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My Experience With the Toronto Blue Jays Pt.2

As I was leaving the clubhouse, I thought for sure my day would be over. I got all this autographs, even items from the players. I would have left a happy guy. But Dustin called me over to the bullpen area, and that's where things got better.

The player I had wanted to meet the most, is a player EVERY Jays fan would want to meet, and that's none other than Roy Halladay (aka best pitcher in baseball). There he was against the wall, and he came up to me and introduced himself, shook my hand and asked if I was having fun. I replied yes, and he said it was going to be even better. That got me really excited. We started by going into the hitter's tent, where players practice their swings off of tee-balls. We watched, and talked, asked me questions about where I'm from and if I play. We left there and waited around until the game was about to start, and we made our way to the dugout. It feel amazing, and is probably one of the greatest things I've done. I walked on the field with Roy, and pitching coach Brad Arnsburg, and they were both joking while I listened in. Best comment I heard on that walk was from Brad saying that "Hear all those fans? They're not applauding Roy, they're applauding me because I'm the guy who made Roy what he is....plus I'm the better looking one". We all laughed and Roy replied with "Yea, you keep thinking that Arnsie" and winked at me. We reached the dugout, and i met Cito Gaston, Nick Leyva, and Gene Tenace, which was great, as they were all apart of the two World Series winning teams. We sat down and waited for the game to start. When it did, we stood at the front of the dugout, hanging over the fence. Roy showed me what all the batting stuff is, and chatted and had sunflower seeds. Dustin came back and joked around, asking if I was bored with Roy yet, and if he's taught me anything. Jesse comes over and says "Well, I was his first autograph" and offers me a second one, this time on a game ball. He laughed and claimed that he must be my new favourite player, as I have two autographs of his. Dustin said Roy's a boring guy, and I probably had more fun touring the clubhouse. The dugout with those 3 felt so loose, as none of them had to play, and they went on about who was more fun, more boring, who I should be a fan of, and so on. It was a lot of fun. We started to talk about Wii (lol) and Mario Kart and what games I play, and what other sports. I'm from Canada, so I mention curling. So Roy starts talking about shuffleboard and he went to A.J Burnett's house and played shuffleboard all summer. I loved talking video games with them, as they seemed to know a lot about them.

The 4th inning was over and Roy said it was time to move to the bullpen, and I got to meet a whole new group of players i hadn't seen yet. Plus I met some old players on my walk to the bullpen.