Since getting drafted to the Major Leagues in 2012, Toronto Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman has called a lot of different places home.
He’s suited up for 23 different teams at the major and minor league levels, going everywhere from Biloxi, Miss., to Reno, Nev., and just about everywhere in between.
In an interview with the Toronto Star’s Mike Wilner that included several other Blue Jays players sharing their favourite parts of the city, Heineman shouted out the underground PATH network that connects much of Toronto’s downtown core.
“It’s awesome,” said Heineman. “Everything’s built underneath. Same with the parking structures that are built underneath all the buildings. I think that’s kind of cool.”
According to the City of Toronto, the PATH “facilitates pedestrian linkages to public transit, accommodating more than 200,000 business-day commuters as well as tourists and residents” and provides “an important contribution to the economic viability of the city’s downtown core.”
But for many locals, it’s simply known as an easy place to get lost. With lots of cross-cutting entrances and exits, staircases and escalators to navigate, it’s not hard to find people who simply refuse to try to figure out the oft-confusing network.
And like many other Toronto residents, Heineman admitted that he got a little out of sorts trying to navigate it all.
“I don’t even know where I went,” he said. “This thing just goes and it goes and then it goes.”
Heineman and the Blue Jays won’t have a chance to return to the PATH until next week, as they’re currently on a six-game National League road trip that includes stops against the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers.