scottishbluejay

Hey thanks for the quick response. Yeah I listen to 590 post game and also Jeff Blair and Baseball central. I'm actually in a fantasy league and believe it or not I'm top of a 12 team league, which I'm fairly proud of considering my limited knowledge. Picked up Jose Reyes on a waiver and drafted Burhle and Dicky Late. Seems like I'm playing mostly guys from the USA who don't seem to acknowledge the Jays. Yeah does the board have meet ups for games? Been looking for online meet up groups on meetup.com etc but can't see anything.

Hello all, I'm originally born and raised in Scotland and moved to Toronto last June. As you can imagine Baseball isn't really popular in Scotland. I watched a few games passively and enjoyed it before spending a summer in Philadelphia in 2009 where I watched a really good Phillies team play. After returning from the USA to Scotland I didn't really follow the sport due to time difference and appalling coverage on UK TV. Since moving to Toronto in June, I've been following the Blue Jays and have been to a few games. I've already been to 5 games this year and actually considered as season ticket. However I felt I'd bankrupt myself with the price of beer at the Skydome. As I mentioned I'd previously followed a really good Phillies team in 2009. One thing occurred to me when walking to the Skydome for the first Phillies game.... I'm much more interested in this Jays team than the Phillies team that went to the world Series. I feel much more emotionally invested (please excuse the cliché). Maybe it's the city, maybe it's the player or the fact that the Blue Jays seem more of an underdog, but I honestly feel a growing connection to the Jays which I didn't expect to feel for a North American sports team. I'm pretty new to the sport so my knowledge is limited. I've been listening to sportsnet radio every day at work to hear the baseball coverage and read info online when I can. Sadly none of the guys at my work are really into sports, if they are it's hockey and my friends away from work are mostly Irish and English guys that consider baseball "boring". I signed up for the forum to learn a little more from the hardcore fanbase and hopefully I'll pick up a little. My main questions are this: 1) would anybody recommend any books or media to learn more about the Jays and baseball in general. 2) I've been going to the games on my own, which is fun and all... but is there any fanclub or something similar to a British soccer "supporters club" where you can meet up with other fans for games? Would be great to watch a game with some insight from guys who've been following the team for a while. Any info or advise would be great. Go jays!