Blue Jays: Best tweets about the cancelled dome game

The Blue Jays had to cancel their home game at the Rogers Centre on Monday, an unexpected development considering their home field has a dome.

The MLB season has gotten off to a rough start in terms of the weather, with six games being cancelled for Sunday’s schedule, and another three having games wiped out by weather on Monday as well. For the Blue Jays, it was their third straight contest that Mother Nature took away, and while that’s not uncommon in April, it’s a little strange that the third time was a home game.

I mean, the Blue Jays have a dome on the Rogers Centre.

In case you missed it, there was a pretty big ice storm that swept through most of Ontario, causing all kinds of treacherous road conditions, and wreaking havoc on a number of other things. It wasn’t expected that it would effect an indoor baseball game, but Mother Nature found a way when ice fell from the CN Tower, piercing the roof of the Rogers Centre.

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For a variety of reasons, the Blue Jays decided that the safety of their fans was at risk, more likely when it comes to actually getting inside. The chances of someone getting hurt through the relatively small hole(s) in the dome was small, but if ice chunks are falling from downtown buildings like that, you can’t blame the club for being reluctant to invite their fans down for a game.

While it’s strange that the Blue Jays will have to re-schedule a home game, it’s not the first time in franchise history there’s been a double header since the Rogers Centre (Skydome) opened). In fact, it’s the third time, with the first coming in 1989 when David Wells won both games in relief in one day, and the second time happening in 2001, when they had issues with the retractable roof.

If we’re looking for a silver lining, I can think of two. I wrote an article about how the delay with Cleveland could theoretically allow Josh Donaldson to return in time for those games in early May, and that the Jays missed Corey Kluber this time around. The other upside is more immediate, and a guarantee for all of us. Some of these tweets are downright hilarious.

The Blue Jays media department started the day out by making a joke about how their game would not be cancelled in Toronto, given that the game was at the Rogers Centre… with a dome. The eventually deleted the tweet and began trying to update fans before the game.

This one isn’t so much funny as it is crazy. You literally couldn’t pay me enough to do this job, and I’ll definitely tip my hat to these guys. You can’t say the Rogers Centre staff didn’t give it a shot to get things ready for the game.

A friend once told me that “if it’s more funny than it is wrong, then it’s okay”. I don’t think that’s a good rule of thumb for anyone to live by, but in this case I’ll admit I laughed, even as a fan of both Jose Bautista and Randal Grichuk.

There’s one with some respect to Joey Bats. That was one of my favourite days, ever.

https://twitter.com/The_JayWalk/status/985847575717658628

The replies on status like this were worth a ready. To be fair, I was with them at 5:49am thinking the game was a guarantee.

It’s definitely starting to feel that way.

Of course, there are a ton more, and I’m sure after I finish writing this there will be plenty more to go through. You can’t help but chuckle about this, especially after the Blue Jays missed their last two games as well. That’s April for you, I guess.

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