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A Regina man is checking one item off his bucket list this weekend: cheering on the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series.
Larry Fahlman and his wife Tannis are heading to Toronto to watch the first two games of the Jays’ championship series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Rogers Center.
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“It’s one of those bucket-list things. They were there 32 years ago, and at that time (we had) young kids and couldn’t sneak away on a quick notice,” Fahlman said.
“So just the other day I looked at my wife, and she looked at me and said ‘We should go to Toronto.’”
Fahlman said he immediately booked the flights, the hotel and the tickets for the games on Friday and Saturday. He said he was lucky when it came to the tickets.
“I got them just when they were coming out, before prices went crazy,” he said. “We didn’t break the bank. Spent a little bit more, but nothing out of whack.”
Fahlman said he’s really feeling the excitement ahead of the two games, but he’s not telling his friends about his plans quite yet.
“I’m gonna wait till we’re actually at the stadium and then take a picture with the World Series logo and say ‘Hi guys,’” he chuckled.
Fahlman plans to be decked out in blue for both games.
“I picked up a T-shirt last week, the ‘We Want It All’ from the store, and I got my two Vladdy Guerrero (jerseys) – the baby blue one and then I got my dark blue one,” said Fahlman. “I always decide when I get there which one I’m gonna wear.”
Fahlman is no stranger to Rogers Centre. Last week, he attended the first two games of the Blue Jays’ American League championship series against the Seattle Mariners. He said he expects the crowd at World Series will be twice as loud.
“It’s just like going to a rock concert, just like the Foo Fighters. It’s gonna be like that,” Fahlman said.
“The dome will be closed. They always do that for the World Series if you have a dome because of the weather, and so the noise just echoes. It is such a large facility, but it still bounces and you can feel rocking when everybody’s up and cheering. It’s electric,” he added.
“It’s just something to see and something you have to do once in your life.”
980 CJME and 650 CKOM will carry the World Series Games live.
