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SARS costing Toronto tourist dollars, but games play on

Associated Press

Friday, April 25, 2003

TORONTO -- Despite the SARS outbreak that has killed 19 people, the Toronto Blue Jays started their first homestand since a World Health Organization warning against travel to the city. Some players admitted to being nervous about being in Toronto because of severe acute respiratory syndrome, but by the time Vernon Wells homered to lead off the bottom of the ninth, giving the Blue Jays a 6-5 victory over the Royals on Friday night, the SkyDome looked almost like any other game. At leas ...

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