Blue Jays fan seeks arrest in order to watch series finale

Blue Jays fever almost turned criminalin a way you probably wouldn't expect this morning and even Toronto police were taken aback.

On Wednesday, just after 8 a.m., policereceived a call from a man asking to go to jail so that he could watch the do-or-die baseballgame this afternoonagainst the Texas Rangers.

Officers responded to the call, worried about what the man might do to get arrested. They arrived near the intersection ofEarl Street and Howard Street, but couldn't locate the caller.

If this seems like a good way for fans to catch the game, Const. Jennifer Sidhuis about to burst your bubble.

"No, there are no TVs in the holding cells at police stations or at court," she told CBC News. "But I don't know whether detention centres have them."

Sidhusaidthat if the man had been on scene and gotarrested, he would have been taken to a police station for processing before going directly to court. So,by the time he would have arrived at a detention centre, he would have already missed the series finale.

York Regional Police seemed to have anticipated this kind of movelast week. They tweeted about their television-less cellsbefore Game 1 of the American League Division Serieslast Thursday.

We're not sure if the fan in question will end up watching the big game. But if he's reading this, there is a big screen playing the playoff showdownat Nathan Phillips Square, beginningat 4:07 p.m.

So there really is no need to get arrested.