Everyone can now focus on B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke instead of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Saskatchewan’s favourite ball team is still playing, although it’s been tough during the past few weeks to know if the CFL’s Roughriders still ranked above Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays on the province’s popularity scale. Article content

It seemed like Blue Jays Vladdy Guerrero Jr., Ernie Clement and Trey Yesavage, while chasing the team’s first World Series title in 32 years, were being mentioned more recently province-wide in offices, gyms and bars than playoff-bound Roughriders A.J. Ouellette, Jameer Thurman and Corey Mace. Article content Article content

The Roughriders didn’t have to play last weekend, having earned a first-round playoff bye for

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