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By Deryck Kissoondath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the small town of St Marys, Ontario stands the newly renovated Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.  On Saturday June 15, 2019, people gathered outside its doors early, to get a peak at some of the rich history that it holds commemorating the highlights of players and events that make up some of Canada\u2019s mark in professional baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that morning as Trail B.C.\u2019s Jason\nBay was announced to the media, he was very calm and when asked about his\nfeelings about the being inducted he replied \u201cIt is humbling and has a greater\nmagnitude being here, it is a great honour.\u201d He added that over the past few\nyears he hadn\u2019t really thought much of playing baseball but had focussed on\nraising the kids but when a fan asked him to sign the National Rookie of the\nYear card, \u201cMy emotions and memories came back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Bay grinding and perseverance would\nbe a huge part of his career.  He\nremembered \u201cfrom Kindergarten to Grade 2, all I wanted to be was a baseball\nplayer, except for Grade 2 when I wanted to be a cab driver.\u201d  As he thought about the highlights of his career\nhe added \u201cMy highlight was getting to Major League Baseball.  By all accounts I was a statistic that never\nshould have happened.  Looking at pure\nnumbers the game is about who makes it, and who stays. I was a 22e<\/sup>\nround pick who was traded a few times in the minors. I was scratching and\nclawing here and there, so to make it for 10 years is great.\u201d According to Bay\n\u201cGetting there and the path I took was my greatest achievement! I played little\nleague, kept playing, Junior League, then Gonzaga, I just kept playing. I was\ngoing to keep playing until they tell me I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the even keel and motivation that\nkept Bay going as he jokingly remembered draft day at Gonzaga University. \u201cSo\ndraft day comes and my modem drive is hooked up and I\u2019m waiting. After 20\nrounds, my name hasn\u2019t been called so I decided to go down to the Columbia\nRiver and go fishing\u2026.thinking about it now I have to wonder about what my\nparents were thinking when I told them that. I didn\u2019t get drafted and I tell\nthem I\u2019m going to the river.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was very clear in his desire to play\nbaseball \u201cAll I wanted was a shot. If we can do it great, if not at least I had\nan opportunity. It wasn\u2019t linear and it took some ups and downs in the minors\nbut every opportunity, I got better.\u201d It was his positive attitude and success\nthat caught the eye of Tim Leiper, Bay\u2019s first manager in Rookie Ball, while\nplaying for the Montreal Expos organization. \nAccording to Bay \u201cI was a magnet below the bottom of the depth chart,\nand I know Leiper had direct orders from up top to play me the least amount of\nminutes, but every time he put me in I kept hitting and he kept putting me in,\nwhich gave me an opportunity a year after that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bay\u2019s success and confidence was\nparamount to him being traded to the playoff bound Boston Red Sox in 2008.  It was thought that Bay would be there to\nreplace the popular Manny Ramirez but Bay recollected \u201cI was the one who came\nin and replaced Manny, but I think I was coming and playing, and I wasn\u2019t\nreplacing anyone.  Boston helped be because\nin Pittsburgh we struggled, but here it was worst to first.  Every day was like being in the playoffs. It\nwas the atmosphere every day; the intensity was most stressful and fun at the\nsame time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressure did not seem to faze Bay as he\nhad shown great resilience and confidence while playing for his country in the\nBaseball World Classic in 2006 when the Canadians defeated the United\nStates.  Bay remembers \u201cThe first year we\ndidn\u2019t know what to expect and we beat the United States and I remember getting\na call from Wayne Gretzky, and I thought that this was pretty cool.  It was almost too intense for March. I\nremember in 2009 in Toronto, when we had 50 000 people at the game but I was\nonly used to playing in front of 4 000 people. It was a playoff atmosphere.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Bay family this was a very proud\nday as they showed up in full support to watch the Induction. The Bay\ncontingent included: wife, Kristen; children, Addison, Evelyn, and Garrett;\nparents; sister, Lauren and her family; his aunt; cousins; and nephews. They\nall got a chance to hear a sentimental and humorous speech after fellow\ninductee and great Canadian Cub\u2019s pitcher, Fergie Jenkins, helped him into his\njacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bay was very grateful for the support\nthat he received from his wife of 20 years. He remembered clearly the night\nthat he was traded from Pittsburgh to the contending Boston Red Sox. Bay\nemotionally said \u201cI came home and said I was traded to Boston and I\u2019m in the\nline up tomorrow night.  She said you go\nand go what you got to do.  We had a two\nyear old at the time and she was eight months pregnant.  The people behind you help you get to where\nyou are.\u201dHe was also quick to acknowledge his parents who \u201cnever missed a game,\nnever criticized, and never faltered in their belief in me.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he acknowledged his family Bay made a\nspecial announcement to his three kids and calmly and emotionally told them \u201cI\nlearn from all of you every day and I know that you wanted to be mentioned by\nname.  Here is what I learned, from\nAddison tenacity, from Evelyn passion, and from Garrett kindness.\u201d He quickly\nadded \u201cLet this be a reminder to you, I was once cool, and did have a job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bay pointed out that \u201cStrangers shape\nour path and what we become. I was a grinder who did a few things well but\nnothing great. I take a lot of pride in that, as it is inherently\nCanadian.  At the end of my career I hope\nthat my roommates say, I was a better person than a player. I always tried to\nbe the same guy every day, whether I was 0\/4 or 4\/4.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Bay and his family the time in St.\nMary\u2019s was busy yet it was paramount in recognizing his achievements, and a\ntestament to his success throughout his career. Keeping an even keel and never\ngiving up was instrumental in Bay making to the majors. As for today, \u201cI run\nthe kids around, the family Uber driver, and I fish as much as I can!\u201d which is\nwell-deserved after such a long and productive baseball career.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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