With COVID still around and quarantines still a fact of life, the Blue Jays knew that they’d face a lot of hassles if they tried to go back and forth over the US-Canada border if they played their home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto. So they made the hard decision to start the regular season at their spring-training ballpark in Dunedin, Florida.
Opening Night was a success at TD Ballpark, although the team lost to Mike Trout and the Angels. All of the modifications made for regular-season night baseball worked as intended. The photo (shot by our friend Colin Cushing) shows the player introductions prior to the first game.
And an attendance record (of sorts) was set at the opener. Read our article to learn the history behind this facility and what record was set!
Hi Joe.
COVID-19 is out of control in Ontario right now with record numbers of new cases and hospitalizations being set every day. Ontario, including Toronto is under a strict lockdown and there’s no date set for any type of reopening although speculation is this lockdown could last through the summer. Right now it doesn’t look like the Jays will be playing at the Rogers Centre in 2021 unless we get a big turnaround on the COVID battle.