Does it get more Canadian than this?

A Cambridge, ON man who caught José Bautista's home run ball from Game 5 of the last series is trying to return it to the slugger.

Jeff Byma, a 31-year-old cabinet maker and longtime Toronto Blue Jays fan, snagged the ball after Bautista fired it into the stands, giving the Jays a home run and a three-run advantage over their rivals, the Texas Rangers.

The ball, he said, bounced off the second deck at the Rogers Centre last Wednesday evening and had fans scrambling to get their fingertips on it.

“It fell right between my seat and the person next to me and I instinctively jumped on it,” he told the Star. “Once I grabbed it, I gave my girlfriend a hug and we just started cheering and high-fiving each other.”

Fans around the couple, who have travelled across North America to catch Jays games, posed for photos with the ball, but Byma said, “It didn’t hit me until the drive home how important a baseball I have.”

In the days since his catch, he said he has been inundated with fans offering him everything from $8,500 to a pick-up truck in exchange for the piece of memorabilia.

Unfortunately, they’re out of luck because he believes it’s probably best that the ball get back into Bautista’s hands.

To return it, he’s tried tweeting at the player, but has yet to hear back.

“I would be shocked if he doesn’t want it back,” said Byma. “It hasn’t crossed my mind to sell it one day. I just got to get it back to José.”

While Byma waits for a response, he’s keeping it at home in a case, only taking it out when the Jays need some luck.

It did the trick on Monday night, when he set it on his coffee table after fans on Twitter pleaded with him to pull it out, but didn’t help on Tuesday evening when the Jays got pummeled by the Kansas City Royals, losing 14-2.

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That hasn’t shaken Byma.

He said, “Back in 1985, we were up on the Royals 3-1 in a series and they came back to win it so maybe it is our turn this time. We can make it happen.”

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