MONTREAL - It's Groundhog Day all over again, the annual spring rite when we throng the Olympic Stadium to wallow in Expos nostalgia, demonstrate our love for baseball and, coincidentally, to enrich the Toronto Blue Jays and Evenko in the process.
If a pair of meaningless exhibition games between the Blue Jays and the Pittsburgh Pirates don't quite whet your appetite there's plenty more, beginning with the much deserved tribute to Tim Raines, the speedy outfielder who was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame last winter on his 10th and final chance.
The festivities this year will include the Fan Jam on the esplanade leading into the stadium, beginning at 5 p.