The Toronto Blue Jays started as an expansion team in 1977 along with the seattle mariners.
The Toronto Blue Jays got their name by a contest. Some random person suggested the Blue Jays and I guess the judges like the idea. It actually has a nice ring to it. So now, they are the Toronto blue Jays who play in the Rogers Centre.
The Toronto Blue Jays, featuring premier pitcher Roy Halladay.
Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays. They`re in the AL East Division.
The Toronto Blue Jays have played at the Rogers Centre since 1989. It was formerly named the Skydome from 1989-2005. When the Blue Jays began playing in 1977, they played at Exhibition Stadium.
The Toronto Blue Jays' founding ownership group was headed by the Labatt brewery, whose marquee Ontario brand was (and still is) Labatt's Blue Pilsner. Pouring, both from this fact and the from longstanding Toronto sports tradition of sports teams wearing blue (NHL Maple Leafs, IL Maple Leafs, CFL Argonauts, University of Toronto Varsity Blues), Labatt decreed that the name must incorporate the name of the colour. Rumour has it that the "Toronto Blues" was the initial frontrunner before beng displaced by rather harmless migratory birds. Why Blue Jays? I can't really say other than to note that Blue Jays do inhabit the "true north strong and free" and fit in with the baseball tradition of naming teams after nonthreatening birds (Orioles, Cardinals).
Cito Gaston of the 1992 Toronto Blue Jays.
the blue jays are named the blue jays because the held a draw for the name. The people of Toronto were asked to submit names that they thought the team should be called. The ballot that was selected had the name blue jays on it. that is why the blue jays are named the blue jays A further actual reason.........the original owners of the franchise in Toronto were a beer company called Labatt's, and their most popular brand of beer, at that time was Labatt's BLUE. I think you can see the connection? The blue jay, the real bird, is blue and white in color, and is loud and has a horrible sounding cry, and is prone to stealing anything that is shiny or glitters, such as tin foil, or plastic. So much for making a great choice of mascot, or emblem.
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the name of the guy that wrote the music for "OK Blue Jays" is Jack Lenz. He is a Canada based artist who has worked on shows like Due South. I believe the name of his company is Lenz and Assiociates.