Paul Beeston- President Emeritus for the Toronto Blue Jays arrives to The Cardy Show

We covered a bunch of topics in this episode:

- Paul's upbringing in Welland and going to Tigers games with his family. He also speaks about his time going to the theatre in Stratford because of his Mother. Some very cool stories there.

- Players having winter jobs to maintain their MLB lifestyle

- Not using the word hate and having mandated dinners and what that did for his life and business career.

- His time at Western and how close was he to going to Law School

- His introduction to Don MacDougall and his friendship with Dr.Peter Fowler

- Don MacDougall's plan B

- How close he came to being an Accounting Partner

- The first phone call he took as the first Toronto Blue Jays Employee

- May 1976 to April 1977 how that worked?

- What April 7 1977 meant to him.

- Working for Peter Bavasi

- Any fears about the early years not working out

- Working with and getting to know Peter Hardy

- Values

- The new stadium search

- Different potential sites for the Stadium

- Concerts at Rogers Centre

- Bobby Mattick, what he meant to the Toronto Blue Jays?

- The legend of Pat Gillick

There will be a part 2 down the road with Paul Beeston. Stay tuned for that!

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