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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
National viewership and national image are two different things. The Blue Jays created quite the stir removing the red and the maple leaf from their jerseys when they went to the current logo.
The Jays had been Canada's team for a very long time before Rogers came in. Now they are more interested in pushing themelves as Toronto's team. Not that there is a whole lot wrong with that, simply that Bloom is arguing a course of action these men have rejected.
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Mmm, I'm not so sure about that. We get a ton of BlueJays coverage on 960 with weekly appearences from most of the Jays broadcast crew calling Mike Richards/Big Show/Sportsline, which is far better than we've had in recent years.
If it wasn't for the Vipers, we'd be getting more Radio broadcasts, which is disappointing, but at least 90% of the Games are on local TV.
As I said, the Expos were in the Canadian market and it is kind of hard to market the Jays as "canada's team" when you have another one taking the market. Hey, they did wear those spiffy Canada Day Jerseys too.