LET’S PLAY BALL

Re Toronto Isn’t Sweating The Small Stuff (Sports, Sept. 20): Columnist Cathal Kelly wonders if fans at Rogers Centre are a tad too enthusiastic in cheering for the opposing team, citing applause for former Blue Jay Josh Donaldson among other examples. Maybe.

Whatever it is, I think it all started when the Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera hit his 500th career home run on Aug. 22, a game my son and I were fortunate to attend. We witnessed a cheer turn into a sustained standing ovation, with Mr. Cabrera coming out of the dugout to tip his hat to a crowd that must have made him wonder if he was in Detroit.

Could it be that Canadian baseball fans, after the disruption of the past 18 months, are just showing their love for good baseball? Imagine us, wearing our hearts on our sleeves.

Ross Holden Gatineau

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