One year ago, on the first Friday of April, Montreal’s very own Olympic Stadium was brought to life when the Blue Jays split a spring training series with the Cincinnati Reds in front of more than 46,000 raucous fans.
It was an emotional weekend for many Canadian baseball fans — Russell Martin Sr. played the American and Canadian anthems with the same saxophone that he used to perform with in the Montreal subway system.
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Plenty of non-baseball highlights became lasting memories. Vladimir Guerrero and Orlando Cabrera were showered with applause on Friday and Roberto Alomar and Cito Gaston received honours on Saturday.