The franchise was established in 1977 and the Blue Jays name actually just came from suggestions to the team owner At the time the owner was not one single person but rather a popular Canadian Beer Company The color blue is significant in all of Canadian sports on both the collegiate and professional scale as you may see from teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and53,000 (football) Architect Rod Robbie (Toronto) and Michael Allen (Ottawa) Builder EllisDon — Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) Toronto's originally scheduled home opener was July 29 against the Washington Nationals The Blue Jays have had to play as the home team in road
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