For those of you plotting to have Gord sing the national anthems at the World Series, you should know that he already has sung them - both of them, and the Canadian in English and French - at a preseason game in FL between the Jays and the NY Yankees. This was in early March 1999, when GL was touring in FL. He sang a few bars at one of the concerts before the day of the game (saying he was practicing), and also said that Ian Tyson had already warned him that when singing the US anthem he must "Start low". Afterwards, he also told the story that Steinbrenner asked him to wear a Yankees jacket and he declined saying that he "had to live with these guys (the Jays)". No, I wasn't there, but other fans reported back about this. Unfortunately, nobody seemed to get it taped - we assume that the game was broadcast on the radio locally. Anyhow, I'm not a big baseball fan, but that would be a game that even I would watch!
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Valerie Magee
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