OTTAWA – If the primary league baseball season in 2020, the Toronto Blue Jays can be a home team.
The Canadian government rejected the team’s request to play the coronavirus pandemic in Toronto, CBC reported. This makes the Blue Jays comparable to the homeless man Ruppert Mundys described in Philip Roth’s 1973 novel, “The Great American Novel.”
Unlike the Mundy, who were forced to become homeless in World War II, the Blue Jays decidedly to become homeless had more to do with fitness issues.
“Based on the maximum productive public productivity recommendation available, we have concluded that the cross-border requirement for MLB’s normal season games does not adequately protect Canadians’ fitness and defense,” said Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees. Citizenship, in a statement. . “As a result, Canada will not grant a country-wide interest exemption for the normal MLB season at this time.”
The Canadian government had allowed the Blue Jays, the only primary league to play outdoor house games in the United States, to hang their school camp at the Rogers Center. Officials, however, hesitated to allow another group station to cross the border to play, The Sports Netpaintings reported.
Mendicino said the executive willing to adjust his executive order if the Blue Jays hit the playoffs and the threat of COVID-1 spreading had subsided, CBC reported.
The Blue Jays issued a saying that “the best friend respected” Ottawa’s decision.
“Defending all the network pains – our enthusiasts – and the team has remained the concern of everyone involved, and with that, the club’s best friend respects the decision of the federal government,” Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro said in a statement. “While our team won’t play house games at the Rogers Center this summer, our players can be in the box for the 2020 season with the same pride and passion, representative of an entire nation. We can’t wait for the day when scorridor will be able to reproduce in front of our enthusiasts on Canadian soil.
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Team officials said they were finalizing their plans to play on a regular-season alterlocal, ESPN reported. Opportunities come with the Blue Jays’ spring education facility in Dunedin, Florida, or its Triple-A associate in Buffalo, New York.
The Blue Jays are expected to open their season Friday in Florida as opposed to the Tampa Bay Rays, as Florida continues to set new records for COVID-1nine cases.
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