Boges Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 The Blue Jays can't play in Canada. https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-left-find-2020-home-government-refuses-risk-mlb-plan/ Quote TORONTO – The federal government’s denial of the Toronto Blue Jays’ request to host regular-season games at Rogers Centre is more a rejection of Major League Baseball’s plan for the summer, than it is about the thorough protocol put together by the club. Consider that for the better part of two months, president and CEO Mark Shapiro, occasionally with deputy commissioner Dan Halem, had been keeping the Public Health Agency of Canada updated on the protocols the sport has put in place for playing amid the pandemic. MLB has an 113-page Operations Manual for 2020. The Blue Jays added 54 more pages in their pitch to play in the city. They had Bo Bichette, Travis Shaw and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., address health officials this week, helping earn the support from governments in Toronto and Ontario for a modified cohort quarantine. I think this is a bit heavy-handed. They weren't going to play in front of fans anyway. The Rogers Centre has a hotel and you could "quarantine" there. Teams can't enter unless everyone has a negative test. They go from the Private Airport terminal to a bus, to the hotel, and can't leave. I feel bad for the Jays, they had a decent set up here and now they're homeless. But I guess the prospect of having teams flying here from Tampa, Miami, Atlanta etc is an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannucklehead Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Quote Reduce the volume of your quotes. Please review the following threads: Using the [ Quote ] Feature: - 2005 NEW RULE! - Trim Your Posts - 2006 Trim Your Posts and Quotes - 2006 If your reply takes less space than your quote does, then you quoted too much. I am a huge Jay's fan and I agree with this. Keep the american players out. All it takes is one idiot to break quarantine or infect staff and cause an outbreak for us. Edited July 21, 2020 by Charles Anthony DELETED RE-COPIED Opening Post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Better yet...ban the Blue Jays from play. How many Canadians are on the team anyway ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannucklehead Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 1 minute ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Better yet...ban the Blue Jays from play. How many Canadians are on the team anyway ? Scared we will win the series again? Better start a strike instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Cannucklehead said: Scared we will win the series again? Better start a strike instead How many Canadians are on the team ? The Toronto team can sit out the season if Canada is too afraid of COVID. Edited July 20, 2020 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 MLB players and staff get tested every other day. Pretty safe if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: How many Canadians are on the team ? The Toronto team can sit out the season if Canada is too afraid of COVID. The number of Canadians on the team are about as relevant as the number of Americans on the Boston Bruins. The Blue Jays own facilities in the US, they'll find a spot. Edited July 20, 2020 by Boges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Moonlight Graham said: MLB players and staff get tested every other day. Pretty safe if you ask me. I agree. JT and the Feds are being political here. Both the City of Toronto and Province agreed with the plan. Edited July 20, 2020 by Boges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannucklehead Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 https://globalnews.ca/news/7045805/coronavirus-test-false-negative-study/amp/ It's just not worth the risk imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Cannucklehead said: https://globalnews.ca/news/7045805/coronavirus-test-false-negative-study/amp/ It's just not worth the risk imo. The ballplayers are more likely to catch COVID from the people of Toronto than the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Boges said: The number of Canadians on the team are about as relevant as the number of Americans on the Boston Bruins. The Blue Jays own facilities in the US, they'll find a spot. They sure will...in the US of A. Not Canada....which is too scared. Edited July 21, 2020 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Florida is so toxic right now that Pennsylvania has said that they want teams coming from Florida to play there. The Jays had made a deal to play in the Park the Pittsburg Pirate play in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Boges said: Florida is so toxic right now that Pennsylvania has said that they want teams coming from Florida to play there. The Jays had made a deal to play in the Park the Pittsburg Pirate play in. Toronto's team is still begging for a place to play...now it is Camden Yards in Baltimore if Maryland approves. Season starts tonight...maybe should have figured this out earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Toronto's team is still begging for a place to play...now it is Camden Yards in Baltimore if Maryland approves. Season starts tonight...maybe should have figured this out earlier. Maybe the US COVID-19 situation shouldn't have gotten so much worse that the Federal Government of Pennsylvania didn't want teams flying in from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Boges said: Maybe the US COVID-19 situation shouldn't have gotten so much worse that the Federal Government of Pennsylvania didn't want teams flying in from there. COVID doesn't care about Toronto's sob story about finding a stadium. Other teams figured it out...so what is Toronto's problem ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Other teams figured it out...so what is Toronto's problem ? Being in a different country. There were always backup plans. If anything they'll have to resort to the AAA field in Buffalo. The good thing about Camden Yards is that 5 of their road games are already going to be there. Much less travel. Edited July 23, 2020 by Boges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Just now, Boges said: Being in a different country. There were always backup plans. If anything they'll have to resort to the AAA field in Buffalo. The good thing about Camden Yards is that 5 of their road games are already going to be there. Much less travel. Different country ? Boo-hoo for their Canadian government sob story. Back-up plans are not good plans if they fall through. Ban them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Different country ? Boo-hoo for their Canadian government sob story. Just responding to why their plight is different from the Cincinnati Reds. Quote Back-up plans are not good plans if they fall through. Yeah, who knew Florida would be such a shit show that even people from Western PA wouldn't want people travelling from there. Quote Ban them.... They played in Boston yesterday. They're your problem now. Edited July 23, 2020 by Boges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Just now, Boges said: Just responding to why their plight is different from the Cincinnati Reds. Yeah, who knew Florida would be such a shit show that even people from Western PA wouldn't want people from there. They played in Boston yesterday. They're your problem now. Nothing special about their "plight"....Canada made a decision and screwed them. Too bad...so sad. Lots of Canadians are still in Florida to escape other stupid policies and taxes in Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Just now, bush_cheney2004 said: Nothing special about their "plight"....Canada made a decision and screwed them. Too bad...so sad. Lots of Canadians are still in Florida to escape other stupid policies and taxes in Canada. You're so mad about this. It's funny. If they have to play all 60 games on the road, they will. No fans anyway, it's not a huge disadvantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Boges said: You're so mad about this. It's funny. If they have to play all 60 games on the road, they will. No fans anyway, it's not a huge disadvantage. You're the one who is rabid about bringing major league sports back...not me. It is funny to watch the Toronto team scramble to get a place to play at this late juncture. I never knew that Blue Jays could get so butt-hurt ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Just now, bush_cheney2004 said: You're the one who is rabid about bringing major league sports back...not me. Ultimately Pro Sports are a TV product. The NBA and the NHL have it right, just have everyone play in a bubble. August is going to be a Sports fans wet dream. Quote It is funny to watch the Toronto team scramble to get a place to play at this late juncture. I never knew that Blue Jays could get so butt-hurt ! Please cite how they are butt hurt. It's so funny that a country that has a fraction of the COVID cases don't want pro athletes coming in and out from COVID hot zones. Ditto with Western PA. Hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Boges said: Please cite how they are butt hurt. Here is how....their last option was to play in...wait for it...FLORIDA ! Canada is of absolutely no help to a Canadian team. Quote TORONTO — For the second time in five days, the homeless Toronto Blue Jays watched as a stadium plan fell apart in front of their eyes Wednesday when Pennsylvania state health authorities put the kibosh on a deal between the club and the Pittsburgh Pirates to play out of PNC Park. Tick, tock ... the clock on the Blue Jays’ home opener, scheduled for July 29, is down to just seven days. Of the known options we reported Monday, there are three left: Camden Yards in Baltimore, Sahlen Field in Buffalo, or a trek back down to the COVID-19 hotbed of Florida to play out of their spring training complex in Dunedin. https://www.tsn.ca/toronto-blue-jays-options-dwindling-as-another-home-stadium-plan-falls-apart-1.1498620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) This Blue Jay is looking for a major league baseball stadium too ...to get more peanuts ! Edited July 23, 2020 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Just now, bush_cheney2004 said: Here is how....their last option was to play in...wait for it...FLORIDA ! Yeah, their newly renovated Spring Training facility. They already have to play the Marlins and Rays. I guess pro's don't want to play in Minor league facilities. Quote Canada is of absolutely no help to a Canadian team. I guess not. I disagree with the ruling. I think the Rogers Centre could have worked as a suitable bubble. It's a political decision from the Feds as Toronto and Ontario both approved the Blue Jays plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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