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dukesrocks 8 months, 1 week ago

@ Dino_Blogger... Do you just post garbage without checking your facts? TV ratings for both WS involving the Jays were not the worst in MLB history, do some research idiot. And do you honestly think David Stern is really concerned about the Raptors. The Raptors, Leafs and Jays are owned by two of the richest corporations in NA. Do some reasearch and check out Rogers Communications and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. Lastly to even compare the Expos to the Jays shows really how stupid you are. The Jays are one of the richest teams in the MLB and I'm not talkig about their owners wealth, I'm talking bout the money they generate for their owners through TV, Radio, Publication, Sponsorship and Advertising, revenue that Forbes never takes into consideration when valuing the Jays. Lastly Dino, there are millons of people who care about baseball in Canada all you have to do is look at the Jays TV ratings to get a handle how popular the Jays are across the country.

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dukesrocks 8 months, 1 week ago

If the Jays are the only game in town, sorry I mean the country, would that not make them the biggest market in the MLB. And to clairify, the attendence may be low because they are not winning but their TV ratings are the best in the MLB. The totals for 2011, the Jays average over 500K per household, I don't see any MLB team even come close to that total. I see the Texas Rangers average under 200K per household and have a TV deal worth 150 million per year. Don't get me started on how much money Rogers makes off the Jays outside of baseball through their cable customers. Lets just say we are talking millios of dollars unrelated to baseball. Paul Beeston has to say we need fans to come to the games, that's just smart business. Fact is the Jays make Rogers so much money, there would be no way in hell Rogers would ever concider selling them. Most of this garbage about the Jays and Raptors come from Americans who know nothing about Toronto.

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