Toronto in 117 words.

Even though Juan Rincon ruined Rick Porcello’s major league debut on Thursday afternoon, we still had a blast at the Stadium Formerly Known as SkyDome.

Steve B. caught a foul ball, Jeff caught a bit of a stomach bug, Steve V. caught a whiff of legalized marijuana on the streets of Toronto, and I caught some bird crap on my shirt.

In short, everybody won.

Save for the two-hour+ traffic delay, and subsequent fear of running out of gas in the middle of a busy intersection, it was an enjoyable 24 hours.

We are currently tallying up the final scores and will report back in a few days. Be sure you don’t miss it. I think you’ll be surprised.

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Next stop: Rogers Centre

Tomorrow we’re off to Toronto.

Me, Jeff, and The Steves are hitting the proverbial road to cross off the sixth stadium on our list: Rogers Centre.

And it just so happens that we’ll see our hometown team, the Detroit Tigers, in action. Even though they got shellacked by the Blue Jays last night, we’re still excited to see phenom Rick Porcello. Hopefully he won’t be tasked with salvaging a win in the season-opening series. [Editor’s note: If that does happen, I can’t promise that these blog entries will remain PG-rated.]

If you’re new to our blog, I strongly suggest you read “The Trip Thus Far” to see where we’ve been, um, thus far.

Thanks for reading. We’ll be updating tomorrow.

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Porcello, Perry to accompany Tigers to Toronto

You’ll have to excuse me.

I am going to unleash my homeristic tendencies for just a second, even though I strive for impartiality on this blog.

The Detroit Tigers just announced that Ryan Perry and Rick Porcello have made the Opening Day roster.

If the chips falls correctly, that means we’ll see Porcello’s big league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, April 9.

So in addition to our main goal, which is to provide all six of our readers with an interesting and informative guide to all of the major league ballparks, we’ll also have a vested interest in the outcome of the game.

Don’t worry – if he gets lit up, that will not affect the Rogers Centre’s hot dog rating, but it might leave a bad taste in our mouth.

(Get it?)

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