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- Updated: September 21, 2016
SEATTLE — Michael Saunders spent the first six years of his career with the Mariners, but whenever the Blue Jays came to town, it felt like a road game. Now he’s getting a taste of what it’s like on the other side of the spectrum.
Thousands of fans from Canada have descended upon Seattle this week for Toronto’s crucial three-game series against the Mariners. It has become an annual tradition for people from British Columbia and other parts of the West Coast to invade Safeco Field in a sea of blue.
Saunders, a native of Victoria, British Columbia, has seen this before. The Canadian fans used to taunt him with tongue-in-cheek chants about being a “traitor” to his country, but now that he’s on the other side, the veteran outfielder is soaking up every minute of it.
“It was unreal, ever since I got called up in 2009, when the Jays came to town we were playing a road game,” said Saunders, who was held out of the starting lineup for the series opener but got the start in right field on Tuesday.
“That’s just the love and support …
