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Back in April when Blue Jays attendance bottomed out to record lows, there was a great deal of number-crunching and nail-biting by the club, fans, and the media about what was keeping the customers away.
During a four-game series in Toronto's opening homestand, Chicago White Sox outfielder and former Blue Jay Alex Rios went so far as to suggest that baseball was "dead in Toronto."
Now it's the beginning of June, and attendance has not improved at all. Monday night's contest against the majors' best club, the Tampa Bay Rays, drew just 11,335 to the Rogers Centre.
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http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=323306
I haven't read this entire thread, so maybe this has been discussed to death, but why can't the Jays draw any fans?
I assume a big part of this is being in the AL East. Fans have little hope that the Jays can overtake the powerhouse Yankees and BoSox with their seemingly unlimited payrolls. Is there any chance that MLB will bring in a hard salary cap in the future?