TORONTO – The Blue Jays were denied Canadian government approval to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced in a statement Saturday that the federal government had denied the application. “Unlike preseason training, regular season games would require repeated cross-border travel by the Blue Jays’ …
Read More »Blue Jays closer to having approved home games; Canada OK required
TORONTO – The Blue Jays have received authorization from Ontario and Toronto to play regular-season games at the Rogers Center amid the coronavirus pandemic and await approval from the Canadian federal government. Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford said the Toronto medical director had given permission and that his provincial government …
Read More »Blue Jays obtained exemption to train in Toronto
TORONTO – All 30 Major League Baseball teams will train in their regular-season stadiums for the pandemic-shortened season after the Toronto Blue Jays received a waiver from the Canadian federal government on Thursday to train at the Rogers Center. Toronto will relocate the camp from its spring training complex in …
Read More »Blue Jays close to receiving approval to play in Toronto, says Ontario Prime Minister
TORONTO – Major League Baseball is close to gaining approval to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic, Ontario Prime Minister said Monday. Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford said municipal, provincial and federal authorities “gave their approval”, but the Toronto Blue Jays await a letter of support from the federal …
Read More »MLB perspectives to see in the 60-man group for each team
With Major League Baseball slated to open “spring training 2.0” camps in the coming days, the teams had to present their starting pool of 60 players on Sunday. You can still add players with many teams that list less than 60 names, but this at least gives us an idea …
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