I'm pretty excited about starting the SEASON in Japan. It's almost like we get two openers. One in front of the Winnipeg faithful. And another in Japan, what I like to call Big Winnipeg. You see, anywhere can be Winnipeg because Winnipeg is an idea. You can't confine an idea man! I want to share the glory of Winnipeg with the whole world. And Japan is a great place to start! They are a passionate people. They are a dedicated people. They are warm and welcoming and ready to find a new cool team to root for. I also think they like bears and Winnipeg has always been known as the Tokyo of the great white north. I bet we make a lot of new lifelong fans by doing this. And I love to be liked. I don't want them becoming, I don't know, Los Angeles panther fans. That just seems wrong. Root for the bear. Japan is our second home.

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