OverDrive - March 27, 2026 - Hour 1 - Alistair Johnston
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All right, I was not expecting this, but I'll take it. The Jays are back home, back in action tonight. We're playing the Major League theme song. I know the Leafs have not won five in a row, and I know the Raptors have not won five in a row.
But maybe the Blue Jays are on the verge of doing that. I love the song. I love the movie. And I just hope the Jays have a great season. I love opening day.
What are the highlights of the Blue Jays' opening season against the Athletics?
Yeah, it really feels like opening day. Minus 12 outside right now. Dude, it's not getting better either. No, I know.
We've got a couple more days of pain before it gets better.
Yeah, like the sun is out. And this is the benefit of the dome, right? Frankie Corrado's in here with us. Can you imagine if they had an outdoor park? playing tonight.
Do you remember the videos of the old games at the Exhibition Stadium with snow on the ground and stuff? First ever game at the Ex, it was snowing.
How's it any different than TFC having a play outside? I guess with soccer, you kind of You see those type of scenes more. You see it in baseball once they get to October. If you're in the World Series, you're like, I'll play through anything. Game one of 162 and minus weather.
It's not great. Bit of a grind. But the Dome will be closed tonight, so it's all good. And especially after you've been in Dunedin so long. But it's not just the Jays, right? Like the Tigers, they got to do it at some point. I mean, it's a hot pocket down there, so you get maybe minus 8 instead of minus 12. I did see that, actually. Last week, someone sent me a snapshot of Windsor.
Yeah, it was 21 degrees in Windsor. 21 degrees. Minus 8 in Sudbury, 21 in Windsor.
A big swing in the OHL right there. Hot pocket in the Midwest.
A hot pocket. Windsor is... The Tampa Bay Lightning of the O. Yeah, it is. Why isn't it? It should be like Florida. They should be in flip-flops and golf carts. What's going on with the Spitfires? I don't know. Are they a good team right now? I have no idea. Yeah, they're a good team. Are they a good team? Yeah, they're good. They get cyclical in the OHL. Every couple of years, you can bank on the team being pretty good.
Yeah, but there's usual suspects in the O. You know this. that pop up all London Knights, Kitchener Rangers.
Consistently good.
There's teams where it's like, when was the last time that team was good?
Generally, any team in the GTA stinks. At least that was my era. When I was coming in, St. Mike's was still in the league. They never won anything. At the gritty old barn there? At St. Mike's Arena. And obviously Mississauga and Brampton were around.
Doesn't that say Mike Serena's fit like 300 people?
Yeah, it didn't fit. It fit very few people. I played multiple OHL games in that rink. How do you compete if you're putting 400 people in the barn? It didn't really. It didn't last long.
That's why they're not there anymore.
Our boy Jeff Doyle was there. He was one of their first picks ever. He went third overall, Jeff. And they used to have, it was the St. Mike's guys.
So he was, his transition was like hysterical. Didn't they have some meathead teams back in the day? Yeah. Small little barn.
How are the Canadiens performing as the season progresses?
And they just tried to beat the wheels off.
Well, the, that was where Keefe and Jefferson, they all started at St. Mike's. Right. And then I think it was made clear more so from the school. These guys have got to get out of here. It's not going to work anymore. The whole hockey thing is working, but the whole school thing. Student athletes, first and foremost. Yeah, because at St. Mike's, they had to show up and wear the suits and everything, and you'd see guys walking around in track pants, and teachers would be going nuts. They'd be like, this isn't going to work.
Crack pants. Is that just like, F you? Like, I'm not wearing this stuff?
Basically, you drafted me. I'm here to play. I guess I'll show up. Let's call a spade a spade. When you're that age and you're playing in the OHL, you make a mockery out of all kinds of things like that.
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