Baseball fans in Quebec were expecting a thrilling duel between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Minnesota Twins to kick off the playoffs on Tuesday and couldn’t have asked for a better scenario.
On the one hand, the popular Vladimir Guerrero Jr. On the other hand, the surprising newcomer from Quebec, Édouard Julien.
“We are very excited about the idea of seeing a Quebecer participate in the major baseball playoffs alongside Édouard Julien. This can certainly impact the visibility of baseball in Quebec,” commented Marc Vadboncoeur, President of Baseball’s Board of Directors. Quebec. Even better is the fact that Julien and the Twins are playing the Blue Jays, a Canadian team that is very popular here.”
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Even though the 2 of 3 series between the Jays and the Twins is simmering these days, the joy of baseball lovers in Quebec will inevitably last for part of the month of October.
The winners of this confrontation will actually have an appointment with the Houston Astros, champions of the West Section of the American League, starting Saturday. This is sure to keep people interested for at least two weeks.
“A dream scenario”
The three games between the Blue Jays and the Twins are scheduled at Target Field as the Minnesota team won its sectional championship. Toronto, in turn, was the last team in the American League to make it into the playoffs. Each game must be played at 4:38 p.m.
“It’s a dream scenario,” summed up Jean-Philippe Roy, Julien’s former coach and head of the Canonniers sports studies program in the Quebec region. The Blue Jays making the playoffs is already good for baseball here, the same goes for a Quebecer making the playoffs. Now, with a clash like this, it is exponential and ultimately that is always the main goal of promoting baseball in Quebec.”
A prediction?
In a 2-out-3 series it’s always difficult to get wet with a prediction. In this case, the Blue Jays’ offense is operating in slow motion and isn’t the biggest threat early in this series, while the Twins also have the advantage of playing in front of their fans.
We’re very hesitant to predict a Twins win in three games, but one thing is certain: Quebec will emerge victorious from such a series, possibly in October.