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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Blue Jays to Fans: Throw Back a Homer, Get the Boot</title>
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<title>SCREWFACE</title>
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Everyone don't panic!

Cito Gaston will get this thing sorted out! 
Let's relax and enjoy baseball in Toronto again!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582655</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:38:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>b29</title>
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it just makes more sense to build a multi-purpose building for a sport with such few fans as baseball in a market like this.
saying it isn't "real" baseball doesn't make any sense. the game they're playing in there is baseball. just because it's not in anyplace, USA, in an outdoor dedicated baseball diamond doesn't mean it's fake. if you can't get past that, your loss.
video games are computerized, "friends" are actors. the blue jays? professional baseball players. what a stupid analogy.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582622</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>cito gaston</title>
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yeah, those $8 tickets really set you back sean

the jays are probably very sensitive since that extended period last year where fans started mini-riots in the stands and the fistfight videos got on youtube for all to see

jays are first in the AL and have the second best record in baseball right now. yay.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582610</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:25:21 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Snowman</title>
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Throwing stuff on the field is idiotic. Period. And you have to be consistent with the rules. No homerun balls thrown back. So what? It's safer that way. And I'm sure we'll all survive the embarassment of having that rule. End of story.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582516</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:48:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ratpick</title>
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b29, my eloquent, witty friend,

I never pissed on anyone's love of the game. I pissed on that awful conference centre/universal sports facility that was obsolete the day it opened. The SkyTHing.

Video games ain't REAL adventure, the cast of "Friends" ain't your REAL friends, and what is played inside the SkyDome is not REAL baseball.

Take a day trip down to Toledo and see the Mudhens. THAT is the real deal. So's Christie Pits, by the way.

And yeah, pond hockey rules. Whoever dictated that games need to be played inside in complicated facilities is a total dick.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582507</link>
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<category>Toronto, Sports & Play</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:31:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sean</title>
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I gave up on the Jays long ago.  

My personal boycott saved me a whole bunch of cash.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582490</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:33:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>chenyip</title>
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Ah so goes it.

It's like a couple posters stated:  Toronto ain't a baseball town.  Traditions carried out in large baseball markets (aka Yankee fans yelling ASSHOLE at Red Sox fans throughout the whole game) don't translate well in non-baseball markets.

Same thing with hockey though.  I mean even Red Wings management tried stopping people from throwing octopi on the rink, and that's from Hockey Town USA.

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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582472</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:59:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jaysfan21</title>
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Good reading skills there Kit..."upwards of a dozen games a year ". Key word in that? <u>upwards</i>.

And unfortunately, that opening day BS has been an opening day tradition for a few seasons running now.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:39:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>kit</title>
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hahahaha, huge fan....dozen games a year...

sure buddy, 1/8 of the homes games makes you a HUGE fan. further proving the fact that we have truely have terrible baseball fans in toronto

lol 12 games "huge fan" hahahaha.

this will all blow over in a few months, just all that opening day bs. GO JAYS GO.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582459</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:30:39 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jayfan21</title>
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Word from inside the team...

First and foremost, this isn't a new rule. MLB-wide, fans are subject to ejection for throwing <i>anything</i> on the field - baseballs included. Game staff in certain parks can choose to look the other way on an opponent's homerun ball, but that's up to their discretion.

Second, twerps in the outfield lately haven't been just lobbing the ball back into the gaps in the outfield...they've been taking aim at players - both visitors and Blue Jay outfielders.

As for the person confounded by why fans got thrown out for heckling opposition players, there's no rule that says you can't do that. You can scream at them all game long. What you <u>can't</u> do is swear at them, or stand while you're yelling and block the view of people behind you.

From my point of view, as time has past, The Blue Jays have drawn more and more idiots to their games. people forget how slow the sport is, and just use it as an excuse to get tanked and act belligerent. They have next to no interest in what is happening on the field and probably couldn't tell you who's winning without looking at the scoreboard. Toronto has the bases loaded? *yawn* Jays pitcher has two strikes on the batter? *yawn* The wave is coming around *c'mon everyone, we GOTTA do this!*

I'm a huge fan, and I go to upwards of a dozen games a year but I've been of the same opinion for the last six or seven years: worst fans in baseball.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:32:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Lisa</title>
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I completely agree - same with the Marlies game last night...which had very poor attendance (we won tickets) but some grown men at the end of the game thought it would be great fun to verbally assault the opposing players as they were leaving the ice - I understand heckling but foul, threatening language seems a bit extreme. As does throwing anything on the ice except a hat...I couldn't get out of there quick enough.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582427</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:09:35 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jeff</title>
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This is unfortunate, and this policy has changed back and forth. 

How it used to be anyways, was that you had to throw it back immediately...not after the next pitch, or AB, which made sense.

I also feel that this is a security manager making this decision. Send an email to Paul Beeston, he's a baseball man and will correct this error.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582418</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:55:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mike W</title>
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I could be wrong then, not a Jays fan but there's always someone complaining about them..]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582417</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:53:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>b29</title>
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but the team is doing well! i figured he would have known that before making such a comment.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582411</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:40:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>shane</title>
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"The better way to stop it from happening? Put a great team on the field: there will be fewer home runs to throw back, not to mention more fans in the seats."

Great theory... except that the team is in 1st place in the division and still drawing 20,000 or less on a lot of nights.

Don't blame the management for the fact that the only people that seem to consistently attend the games (apart from the 5,000 or so actual baseball fans in this city) are drunken idiots who just want to cause a disruption on nights when they can get a cheap ticket.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582405</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:31:56 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Richard S</title>
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This is horrible how some of the dumbasses are ruining it for everyone. Between what's going on at the Jays games and the TFC games, its hard to not be embarrassed (and ironically, they're the two teams doing better than the others).


Its a shame when you pay quite a bit of money to see a game and have it ruined by some drunk idiot.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582397</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:07:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mike W</title>
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I thought he was insulting the team and not the facilities?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582396</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:07:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>DS</title>
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Kenny Powers would never stand for this kind of nonsense.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582394</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:05:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>b29</title>
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what the hell are you talking about?
oh, so they play on fake grass and under a roof. that means it isn't real baseball?
well then neither is the hockey they play in the ACC real, because it's not on a fucking frozen pond.
indoor baseball has been around for a long time now. stop being a fucking suck, and either enjoy it, or stop pissing on everybody else's love for the game; indoors or out.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:01:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>PD</title>
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This is just terrible..  I've been to games in Boston, Chicago & SF where this behaviour is expected...  The Jays stadium staff are clueless to what "fun" means & suck the life out of what should be a fun experience at the ball park.  Last year I was told to stop heckling an outfielder on the opposing team b/c they had a late extra innings game the day before. What the hell is that?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2009/04/blue_jays_to_fans_throw_back_a_homer_get_the_boot/#c582377</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:20:44 PDT</pubDate>
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