The Toronto Blue Jays will begin the 2021 MLB season at Dunedin’s TD Ballpark, with the first two homestands set for their spring-training home as the sport awaits an opening of the Canadian border. (more…)
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Blue Jays choose Vancouver over Lansing
The Toronto Blue Jays announced their invitees for future affiliates and chose to keep the Vancouver Canadians over the Lansing Lugnuts in a situation where new classifications forced the decision. (more…)
Blue Jays scrap Rogers Centre reno plans, will look to new ballpark
The Toronto Blue Jays are considering a new ballpark at the current Rogers Centre site or another downtown Toronto site, according to a local news report, with Rogers Communications and Brookfield Asset Management looking at tearing down the groundbreaking facility. (more…)
With MLB season done, Sahlen Field deconstruction begins
By all accounts the Toronto Blue Jays‘ temporary tenure at Sahlen Field, home of the Buffalo Bisons (Class AAA; International League), was a success, but now comes the bittersweet part: removing all the improvements and preparing for an uncertain 2021. (more…)
Next wave of MLB fan experience: Personalization
No one wants to feel like they’re just one small voice in a very large crowd, so MLB teams are turning to personalization technology to enhance the fan experience, both in terms of addressing current concerns and anticipating future needs. (more…)
MLB returns to Buffalo–after 105 years
With the return of Major League Baseball in the form of the Toronto Blue Jays playing its 2020 home opener at Sahlen Field, it will be the first time a major-league team has called Buffalo home since 1915’s Buffalo Blues. (more…)
Phillies-Blue Jays series postponed after COVID-19 positives
The Philadelphia Phillies/Toronto Blue Jays weekend series set for Citizens Bank Park has been postponed, as two more Phillies employees tested positive today for the COVID-19 virus. (more…)
Blue Jays turn their lonely eyes back to Buffalo
After criticizing Sahlen Field as a potential home for the 2020 Toronto Blue Jays season, the team has now concluded it can’t wait to conclude negotiations to play at Oriole Park and will instead commit to home games in Buffalo, per NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (more…)
Blue Jays still looking for 2020 home after PA snub
With Pennsylvania officials rejecting the notion of the Toronto Blue Jays playing the 2020 season at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park, the team and MLB officials are again on a search for a home base for the beleaguered franchise. (more…)
Pirates invite Blue Jays to play “home” season at PNC Park
It’s increasingly looking like the Toronto Blue Jays will end up playing 2020 home games at PNC Park, as the Pittsburgh Pirates acknowledge talks have opened between the two MLB teams. (more…)
On second thought, no Rogers Centre for Blue Jays in 2020
The Toronto Blue Jays are back to looking at alternative venues for the 2020 MLB season, after federal officials pulled the plug on a COVID-19 mitigation waiver that would allowed the team to play at Rogers Centre this year. (more…)
Blue Jays cleared for Rogers Centre play: Provincial officials
Ontario officials say the Toronto Blue Jays have been cleared to play the shortened 2020 MLB season at Rogers Centre, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford goes on the record with the news. (more…)
Blue Jays move to Plan C: Regular season in Buffalo
With no official government approval for play at Rogers Centre and a general distrust of returning to Florida, the Toronto Blue Jays have reached out to Rich Baseball Operations about playing regular-season games at Sahlen Field. (more…)