Inside Baseball: Jays checking in on Buffalo with desperation growing to find a home By Mike Harrington Jul 11, 2020 Jul 11, 2020 Updated Sep 21, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The abbreviated 2020 schedule has been out for a few days now and the Toronto Blue Jays are the only Major League Baseball team still without a home.kAm%96:C D:EF2E:@? :D 2 >6DD 2?5 E96 9:?5D:89E :D BF:E6 @3G:@FDi %96 y2JD >256 2 >:DE2<6 E96 =2DE D6G6C2= H66<D ?@E 8:G:?8 >@C6 D6C:@FD 4@?D:56C2E:@? E@ A=2J:?8 E96:C 9@>6 82>6D :? qF772=@ 2E $29=6? u:6=5 E9:D D62D@?]k^AmkAm%92E 4@F=5 36 492?8:?8] k^AmkAm|F=E:A=6 D@FC46D 4@?7:C> E@ %96 qF772=@ }6HD E92E E96 q:D@?DV A2C6?E 4=F3 92D 7:?2==J C624965 @FE E@ #:49 q2D632== ~A6C2E:@?D :? 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Inside Baseball: Sahlen Field has never been MLB-ready and that's OK It's a Triple-A ballpark, albeit one of the nicer ones you'll find even after all this time.
Buffalo bound? Canada denies Blue Jays permission to play in Toronto The decision could force the club to do an about-face and move its regular season home schedule to Sahlen Field in Buffalo.
Work needed makes Sahlen Field a longshot as Jays keep looking for a home With fewer than 10 days to their season opener, the Toronto Blue Jays know where they want to play their home games this season, but they have…
Bisons won't play ball for first time in 42 years as minors cancel season The 2020 season at Sahlen Field was slated to be the 136th in the history of professional baseball in Buffalo.
Bisons voices Pat Malacaro and Duke McGuire ponder a lost season Buffalo Bisons broadcast team Pat Malacaro and Duke McGuire find themselves facing a summer unlike any other.
Blue Jays may use Sahlen Field for taxi squad The Toronto Blue Jays are preparing to use Sahlen Field as the site for their "taxi squad" during the upcoming Major League Baseball regular s…
