"Slowly but surely, this group of Blue Jays is showing signs, after 17 sadly contrarian years since the strike of 1994, of regaining the hearts and souls of Toronto's baseball fans.

This observation comes after watching Saturday's interaction of players with fans and fans to players, as the Jays kicked off the winter tour with an onfield youth clinic at the Rogers Centre before they head to Ottawa, Montreal and the Maritimes.

Much of that improved Jays karma has been off the field with smiling interaction by a core group of players that has warmed to the city, and vice-versa, largely via social networking. That is, of course, without the advice of Kris Humphries, and as long as none chooses to marry a Kardashian."