Going to the Toronto Blue Jays home opener is about more than just watching a baseball game for many fans. For Graham Holmes, it is about keeping up with tradition, one that he had maintained for the last 37 years but won’t be able to keep this season amid higher ticket costs and increased demand following the team’s improbable run to Game 7 of the World Series.
“It crushes me,” Holmes said with a strained voice during an interview CTV News Toronto. “Traditions are meant to be kept and it’s just like they’re pricing you out.”
Holmes said his son attempted to get seats for the home opener when they first went on sale in January but tickets vanished within 15 minutes with the cheapest seats priced at $147.
Holmes…