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Hyun-Jin Ryu on Blue Jays playing home games elsewhere “...one of our jobs is to adapt to new types of situations & I think we just have to rally around - not just myself, but my teammates as well - we just have to get used to a new environment”Comment -
Blue Jays reliever Anthony Bass says he feels that "our best situation to be in is playing in a major-league ballpark." He also relayed this conversation he had with GM Ross Atkins.
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They're spoiled brats. They don't need a major-league ballpark.
Home of the Buffalo Bisons
Built prior to the 1988 season, Sahlen Field, home of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons of the International League, is one of the most significant ballparks in baseball history. The first 'classic retro' ballpark, it was built before such stadiums as Camden Yards in Baltimore and Coors Field in Colorado, and it's construction triggered a stadium boom at both the minor and major league levels.
Still one of the largest ballparks in minor league baseball, Sahlen Field is home to the top six attendance marks in the history of minor league baseball and hosted the first ever Triple-A All-Star Game in 1988.Comment -
Theyre playing home games in florida.Comment -
Dunedin? Or in Tampa?Comment -
The buffalo deal was not an option. Bad accommodations for both home and visiting teamsComment -
After Canada declined to allow the Blue Jays to play in Toronto this season, primarily because it would require repeated cross-border trips, multiple sources told the Post-Gazette on Sunday that they've looked into playing select home games at PNC Park in 2020.
It’s not known how many games would be played in Pittsburgh, although there are surprisingly few scheduling conflicts between the two.
Of the Blue Jays' 30 home games in 2020, the Pirates have a home game the same day just seven times. Six of those come Sept. 8 or later, too.
After learning that they would not be allowed to play their home games at Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays started looking at alternative sites such as Buffalo (where their Class AAA team plays) and Dunedin, Fla., their spring training home.
Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun reported on Saturday that the Blue Jays were looking at other MLB stadiums for “home” games this season.
One obstacle with Buffalo is that there seems to be questions over the quality of lights and their ability to handle a major-league game, hence why PNC Park might make more sense.
Fans are not currently allowed to attend games at PNC Park, so it’s not like anyone could see the Blue Jays play the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays or Orioles — their AL East opponents.
In the National League, the Blue Jays will play the Braves, Nationals, Marlins, Mets and Phillies.
For anyone curious, PNC Park would welcome the Nationals once, the Phillies (3), Marlins (2), Rays (3), Red Sox (3), Orioles (7), Yankees (1) and Mets (3).
The move certainly makes sense from a front-office standpoint.
Pirates general manager Ben Cherington recently spent three years with the Blue Jays and is close with Toronto's president & CEO, Mark Shapiro.
Manager Derek Shelton was there for one as quality-control coach, while assistant GM Steve Sanders also came from north of the border.Comment -
I know in the past they've brought in temporary lighting for college football games. I don't see why they couldn't do that for Buffalo.Comment -
Or just play in the fukkin day time.
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Now they are begging the Pirates to let them use Pnc?
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Not true. The spoiled players don't like the idea of playing in a minor league ball park but Buffalo is still being considered. It would take a week or two in order for the ball park to come up to MLB expectations.
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Buffalo or hybrid schedule still among plans as Blue Jays ponder home site
While playing their home schedule at a major-league park remains their No. 1 choice, the vagabond Toronto Blue Jays are still studying plans to stage their games in Sahlen Field if necessary.
What emerged from a media Zoom call Monday with Toronto General Manager Ross Atkins was several possibilities. One was playing the entire schedule here and another was a hybrid plan, where Buffalo gets a few games out of the 30 home contests.
"It is an evolving and a moving target," said Atkins, two days after the Canadian federal government rejected the Jays' application to play their games in Canada. "We want to make sure we have health and safety as a priority. The players' feedback and perspective is exceptionally important to us. All things being equal, we would much rather be in a major-league facility. We just have to weigh that with what that means in the world of a pandemic."Comment -
Blue Jays should consider playing in MontrealComment -
While GM Ross Atkins said the team had roughly five different contingencies in play, the likeliest scenarios had them turning into the unexpected houseguests of either the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, or the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.
In Pittsburgh, a hotel mere steps from the ballpark offered one potential, relatively easy solution, while in Baltimore, the right-field concourse or the famed warehouse in the backdrop could both accommodate temporary set-ups with only minor intrusions.
There are minimal scheduling conflicts with both clubs, only five home dates in common with the Orioles and seven with the Pirates. All are relatively resolvable with minor tweaks, helping them emerge as the best options.
The Pirates certainly appear interested, as president Travis Williams issued a statement confirming “active” discussions with Major League Baseball and the Blue Jays, describing the endeavour as “a monumental challenge for our staff,” while adding, “leaning in to help others is what Pittsburghers do best.”
“If we are able to safely accommodate, not only will it bring additional international attention to our city,” Williams continued, “it will also bring with it jobs and revenue for local hotels, restaurants and other businesses that will support the Blue Jays organization as well as additional visiting teams.”
Planning for some of the infrastructure additions needed in Buffalo – where Sahlen Field is home to the club’s triple-A team but relegated to in-case-of-emergency fail-safe – was dialled down, suggesting momentum toward their primary goal. The Blue Jays’ spring facility in Dunedin is a secondary fallback, although no one wants any part of COVID-surging Florida.Comment -
PNC Park in Pittsburgh has emerged as the clear front-runner. An official decision could be made as early as today.Comment -
Yeah, Shapiro was begging the Pirates to share Pnc Park with themComment -
Great, so now I can root for 2 losers in Pittsburgh instead of only the PiratesComment -
How about the USA just kick them the fuk out of MLB
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The Toronto Blue Jays are expected to play a majority of their home games at PNC Park in Pittsburgh this season after federal officials in Canada refused to let them host games at the Rogers Centre, sources confirmed to ESPN.
An official announcement is pending approval from the State of Pennsylvania, according to SportsNet, which first reported the news.
Canada's government denied the Blue Jays' request to play in Toronto because the regular-season schedule would require frequent travel back and forth from the United States, where COVID-19 cases are surging. The other 29 major league teams plan to play the pandemic-shortened, 60-game season in their home ballparks, without fans.
Toronto begins the season at Tampa Bay on Friday.Comment -
Cousin I only speak to at family events like funerals or weddings every few years, is supposedly doing a long term rental of one of his air bnb properties in Lawrenceville to two young blue jays
Now I need to find a way to non chalant start talking to this cousin to get him to non chalantly milk his "tenants" for info I could use for gambling.
There is no way to do it, and it's not worth it
But my degen mind can't stop trying to look for angles here.Comment
Contraction of the entire toronto organization. Let the upper echelon teams hand pick the players they want
