Local Minor Baseball Likely To Benefit From Blue Jays World Series Run

The Toronto Blue Jays playing in the World Series is not just expected to see Canadians tied to their televisions and cheering on Canada’s team.

It’s expected to have a positive impact in the number of boys and girls playing baseball.

“I can’t see anything but positives for baseball for Moose Jaw…it’s hard not to get excited,” Huck Craig president of Moose Jaw Minor Baseball said.

“It makes kids watch the games and get excited (for the sport),” Craig said.

The more exciting the series, the more enthusiastic children become to play ball.

He points to the last time the Blue Jays were on the playoffs - 2015 and 2016 - and the positive impact it had in the numbers of kids signing up to play baseball locally.

“When kids watch the games and get excited it gets them out playing baseball.”

On a personal note he said he personally had become a baseball fan as a six year old when the Blue Jays won the World Series in 1992.

The Blue Jays also sponsor a national rally cap program for five to eight year olds that helps drive the numbers.

Moose Jaw Minor Baseball is preparing for increased numbers in the upcoming spring registration. It’s an increase expected to be spread across the Association’s divisions.

“I hope there is going to be an increase but I know there is going to be,” he said.