Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 31, 2003
Canadian Boos

A reader points out this article in the NY Times on the ad taken out by the Toronto Blue Jays asking their fans to boo Matsui. Godzilla's reaction is priceless:


Taped to the door of the Yankees' clubhouse was a team-sponsored newspaper ad that targeted Matsui. "Boo Matsui," it read, in English and Japanese, with a photo of a Yankee cap pelted by bird droppings. The ad offended Yankees Manager Joe Torre, but Matsui was restrained.
"I don't have anything special to say," he said through an interpreter. "I guess I'm happy that the fans are actually aware of my name."

Yes, any publicity is good publicity.

As for Toronto, I think this shows just how sad this once successful organization has become. They can't put out many positives to get the fans to attend games, so they have to go for the negatives. Ten years ago, they were a model organization. They built a park without a lot of direct public money. They built a championship team through smart trades, a good farm system, and good free agent signings. They sold out every game, because the put a fine product on the field. Now all they can do is blame the Yankees for being successful and ask their fans to boo a class act? Pathetic, and the club should be ashamed.


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