last game in Toronto by donating $10,000 to his foundation.  The game started off strong with the first batter for the Yankees hitting a home run, then the game slowed down until the 6th inning and the Yankees being up 3-0, the Jays then hit back to back home runs to wake up the crowd.  Then in the 7th with another home run and a run, the Jays took the lead.  We left the game at the top of the 9th because we had to get to Hamilton to pick up Wilky’s truck and avoid the traffic getting out of the stadium.  After we picked up his truck it was a quick 2 hour drive back home.  Everyone was pretty tired after all the traveling but was a great day for us to hang out and do something a little different than the homework we are going to have on Sundays normally.

Taylor Bourne #29



The crowd from the lower bowl