mersk862
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Toronto media saying Pittsburgh is the winner.
So if someone Rudy Goberts the league into cancellation after two games, the new batting title record holder could be someone who went 5 for 10 in those two games.
Pennsylvania government said no to the Blue Jays.
Baltimore or being a road all year appears to be the options.
Somebody on a Jays thread said the Baltimore mayor will say no too.
The Jays are probably a few years away, but they have a ton of young talent. Would be interesting to what would happen if the MLB expanded the playoff field (MLB and MLBPA mulling expanding the playoffs to 16 games) and the Jays made it. Canada's COVID rates are so low, that they could actually have fans at games by this Fall. So, the Jays could go from having to play all road games to the only team playing before fans.
That said, it seems like the most like scenario is that Jays will play all road games (they will bat last in the opponent's ballpark for those games that were scheduled for Toronto). From September 7 to September 24, the Jays were to host the Yankees for 7 games, the Mets for 3 and play 3 in Yankee stadium. Now, they will spend most of the month of September in New York.
Banning the Jays from PA seems arbitrary. It's OK to have the Phillies and Pirates play home games, but we draw the line at one more team.