[Mr KLC]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays are returning to their home away from home, Buffalo, New York, starting in June. And this time, they’ll have a limited number of fans in attendance.

Forced from Canada by that government's coronavirus travel restrictions, the Blue Jays posted a note on their Twitter account on Wednesday saying: “Buffalo, we’re BACK! We’ll see you June 1st.” The words were over a picture of Buffalo’s downtown Sahlen Field, the regular home of the Blue Jays' Triple-A farm team.

“Buffalo's been good to us. It's been good to me,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said before a game in Oakland, California. “We had a good time there last year, we made it to the playoffs last year, we made it our home. It was pretty awesome the job the Blue Jays did to make that ballpark closer to a big league ballpark, they did an outstanding job and I heard this year's even better. Our players have been there before so it's going to be fun again. We're going to make it into our home.”

Toronto played its first two homestands at its spring training ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, and will play its third there from May 14-24. But the Blue Jays did not want to remain in Florida for the hotter, more humid portion of the year.

The Blue Jays return to Buffalo with a homestand that includes games against Miami on June 1-2 and Houston from June 4-6. They’ll travel to Buffalo after a five-game trip that ends in Cleveland.

[jjgold]

Good info

[dmm]

Wish they were coming back here to Toronto, but Buffalo will be better than Dunedin for summer heat/rain.

[KVB]

Any one team, in any sport, jump through more hoops due to Covid to play?

They made it happen though.

[stake1]

Trudeau, what a great prime minister Ccp tat on his lat and the guy keeps rolling on

[Jayvegas420]

Will the players still have to pay Canadian taxes, even though they never played a game in the country?

[44 Mag]

Will the players still have to pay Canadian taxes, even though they never played a game in the country?

Canada has taxes??? Wow....thought it was just us....LOL.

[icon]

Will the players still have to pay Canadian taxes, even though they never played a game in the country?

I'd say no because none are full time residents of Canada, they have work permits. They pay US taxes and Canada and the USA have a tax treaty program so they won't be taxed twice.

The only way Canadian taxes could possibly be due is if a player lives in Canada full time. I'm only aware of one player with Canadian citizenship and that is Vlad Jr. He was born in Montreal.

US citizens must file tax returns and pay taxes on worldwide income while Canadians only pay taxes while residing in Canada. Ex pats from Canada are not required to file or pay taxes to the Canadian government if resident full time in another country.

[stake1]

This is a disgrace. Let them play at Rogers and let’s get some fans in the stands. Toronto has a good team

[Brock Landers]

[stake1]

Fredo in the house!!! Tyrone let him use the computer!!