After setting record low attendance marks last week, Jays fans outdid themselves on Monday as a crowd of just 10,314 showed up to the Rogers Centre to watch their club face the Royals. Which begs the question, “Who the fuck buys tickets to a Royals game?”
While the record is impressive, I’m not sure it’s safe. The Jays are scheduled to host the Padres in mid-June, Kansas City again in mid-July and Baltimore at various points throughout the season.
A whopping 10,565 diehard fans watched Toronto defeat the Royals 4-3 on Tuesday night. But while Blue Jays fans are not showing up in droves, as the clip below proves, at least they’re doing their part to entertain Canadians:
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(CTV lawyers would like me to point out that this interview is satirical. Apparently, the same viewers who find Corner Gas funny were confused after reading this.)
Starr: After he wowed viewers with yet another memorable call during the broadcast of the Men’s Snowboard Cross final, I’m pleased to introduce Jamie Campbell, announcer for the CTV-Rogers Olympic consortium at the Vancouver Games. Jamie, thanks for joining us here at The Steve Network.
Campbell: Thanks for having me Steve.
Starr: Jamie… baseball, moguls skiing, now snowboard cross. You make ruining sports seem so effortless, is it?
Campbell: Well I must admit, it always has come quite naturally to me.
Starr: You sure made ruining Blue Jays baseball for the past five years look natural. Were you worried you wouldn’t be able to ruin the Olympics?
Campbell: To be honest, baseball is easier to spoil because more people know the sport, but I found if I completely ignored the replays I was supposed to be talking over and commented as if I were on a five-second tape delay, it didn’t take long to ruin the Olympics for almost all of our Canadian viewers.
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In a stroke of marketing genius, the Toronto Blue Jays have sold out all 500-level seats for the upcoming 2010 season.
While many questioned why a team that finished 12 games under .500 last year would raise prices on their cheapest seats, fans of the ball club seemingly have no problem paying an extra $2 to sit in the nosebleeds.
“It’s an absolute steal for those of us who don’t want to see just how fat Vernon Wells really is up-close,” said longtime supporter Jay McMahon. “I would’ve paid a lot more.”
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