The Mighty Toronto Blue Jays set records for low attendance this year. Admittedly they were well out of the race, but not the point.
Is this team going to survive in Toronto?...literally?
Is this team going to survive in Toronto?...literally?
That's just it. This is not a sports town. Toronto is not like Philadelphia, Denver nor the like where everything gets supported so long as it is entertaining.Maybe the question should be...do we care if the Jays stay or move? I was a big Jays fan when they were competitive in the 90s. I find baseball boring now and not sure if it's cuz they're losing or I find the sport boring in general. I think it's a little bit of both.
Maybe because the Yankees have the fan support?Ahh the usual whining of the Jays fan, booo hooo the Red Sox and Yankees have more money, wawa they need to expand the playoffs the Jays would make it, sniff sniff we need a salary cap!!!!
someone needs to explain to me how Rogers doesnt have as much money as John Henry or the Steinbrenner family??? Jays fans accept it your team as long as it used as a front to push digital boxes and cell phones will never be a winner. When you hire a joke of a GM and he is kept on for 8 years without even a playoff spot, disaster in the free agent market and in drafting have turned this club into the same league as the Pirates and Royals.
All the salary caps in the world will not save you from horrible ownership and mismanagement, just ask Lions, Browns and Raiders fans.
That's the thing right there...Rogers wants to make money. The Yankees and Red Socks ownership is there to win. The teams are their respective toys.Maybe because the Yankees have the fan support?
Rogers 'has the money', but would you invest $100 million+ if you were likely not to get any return?
I just chose a random big US city that doesn't have a team. Insert Sacramento or Portland, Oregon, or whatever.Curiosity makes me ask, why San Antonio? Where would they play ?
Your where the Expos were in about 1990. They were on of the leagues most successful franchises just seven years earlier. You can move up or go way down with awful ownership.I think we're a long ways away from needing to worry about that.
I doubt we'll ever see the days of 50k+ per game again, but a competitive team should get 30k-35k per night which is very respectable. They've got good local TV contracts, strong local ownership, the Jays are in no dnager of moving.
I just chose a random big US city that doesn't have a team. Insert Sacramento or Portland, Oregon, or whatever.
The Yanks and Red Sox want to make money too. Do you think that if they had the revenue that the Jays have that they would spend like that? Say what you want about how much the Steinbrenner's have, but the Yankees spend 'Yankee Money' and there is a ton of it.That's the thing right there...Rogers wants to make money. The Yankees and Red Socks ownership is there to win. The teams are their respective toys.