Jays or Tigers? Who are you rooting for this weekend?
The answer isn't hard to figure out if you just look at who is wearing what.
Because looking at the orange and the blue on display in the lineup for the tunnel bus in Windsor on Friday night, you can figure out who is a Tigers fan and who is very obviously supporting the Blue Jays.
This weekend, the two teams are playing a three-game series in Detroit.
Kris Warren of St. Thomas, Ont., wore orange. His loyalty is clear.
"Always Tigers, if possible," said Warren, who admitted that he had occasionally worn Jays garb in Toronto in the past if Detroit wasn't on the field.
Natalie Saby and Nick Costella both had Jays gear on.
"Jays all the way," said Costella.
Robert Roussel came down from Perth, Ont., to take in a game with family.
Counting himself and his grandsons as Jays fans, he proudly counted out the Toronto support total in his family.
"We're five [Jays fans]," he said.
Heading into the Friday night opener, the Tigers stood at .500 on the season, while the Jays were just three games above the break-even mark.
For the Tigers, that half-and-half record put them well behind the Royals, who are leading the AL Central.
The Jays, meanwhile, are in close contention with the Yankees and Orioles, who were tied for first in the AL East ahead of Friday night's games. The Rays, like the Jays, had a record of 42-39.
"It's a tight division, it could go any way," said Robert Thomas of Toronto, as he waited for the tunnel bus to take him to Comerica Park on Friday afternoon.
Thomas, who had no qualms wearing a Jays jersey over to Detroit, gave a thumbs-up when asked about Toronto's chances at a return to the playoffs.
When prodded about the team's long-term playoff drought that is now stretching beyond 20 years, Thomas revealed that he knew exactly how long it had been — as he had gone to the first home game the team played in the World Series back in 1992.
There are also fans, like Jim McDowall, who find themselves torn between the teams that lie on opposite sides of the border:
McDowall tweeted that the Tigers-Jays choice is an "internal struggle" for him.
"Grew up with Tigers, family in Tor! I'm OK, I get through it every year," he said in his tweet.
