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Originally Posted by telyou
There's something about baseball. Ever since I've moved to Canada it has become my favorite sport.
In Montreal the top baseball team is the Red Sox. I don't know why there's so much support for Boston teams there. Even the Bruins have a strong following in Montreal.
From what I've seen and heard the Jays are pretty popular in the west (BC & Alberta) and the maritimes.
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You rarely hear about the Jays in Quebec (and I live on the border with Ontario), in spite of the fact that one of our sports networks (can't remember which) has a TV contract with them. Baseball is just baseball here - there isn't really a "home" team that is covered by the media now that the Expos are gone. Telyou is probably right about the Red Sox being the closest thing to a "popular" team, and they are probably more popular than the Jays even.
As for Atlantic Canada, the Jays are popular but the Red Sox are big there as well. Not sure if the Sox or the Jays are more popular at the moment. When the Expos were around the region was almost 1/3 Jays, 1/3 Red Sox, 1/3 Expos, and the Expos' support was not limited to Acadian areas - although they were by far the dominant team there.
In the West, I know that in BC the Seattle Mariners are quite popular. The Jays are also popular in BC but not sure if they or the Mariners are on top.