TORONTO (CP) - A Toronto Blue Jays split squad will play the Canadian team for the World Baseball Classic in an exhibition game March 3.
That contest was part of the 33-game spring schedule announced by the Blue Jays on Tuesday. Canada will train at the Blue Jays' facility in Dunedin, Fla., before the inaugural best-on-best tournament.
The Canadians will play in a group with the United States, Mexico and South Africa based at Phoenix for the first round.
The United States will play an exhibition game against a San Francisco Giants' split squad on March 5 at Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Blue Jays open their spring schedule March 2 at Knology Park against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. They'll wrap up camp with a pair of games against their triple-A affiliate Syracuse March 31 and April 1.
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That contest was part of the 33-game spring schedule announced by the Blue Jays on Tuesday. Canada will train at the Blue Jays' facility in Dunedin, Fla., before the inaugural best-on-best tournament.
The Canadians will play in a group with the United States, Mexico and South Africa based at Phoenix for the first round.
The United States will play an exhibition game against a San Francisco Giants' split squad on March 5 at Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Blue Jays open their spring schedule March 2 at Knology Park against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. They'll wrap up camp with a pair of games against their triple-A affiliate Syracuse March 31 and April 1.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20051122/ca_pr_on_ba/bbl_jays_spring_1
