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"We thoroughly enjoy being here" : Blue Jays players open up about their love for the city
Toronto Blue Jays players such as Kevin Gausman, George Springer, Bo Bichette and others recently opened up about their love for the city of Toronto in an interview with the Toronto Star.
Over the last few years, the Blue Jays have missed out on some of the biggest free agents available in which many believed was because they would not want to play in Canada.
Blue Jays players open up about their love for the city
Despite this narrative that players do not want to come to Toronto, some Blue Jays players recently sat down with the Toronto Star to talk about how much they love it in Toronto.
Springer who has been in Toronto since 2021 says that he loves it here and has done a ton of big attractions such as the aquarium, the ROM, Riverdale Farm and many more but has yet to visit the Hockey Hall of Fame which is at the top of his list.
"«I'm trying to go to the Hockey Hall of Fame,» said Springer, a lifelong Hartford Whalers fan who wears green batting gloves in honour of his now-defunct hometown team. «But if I go without my wife she would be angry, so gotta wait for her.»" -Springer
Gausman also spoke to the Star stating that he recently went to the Royal Ontario Museum with his family and had a really great time with his children who loved it there While also adding that him and his wife often talk about how great a decision it was to sign in Toronto.
«Honestly, the city's been great. We thoroughly enjoy being here. We talk all the time about how great a decision it was that we made to come here.» -Gausman
«There's a new restaurant called Animl - that's probably my favourite place - but other than that, I don't know,» said Bichette, who heard from the Gausmans about the new luxury steak house that offers $1,000 surf and turf. «This is the first time I've really done anything.» -Bichette
While Toronto has gotten a bad rap over the last few seasons that players do not want to come play for the Blue Jays, the players currently playing here have stated time and time again how great of a city and organization Toronto is.
Not only is the city great but the team is now just as good as they still sit in first place in the AL East.
Hopefully free agents this off-season will talk more with current players on the Blue Jays roster and will understand how great the city is as it should be a top location for free agents in the off-season.
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