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!

Thank you so much for lsitening!

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It was an absolute privilege to speak with 2024 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Rod Heisler . Dave and Brent spoke with Rod at length about:

- Growing up in Saskatchewan
- Gordie Howe and Terry Puhl
- Playing 2 sports
- Being very good at 2 sports
- Eric and Bill MacKenzie and their influence
- Training with the National Team and playing in majestic ballparks like Tiger Stadium and Dodger Stadium
- The 1984 Olympic Team
- The Fruit of the Loom Pick off move
- Ferguson Jenkins
- His work as a Teacher
- Being inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

We thank Rod and Scott Crawford for helping us facilitate this interview.

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The cardy Show had the privilege of heading to Induction day this past Saturday at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St.Marys Ontario.

Dave Brett and I interviewed 80% of the Inductees that went in.

Including 2023 Jack Graney Award winner Buck Martinez.

Followed by Paul Godfey the former President of the Toronto Blue Jays

Canadian Nation Team Legend Rod Heisler

Canadian Women's Team Legend and maybe a future Blue Jays Manager? Ashley Stephenson.

Thank you so much to the Inductees and Scott Crawford for allowing us to attend.

We hope you enjoy this episode.

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