Major League Baseball turned down an offer from Montreal's mayor, Denis Coderre, to host a three-game series between the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers, which was forced to move from Minute Maid Park in Houston due to Hurricane Harvey.
On Thursday, Kamila Hinkson of CBC News passed along comments from Coderre, who said the distance from Texas to Canada played a role in the league's decision to play the games at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, instead.
"It was just to say, 'Listen, we are feeling for the people of Texas and that if we can be helpful, we want to be part of the solution,'" he said, adding: "If they need us, we're ready.