Bryan Hayes

I'm with you.

But the attention to detail and striking the right chord with the fans.

You mentioned it was a half an hour pregame, but I spoke with a lot of people, a lot of Jays fans who said they really thoroughly enjoyed it and felt like you guys are really connecting with the fan base on that front.

How much time and effort goes into that?

How much of it is organic?

How do you strike the right chord and how important is that for you and your operation?

How much closer are you and Ross and maybe John and the whole staff watching and trying to get a read on the new guys compared to the veterans who have been here for a while, early in the season anyway?

We have Mark Shapiro, Jays, Rockies tonight down at the Rogers Center.

You guys announced a couple weeks ago, I believe it was, the Hall of Excellence is coming up.

to the park, and you've announced Buck Martinez is going to be included in that.

Was this always the plan?

You guys have done so many renovations, and obviously this has been ongoing, the renovations, the pre-planning, the building, the kind of staggering over a couple of years.

Was that always the vision from the start, or is it something you've adjusted with on the fly?

Or do you still have more stuff?

What else can you do down at that place?

Exactly.

With Mark Shapiro, now, I don't know if you worry about the future of baseball in terms of the upcoming CBA expiration.

And that's been well documented that there may be a battle between the owners and the players, and maybe both sides are starting to dig in.

How has that uncertainty in the future affected the way you're doing your business on a daily basis moving forward?

Well, and obviously, you know, you guys got games tonight, and you got games throughout the week, but we're big litmus test guys on this show, and I'm sure this is not a surprise to you.