Toronto Blue Jays Tickets

Toronto Blue Jays Tickets

The Toronto Blue Jays are a renowned and highly accomplished baseball team that is based in Canada. They are full members of the MLB's American League. The club take their name from a native bird that can often be found in the surrounding region, their nickname is "the jays" as seen on their uniform and logo.

The club was founded back in 1977 as one of the expansion franchises. They played initially at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, and relocated in 1989 to the newly built SkyDome. The SkyDome was renamed the Rogers Centre in 2004 after the telecommunications corporate entity that bought the club in 2000.

The team holds a number of interesting records. They are only the second ever Major League Baseball outfit to be based entirely outside of the US, and are the only non-US team to date to actually be victorious in a World Series. What's more, they were the fastest expansion franchise to claim the honor of winning the World Series, which they did in only their sixteenth competitive year.

Since the only other non-American franchise, the Montreal Expos, moved to Washington DC in 2004, the Blue Jays are as of today the only MLB club based outside of the United States. The club are only one of a handful of Major League Baseball outfits that have corporate ownership, the others being the Atlanta Braves and the Seattle Mariners.

As of 2011, six former Blue Jay players have been given the honor of being included in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the latest being Roberto Alomar. What makes Alomar stand apart is that he is the first to be elected primarily because of his service to the Toronto team. The other players are Ricky Henderson, Phil Niekro, Pat Gillick, Paul Molitor, and Dave Winfield. It surely won't be long before any names are added.

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