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Fitzpatrick: Snyder, Montreal politician who brought MLB to Canada, inducted into Canadian ball hall

“What Gerry Snyder meant to the city of Montreal cannot be overstated.

The beloved politician was a driving factor in bringing Major League Baseball to Canada, but also the 1976 Olympics, the first Montreal F1 Grand Prix in 1978, and he helped the Toronto Blue Jays find their training facility home in Dunedin Florida.

For his seemingly endless effort and passion for his community, he was named one of the first Queen’s Silver Jubilee Award recipients in 1978, and now, he’s received a posthumous induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. “

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