Detail of Michael Snow's "The Audience (Part 1)" on the Rogers Centre

This Friday at 7:15pm, the Toronto Blue Jays will play their first home game of the season. Their opponent? Only the Boston Red Sox, last year's World Series winners. Boston will already have three wins and only one loss coming into the three game series, while the Jays sit at one and one with a third game tonight against New York.

The baseball fans I know are itchin' to go this year, and no matter how the Jays do this weekend's series is an exciting way to kick things off at the Rogers Centre. If you'd like an official way to celebrate the start of the new season, the Jays are hosting their second annual Welcome Back BBQ on April 17th, where you can get photos, autographs and of course, food!

For more on the Jays, check out:

• The Official Toronto Blue Jays website
• About Baseball's 2008 Blue Jays preview
• The Toronto Spectator Sports Calendar

Photo © Marilyn Campbell