The Canadian government has denied the Blue Jays approval to play games in their home city of Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from Rob Gillies of the Associated Press. While the Blue Jays were given the go-ahead by the city of Toronto and the province of Ontario to host regular season games at the Rogers Centre, they were still awaiting clearance from the Canadian federal government.
As of now, the likely outcome is that the Blue Jays pivot their regular season games to Buffalo, the home of the franchise’s Triple-A affiliate. Dunedin, Florida, where the team holds Spring Training, has also been floated as an alternative, though Buffalo now looks preferable given the state of the virus in Florida.
In an official team statement, the Blue Jays said they are “in the process of finalizing the best home location for the remainder of the 2020 season and will share an update as soon as it is available.”
This development comes as something of a surprise, as just days ago it was looking like a good bet that the Rogers Centre would host regular season games as intended this year. However, shuttling MLB teams back and forth across the U.S.-Canada border poses undeniable concerns about preventing the spread of COVID-19, which have only been heightened in light of diverging COVID-19 trends between the United States and our neighbors to the North.
As reported by Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet, the Canadian government has informed the Blue Jays that it would be “open to considering future restart plans for the post-season” if at that time risk of virus transmission has been tempered. But for the time being, it’s looking like Toronto will have to wait until 2021 for Blue Jays home baseball.
What a joke so Buffalo I guess?
Get outta here lad, if you’re gonna say that look at what the Nats are potentially doing??? (Not playing in DC because of Covid-19) Gov’t over rules a damn sports league. Yeah, it’d be great if they were to play at home. But I support my government’s decision on this; even though my Yankees and mostly every other team is playing in their home park.
Overrules is one word kiddo.
Good lord, who cares. Let’s stop the micro criticisms.
Pardon me but micro-criticisms requires a hyphen and how dare you use the Lord’s name in vain?
Lastly, many fools care. Thank you very much. Even if most of them should have better things to do with their efforts.
Hmmpf. (l)ord is lower case in his quote, not referring to The Almighty, (while we’re being picky.)
A joke? You know what’s a joke is how America and baseball is treating Covid. Season won’t make it to the end, their only chance would have been to do the hub city system. I fully support not allowing the jays to play in Canada even though their in a bubble still have people constantly coming and going don’t need to spread the virus just because a ball player sneaks out to the bars. Exponential growth is a scary thing
So there won’t be any Hockey Night in Canada, then?
How about we all put a pin in this conversation for a month instead of the constant bickering and just see which sport is still going
You started this bigdaddy. Next time say nothing.
Or I was trying to be polite. I was trying to be diplomatic but hey I will just say nothing and let’s dummy’s voice random thoughts as if it’s gospel
Dude nhl is doing 2 bubble cities just like nba is doing with one.
Yeah kind of a double standard isn’t it
More like a bubble standard that MLB wants no part of
bigdaddyt, umm no you were not trying to be polite, you were exchanging insults…and then you exaggerate the growth of cases in the US by describing them as exponential, not even close. Sorry, but you lose posting privileges for 2 days…
There will ALWAYS be hockey in Canada. Baseball (correctly or not) is considered America’s pastime. Canada doesn’t share that affinity, so it’s easy to tell the Jays to kick rocks.
So no American hockey team can cross the border is that correct?
The season will be complelted. Baseball players have done a great job containing the virus and it shows in their numbers.
Some folks have a glass that’s perpetually half-empty, and they try as hard as they can to project their reality onto others, and when they’re called out on it, they lash out and flail around.
immaturity it sounds like
There’s no point in fighting nature and that’s what the world is attempting to do. Dying is part of life but humans think they can beat it for some reason. Can’t stop cancer, heart disease, typhoons, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, viruses, and arrogance of people thinking they can cheat death.
By that logic, let’s just get rid of all medical care. Lol
Did someone say anarchy?
I can see which people got really turned on watching The Purge and wanted to wish it into existence.
Kudos to you for being brave enough to say what others don’t want to hear, and thereby subjecting yourself to unimaginable criticism and judgment.
Agree Do!
Sounds like a good move by Canada. You have quarantine on people coming from a country with a HUGE COVID-19 problem.
It would not make any sense to give a ‘pass’ to 30-40 baseball players/staff to travel in and out of the country and bypass the quarantine that Canada has on people entering from plague-infested countries like the US.
Could look at Las Vegas or share with Panthers or where Colts play or even Saints play because Dome. Less likely where Dallas Cowboys or Orlando or Putero Rico or so on.
They could play in Montana and call themselves the Billings Buffaloes
Portland Antifas Go there and play. Baseball inside stadium. Riots outside. Fun times
DrDan, nicely done indeed.
Portland has gone to h— in a hand basket use to be a nice quiet City filled with hippies funny how times have changed
Hello Buffalo!
Now what?
Let’s go Buffalo Blue Jays!
Will we have another Canadian team taking their games to Puerto Rico?
I actually thought there was a high chance of this happening. I doubt they’re worried about the Blue jays so much as they are the other nine teams from the USA that would have to cross the border to come play.
Once the blue jays leave they travel into infected areas and can come back with the virus. Canada would mandate people doing that quarantine, but the season structure obviously will not allow that.
Could play in Columbus, Ohio
Only if Buffalo doesn’t want the Jays there either.
Wyoming isn’t getting a team and neither is Columbus. How about the San Antonio Scorpions?
honestly its probably for the better to avoid border crossings. sucks for the Jays but it is what it is.
I agree with the move but on the other hand they’re allowing 12 NHL teams to come to Toronto with players from all around the world.
It’s a bubble-like situation. All of the teams can go to Canada and complete the government required quarantine before playing. MLB isn’t doing that
Completely different. Almost Half the teams will be gone in a week of starting up. And a hub city works better as they don’t have to travel which seems to be one of the main ways people come into contact with the virus.
Completely different because Canada has mandatory quarantine for people entering the country. All those NHL players will be quarantining and tested.
Well, not surprised but I expected it. The Jays are Canada’s only team and it’s clear that the government and many of the fans don’t want them to play there. You will see that with many of the posters here. You can pretty much forget about Canada ever getting another MLB team. If they can’t support the one they have, why should they receive another? In fact, MLB should look into relocating the Jays to a city that would actually support them? Nashville badly wants a team and maybe they would be a good fit there? Canada can just start their own version of baseball, kind of like they did with football and the CFL.
Yeah cuz it totally matters what empty stadium they play their games in.
It totally does. Players are often acquired based on the stadium they play in. Players have homes in Toronto. Many are only for the season but it’s still their home filled with their things. Now they have to spend the next two plus months living in a hotel. That’s got to wear on you.
Canada supports baseball just not at risk of their citizens lives. We dont have people dying by the thousands here, and we’re doing everything to make sure we never get to that point.
The government and the fans fully support the team. Maybe you missed the nationwide response when the Jays were in the playoffs a few years ago. This isn’t about support, it’s about public health and a very contagious virus. The NBA & NHL are doing it right by eliminating travel. Canada has the virus fairly under control and it’s out of control in the US. We’ve closed our border to the States because of this. So allowing back and forth border crossings for baseball players exclusively would be unfair, irresponsible and most importantly, potentially dangerous. I’d love for the Jays to have every advantage and play here, but I agree they shouldn’t. Having a responsible government shouldn’t disqualify this country from representation in major sports.
Also you seem to be stuck on the film crew being an issue and using it as a gotcha when it’s really a non issue
Sorry my original comment didn’t make it through moderation. Basically I let you know Rogers is the leagues richest owner and is also (a surprise to you I’m sure) a telecommunications company. I know this is hard to believe but I’m sure a multi billion dollar Canadian telecommunications company might have a camera man or 2 down in the state’s. How else are games filmed in Florida, you think Rogers flies Canadians down south for a month or 2? And if big brother is deemed an essential service thing Rogers might be able to set up the jays somewhere and get it on tv
Good. Start complaining how the richest owners in baseball treats their baseball team like a mid-market squad. Ask why they’ve never ranked 1st in payroll in any season they’ve owned the team. Please be critical where it’s deserved. Please.
Since your replying to everything on here as if your the best since sliced bread let’s have RATIONAL conversation on the topic. Any time the jays have had success ownership has reward the team by going near top in the league in payroll. Going back to the back to back word series wins the jays had the divisions highest payroll beating out the Yankees, orioles and Red Sox. But hey let’s cherry pick points that fit our argument for arguments sake
Rogers did not own the team when the Jays won the World Series. You just proved my point. Thank you. Rogers does not go all out to spend or win over the last 20 years. You proved that with your cherry picked arguments. Thank you again. You made this way too easy and walked through the open door I left you with efficiency.
Okay you enjoy your life of internet trolling. Good luck to you and yours as your country crashes and burns but it’s okay cause in your head you’ve won an internet argument with a complete stranger
It wasn’t hard to win that argument. You made it very easy. Unfortunately you do not understand you have a lot of learning to do. By the way, I’m Canadian. So you’re wrong yet again.
Take some time off.
Lol u didn’t come close to winning that argument. He just gave up cause u dont make any sense. Lol
Did I not make any sense because you are easily confused? Here, I’ll use the hooked on phonics version for you Yarp:
Rogers, richest owners in baseball. Rogers, bought the team at the end of the 2000 season.
Rogers, never once have they come close to being #1 in payroll. Blue Jays, reached the postseason twice since 1993. Bigdaddy pointed out the Jays being #1 in payroll in 1993. Rogers did not own the team. By using an example of payroll by another owner he effectively admits Rogers hasn’t spent to win and created a false narrative believing Rogers was the reason 1993 happened.
Are you following along or should I type slower?
Lol try reading his original comment but very S L O W L Y so your little pea brain can comprehend. He said “ownership” not “rogers”.
OMG…Rogers IS the owner. Oh boy….did you just do that?
Man are you ever dumb. They are the current owner
Yes. That was my point about 5 comments prior. Exactly what part do you have an issue with? Because you’re talking in circles and you seem too dizzy to be specific?
I have a problem because you are trolling on here. What exactly is the point you are trying to make? The original point was that the team will have no difficulty finding a way to broadcast games. You counterpoint = Rogers doesnt spend enough on player player payroll. Aside from being a non sequitur, Are we therefore to assume that you think they will not bother to broadcast games because it’s slightly more difficult. If so, that is a laughable point for hundreds of reasons.
In reality I think your point is that canada doesnt support the team because of this obviously correct decision to not allow players into the country.
Anyone questioning that is threatening my country’s national security, and that,my friend, I will not stand for
My point was Rogers hasn’t spent like a powerhouse they are capable of. That guy mentioned 1993. Rogers did not own the team until 2000. Rogers cannot be given credit for 1993. They chose not to be a powerhouse player. I pointed this out, YOU took exception. All because you didn’t read what was said. Meanwhile accusing me of trolling? What are you doing here???
I never said Canada does not support the team. That was your awful assumption. Toronto has all of Canada supporting them. Your assumption was patently false and completely unfair.
The point: the richest owners in baseball should ACT like the richest owners in baseball. When they begin chasing a World Series I expect this team to be tops in spending. But please tell me how Rogers did as non-owners of the 1993 team.
I agree they should but ot is totally irrelevant to what was being discussed in that thread or the article. Give up yet? Lol
They should use the iowa cornfield diamond
That would draw some eyes to the TV.
As a massive Jays fan I still say this was the right call…the only call really.
Canada doesn’t want to have more corona-positive players infecting other players. Makes a lot of sense.
Remember the movie Canadian Bacon? Man that was funny!
So will this be the death of baseball in Canada? Does Rogers look to sell and the team moves because they can’t play in their own stadium and won’t have an easy time figuring out how to air games in their home market?
I could see them moving in a few years if the TV revenue is lost because TSN doesn’t operate outside of Canada and it would be a logistical nightmare to try to broadcast games from the US side when TV crews would be considered nonessential and therefore prohibited from crossing the border.
No? What difference does it make if they play in Buffalo or play in Toronto if there are no fans attending the games to begin with – it can be televised just the same. It wouldn’t even cause an issue with the TV crews, because with all games being played in the US, they can just leave the essential TV crews south of the border until the season is over – no reason to have them crossing back and forth when there will be a Jays game played in a US city literally every day for 2 months.
TV crews from Canada would not be permitted to enter the US based on current guidelines set forth by both countries which bans all travel that is non-essential. TV crews are not essential, therefore nobody from Canada would be able to enter the US to broadcast the games.
Toronto won’t even be able to get their own broadcasters into the country under current restrictions. How do you not understand how the current laws work?
Even if they can’t get an exemption to get their own TV crews in (which I doubt if they follow an isolation protocol for the first X days), I still don’t think it matters. The opposing team will have a TV feed, and Rogers could have their own commentators call the game from a studio in Toronto. It’s not like there’s any real advantage to physically being in the stadium to call a game (you can actually see the action better on a videotron/TV screen), especially with no fans in the stands.
@AllRiseForTheJudge Living proudly in Canada all of my life I am happy to report that we have finally emerged from our igloo and now live in a wooden and concrete structure called a house here in these parts. We also are blessed with electronic equipment powered not by guinea pig but by electricity of which we sell LOTS to the US of America. As well, tonight I am going to watch my favourite team NY Yankees play an exhibition game vs NY Mets. Seems Canada has some sort of agreement with ESPN who are supplying the original coverage and TSN is picking it up. So don’t need Rogers TV crews or anymore assistance from you to make this happen consistently during any regular scheduled games should they actually be played. Thanks for your concern though.
I would imagine most team broadcasters will be calling road games from the studios this season regardless of where they play, so the broadcaster issues are not a concern. In fact, the Mets broadcasters today were discussing this on Saturday – the Sunday exhibition from Yankee Stadium will be broadcast remotely from Citi Field.
cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-announcers-will-broadca…
I’m gonna let you in on a secret, TSN doesn’t have a thing to do with Rogers or the blue jays
Irrelevant. I’m not Canadian nor a Jays fan, therefore it is not my responsibility to know, nor is it relevant to me, which network airs their games. The fact is that Canadian media lacks US press privileges as they are not considered essential during a pandemic travel ban
Only citizens from either country and those deemed to be on essential business are permitted to cross the border at this time. The Jays have been given an exemption to enter into the US with essential personnel only. That means players, coaches, and medical staff. Possibly scouts and the GM. Possibly.
That does not include Canadian press, broadcasters, or TV crews. So how are they going to air games in Canada when they’re playing outside the US?
Most of the Jays staff and players are American. Crossing the border is a condition of citizenship, not what baseball team you play for lol.
As for how the games can be broadcast, that has been explained succinctly by tibberia. Somehow equating this to the death of baseball in Canada? Asinine.
And FYI, NBC is doing all of the broadcasting for the Eastern Conference hub teams in the NHL, including their broadcasting and television crews. NBC based out of New York. Toronto as the eastern hub city.
Judge my comments got moved to another thread but basically just want you to know that it was directed towards you not bobtv. Also that your ignorant of so much on this topic to the point that I can’t tell if you’re just a hard core troll or just that clueless
They will air the games similar to how they would air their away games, and the way they traditionally air their away games.
You realize they don’t play every game at home?
Not Canadian, nor a Jays fan, therefore your opinion is not relevant to me.
The company that owns the team is the company that broadcasts the games. Direct competitor to TSN. That is a huge piece of information to discard.
Exemptions can possibly be granted for a skeleton broadcast crew. Possibly.
More likely than scouts.
The MLB, government and Rogers could possibly come up with a solution.
Or maybe Rogers will have to get creative and have broadcasts from a distance. It really doesn’t matter where the broadcasters are, they will have a feed. KBO for example.
Sportsnet owns the MLB broadcast rights in Canada, and subcontracts the ESPN games to TSN. On the Sportsnet regional feeds, they tend to play a lot of regional sportsnet feeds from US teams throughout the year, so I’d imagine there is an ease of access to get a crew to wherever they end up playing.
The judge is ignorant. TSN not involved with the Jays at all. Roger’s owns the club, their Sportsnet network owns the Canadian TV rights. It’s a very strong broadcast product here, making them lots of money. When we get past these Covid times, it will all be fine for Canada’s lone MLB team who will stay here forever.
One word: Nashville. Or pick someplace else where there has been talk of a new franchise. Throw a warning shot across the bow!
A warning shot of what?
Orlando?
Wait what idk huh im confused are you no can’t be trying to discredit his comment with that link?????
I’d argue that the Jays might have the hardest chance to win this season. Not only do they have to play both east divisions, but they also don’t get to play at their home park. Not to mention that they are only an average team right now.
Personally, I think they should just scrap the season. Canada’s smart, just look at the numbers.
I’m not defending the US numbers or anything like that, but it’s a lot easier for a country like Canada to contain it than the U.S. This virus hits highly dense and populated areas hard. Canada is 11 people per square mile while the US is 94. Canada has very few densely populated areas.
Population density does not even begin to explain how colossally the US has botched this. European and Asian countries with much higher population densities (Japan is like 900 people per square mile and South Korea is like 1300) have controlled the virus.
The US has just been failed by politicians (all around; the blame goes way beyond party) and leaders and people who think they’re smarter than experts. Just a trainwreck of idiocy.
Japan population 126 million.
South Korea 52 million
Canada 38 million
USA 328 million
Japan, South Korea, and Canada? Strict immigration laws with Japan #1 and South Korea #5.
You couldn’t have said it better
That’s colossally dramatic, relax.
If everyone in Canada were evenly spaced out in the Yukon, that would be right.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canada
Buffalo for the games. Taxi squad an hour away at Rochester’s AAA stadium would make sense. Could play at Rochester if league finds facilities in buffalo unacceptable.
Or, if they find the Buffalo stadium unacceptable, they could probably just share a stadium with the Indians or Tigers, since Detroit and Cleveland are both about a 4 hour drive away.
That filthy baby seal clubbers need to stay out of Detroit.
Toronto and Ontario governments approved. Federal government could have trusted the judgement of those closest to the situation, and with the most at stake…
The federal government are the ones with responsibility for managing border crossings. If they don’t think allowing people to cross the border from the US without a quarantine period is prudent, it’s 100% the feds purview to block this.
Should have let the Blue Jays know weeks ago
Need to move club with that type of non support
Lol time to build that wall. But it’s actually to keep you clowns in there until you learn to put on a freaking mask.
Get a life! What an incredible moronic comment! My Gawd your an idiot!
Short-sighted decision, but at least it’s more money for the US economy than the Canadian economy.
Who care’s about an economy when you’re dead?
Canadians don’t want Americans coming to this country if they’re going to be spreading an infectious disease around and not shutting down.
Texas and Florida, are getting 10k-15k people test positive for the virus every day and the death rates are climbing into a couple hundred each day now after they were flat at 50 a few weeks ago before the re-openings at the end of April.
Canada doesn’t need untold deaths because a few people wanted to watch baseball at an empty stadium.
Such hyperbole and hysteria.
A couple hotel rooms and some take out food – the health care costs + Maybe they actually did their math.
Hahaha. Your economy is in ruins and probably wont recover or a decade or more.
All of the world’s economies are in the same boat. They are all in shambles and wont recover until 2032.
Kind of expected this. Anyone entering Canada has to quarantine for 14 days and makes little sense to make exceptions for baseball teams. Blue Jays have been developing contingency plans with the league so on to plan B(uffalo).
There weren’t going to be any fans in the Stadium anyways with a global pandemic ravaging the entire world. So I don’t see the point of caring.
Without everyone being forced into a bubble I don’t think anyone should trust the players coming in from say Florida and Texas to not visit a bar or restaurant and infect people.
Florida and Texas specifically are having 10-15k people test positive for the virus a day, with the death totals hitting 200 a day now after they were at 40-50 a few weeks ago.
If anyone remembers New York’s COVID deaths, it spikes weeks after getting the virus.
Punch the actual numbers for Florida and Miami-Dade is doubled the cases over the 2nd highest city, Broward. Miami-Dade accounts for nearly 24% of the state’s cases.
Nobody comes close to New York in cases and deaths. Stop excusing their incompetence.
Have you normalized New York’s population to compare apples to apples? Or are you just judging raw data like a 5th grader?
Yes I have. Clearly you haven’t.
I just don’t understand why it took them so long to make this decision. Baseball starts next week. They need to find adequate housing in Buffalo for the players now (good luck with that)! They will be able to send their broadcast crew with them so long as they stay in America for the entire 2+ months. They are essential to the team; they just won’t be sending reporters with them.
Politics takes time laddie and baseball isn’t a huge national issue for Canada. Not playing in Toronto stops one vector from entering Canada and it makes them happy so more power to them. MLB players are probably the top 5 most frequently tested people in the country, so the impact was likely very small.
The good thing is that it happened now before the season and they can settle in elsewhere. Buffalo has a benefit of being the third team in NYS which has a horrific historical death rate – 2nd worst in the world plus ~15 states on their quarantine list. Bring in the same state as NYY and NYM gives them some flexibility if / when states like NY and CA close the boarders mid season or Florida has to close down baseball due to not just large numbers of cases, but actual repercussions from those cases.
Right now with 1 million more people than NYS Florida only has 1 / 7th the number of deaths (~ 4600 vs 32000 http://www.statistica.com). So it’s hard to tell how they’ll contain current surge and if that impacts MLB Eastern teams playing in Florida.
A month ago I said NY, CA and Canada would be difficult places to run the business of baseball. One down and two to go.
AZ and Florida are now seeing their surge after historically having a fraction (order of magnitude 1/8, 1/10) of the deaths that of NY of the NY, NJ, Ct & MA have. Their success in mitigating the surge and/ or MLB success in avoiding it are going to be season risking issues.
Just cancel this fake season yesterday.
I do find it ironic that Buffalo is getting the Blue Jays after years of Toronto openly trying to steal the Bills.
What would be the closest major league stadium that would be considered safest? I would think that would be fenway, no? Not nearly as far as Florida and is located in one of the few states that has it’s covid numbers decreasing. Fenway prob can hold more fans at 30% capacity than Buffalo too.
With West Nile cases now on-top of the large number of Covid-19 cases in the state, why would Boston be a good idea?
With cancer and heart disease running rampant, on top of covid and west nile, why do we even bother waking up?
Smfh
Just pointing out Fenway would be a bad idea based on logic. In reality the Jays should be playing in Toronto. If you don’t agree, smfh.
I really don’t care if they just play T-ball at this point. Just so show me some live people swinging a bat at a ball and others pretending to try to catch it. And not catch it. The bad thing
“Thank goodness” says every canadian including every die hard Jays fan like myself.
First, everyone in this country has made sacrifices to help lower cases. It only takes one weak link to break that progress. If one province or city starts increasing, that poses risks to everyone travelling from one place to another in Canada. It’s not just Toronto we have to think about. It’s everyone.
Second, we weren’t allowed to go see them play anyway, so for us, it doesn’t matter.
Third, if there is any way Buffalo will let in limited fans, then i’m really happy for Buffalo getting the games. They are our unofficial sister city and they deserve to get some major league ball.
Too bad the stadium where they filmed the Natural in Buffalo isn’t still around. That would be kind of cool.
Does Buffalo have major league lighting. I swore I read it’s not adequate. But I don’t know I have never been. Does anyone know
MLB will allow up to 1,000 candles, per CNN
Wow this comment thread digressed quickly, the right decision was made, as much as i do not like it. The team playing out of Buffalo is not the end of the jays in Canada! lets move on and instead of insults lets talk about some baseball eh
The Buffalo Wings, new MLB team.
Huh.
So turns out I made a batch of hot wings from Canadian goose wings a couple weeks ago.
Makes me feel kinda like an ambassador.
Olean New York (Southeast of Buffalo) has the fans and world famous Bradner Stadium. Few problems in Olean and a welcoming city. No foul balls allowed, just home runs!
Fans can’t physically go to attend games, so if it made sense for the schedule, they could play in Somalia or Fiji for all I care. They are all televised (we’ll see what kind of blackout restrictions return once this gets off the ground though)
Millions have paid the price for it? Dumbest comment so far on this thread
The covid pandemic is bad but let’s take a minute to talk about the covid-related blowhard internet commenter pandemic
Flights are still coming in and out of Canada, Toronto in-particular. If the Blue Jays can’t play, stop all flights coming into Canada.
They should go by the Buffalo Blue Jays this year. F Canada.
For those of you getting all preachy about how much Canada loves its people too much to subject them to this, maybe you can explain why Toronto and Ontario were just fine with it…
Ontario has a Premier from the Progressive Conservative Party.
Canada has a Prime Minister from the Liberal Party.
‘Slight’ difference in philosophies between the two.
Most that are getting all preachy about the cautious approach are happy to ignore the economic and mental side effects at play.
Neither side is right, wrong or has the winning answer.
More bickering is probably the answer. Keep up the great work everybody.
I waded through all of these comments, but was unable to determine why everyone is so fired up about this.
Does anyone here stand to personally gain in any way based on where any team plays their “home” games?
Even if you’re a Jays fan living in Toronto, you weren’t going to be allowed to attend.
Assuming this season actually plays through to conclusion, Toronto will miss 30 home games.
THIRTY.
Not permanent, and not that big of a deal.
It matters to the players use to the “homer dome” and that may have homes around there, although maybe playing on real field and not turf would benefit
They were fine with it because flights from outside Canada are still landing in Toronto airports. Somehow the baseball teams can’t come in and out? That’s the hypocrisy of this decision by the federal government. If this is the right decision then stop all flights into Toronto.
They should share Fenway with the Red Sox. That would cut travel down for both teams.
If Canada was saying they don’t want to hire health care professionals from the US, maybe that would be something of a head scratcher. But a baseball team? Really? Who cares?
Who cares where they play.
There are no fans in the stands!
They could literally be playing in any park on the planet and it wouldn’t matter.
The ball does fly in the dome when it is empty and closed which is a bit of drag.
Then again the ball flies for everyone else as well.
If this season lasts a month it will be a shock with how things are in the US.
Are you telling me MLB couldn’t come up with hub city ideas like the NHL for a couple of months?
What a joke.
Baseball does not have the nerve, but, the Franchise should be withdrawn from Toronto. Change the history and record books to eliminate the name “Toronto”.
And you sir are a complete moron. Enjoy your virus infested cesspool of a country!
Move the team out of Canada permanently.
Move the team out of Canada permanently.. Also, is this the year that a Canadian team actually wins the Stanley Cup?
Wow a functioning government, you love to see it.