“Everyone had their reasons for smiling on a cold Saturday just outside Calgary.

On the indoor field at Webber Academy, young baseball players were enjoying the drills and mini-games being played at the Blue Jays Academy Youth Instructional Clinic.

Perched above, parents of those athletes were revelling at the sight of Blue Jays heroes like Ernie Whitt, Buck Martinez, Pat Borders and Devon White coaching their kids alongside Women’s National Team legend Ashley Stephenson.”