Long gone are the days where the Skydome, (now the Rogers Centre) was packed with over 50,000 Blue Jays’ faithful. We all miss the days of Joe Carter blasting home runs over the left field wall, and Robbie Alomar exciting us with his great defensive ability. In a league where there is no salary cap, the Jays have to deal with the two of the league’s greatest spending powers in the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. The Yankees are spending over $205 million on their 2010 roster, while the Red Sox come in 2nd in the MLB coming in at just over $162 million. What is a team to do when their division rivals spend more in one year than most teams spend over 2 years?
Well...new GM Alex Anthopoulos thinks that we can’t outspend them, so much like Tampa Bay we must develop our farm system and develop young players into future stars. Having said that, the Jays boast a roster that is young and upcoming. We have two young stars in Aaron Hill and Travis Snider. Both players are rapidly becoming presences in the league and will hopefully continue to do so in the future.
The Jays are currently in 3rd in the AL East at 8-6 and have played well for a team playing without Aaron Hill who will continue to be sidelined until Friday when he will make his return against the Tampa Bay Rays. Having said this, why are fans not showing up at the Rogers Centre? Is this purely a hockey town? Just 5 days after setting the stadium’s record for lowest attendance (10,619) the Jays once again plummeted to a new low last night with only 10, 314 fans showing up. I know we are not the Yankees or Red Sox, but come on Torontonians we are the only Canadian team and what better way to show your patriotism than to show up to the ballpark on cheer on Canada’s team! Tickets are really cheap right now and are even going for 50% of face value...so come on down, have a beer and relax while you watch this up and coming young team at the Rogers Centre!
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