Because the Toronto Blue Jays gear up for his or her first World Series appearance in greater than three a long time, one Calgary bride is facing an unexpected query ahead of her big day this weekend: should she let her guests watch the sport through the wedding?
“Can we play the Jays game or not? It’s a troublesome vote.” said bride-to-be Josie Balka, who grew up in Toronto.
“Half of our wedding guests are flying in today from Toronto to Calgary. Everyone from Toronto wants the sport on, but I feel I’m leaning toward not playing the sport.”
The timing has left Balka feeling conflicted as Game 2 of the World Series will probably be the Blue Jays’ first since 1993 and happens to fall on the identical day as Balka’s wedding.
With ticket prices skyrocketing into the hundreds, the patriotism for the Canadian baseball team has taken over fans across the country, including Balka’s guest list.
“I had a horrific considered us pausing the sport for my mom to present her speech and everybody booing her because they need to keep watching,” she said in an interview, laughing. “I just need to keep it family oriented, but I is perhaps making people mad by not playing it.”
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Balka was born in 1993, the identical yr the Jays last won the World Series. She saidshe finds the timing symbolic.
“I’m wondering if it’s all coming together, that the yr I get married is the yr they win it again. That might be cool,” she said. “But everyone who’s heard that I’m leaning toward ‘no’ isn’t too thrilled with me. Hopefully, they forgive me.”
Some guests, she said, have already provide you with their very own solutions.
“People were asking to return to the rehearsal dinner because we’re doing it at a spot that’s playing the sport,” she said.
“I used to be like, ‘you guys can just come to the rehearsal dinner too it’ll just be a second wedding.’”
As for banning phones or enforcing a no-sports rule, Balka insists she’s keeping things lighthearted.
“That might be the last word bridezilla move to take phones away. I definitely won’t be doing that,” she told Global News. “I hope since it’s Game 2, people will just be checking their phones.”
Now the couple must make a choice soon, whether to sacrifice their big day or their guests’ wishes to observe the sport.
“In the event that they lose, it could put a damper on things,” she said. “But there’s a sports bar round the corner, so hopefully we don’t lose half the guests.”
Balka says regardless of what they resolve, she’s hoping the Jays and her wedding each end with a win.
Editor’s Note: Josie Balka is a number on Country 105 — a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment, the parent company of Global News.
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