Former Toronto Blue Jay Paul Hodgson (left) talks with guests at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont., on August 8.

Paul Hodgson, the second Canadian to play for the Toronto Blue Jays, visited the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in St. Marys, Ont., on August 8.

The Marysville, N.B., native, who’s also the first right-handed hitting Canadian to belt a home run for the Jays, stopped by with his girlfriend Lisa Chisholm. The charismatic ex-big leaguer spent two hours in the museum sharing stories and signing autographs for visitors.

To read more about Hodgson’s fascinating professional baseball odyssey, here’s a link to a story I wrote for the Canadian Baseball Network in May 2011: http://www.canadianbaseballnetwork.com/articles/paul-hodgson-from-marysville-to-a-blue-jays-uniform/

Another shot of ex-Jay Paul Hodgson, the pride of Marysville, N.B., at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ontario.