The Blue Jays are unintentionally running a cursed promotion this year

It's no secret that the Toronto Blue Jays' season hasn't gone quite like anyone expected. But as poorly as 2024 has gone on the field, the team's promotions department might have the undignified honor of the biggest swing and miss of the season, and that's saying a lot.

Even with some of the positive late-season storylines, the Blue Jays are 67-75 entering action on Saturday. At 15.0 games back in the basement of the AL East, they are struggling to even make their goal of reaching the .500 mark. While promotional events don't have any connection to the team's piling up of losses this season, there's one new promotion this year that seems to be linked to fans having to watch opposing teams celebrate wins on the Rogers Centre turf.

The Blue Jays are unintentionally running a cursed promotion this year

The Blue Jays' confusing "Work From Dome" promotion nights have a disastrous 0-5 record this season, as pointed out by our friends over at the Gate 14 Podcast. Touted by the team's website as "an elevated workday experience at Rogers Centre," fans have been encouraged to "enjoy the ultimate office view while cheering on the Blue Jays."

Unfortunately, there hasn't been much cheering for fans to do during these Wednesday and Thursday afternoon home games. In the five losses during Work From Dome games, the Jays have been outscored by a ridiculous 35-8 count. The worst loss, 13-0, came at the hands of the almost equally inept Tampa Bay Rays at the end of July.

The most recent loss came just this past week against the Philadelphia Phillies by a 4-2 score — one of the closer games they have played during this cursed promotion.

Over the years, the Blue Jays have had some wacky and weird promotions and giveaways (Gustavo Chacín cologne, anyone?), but in terms of theme days and strange ways to sell tickets, Work From Dome might just be the weirdest one yet.

While the season is mercifully almost at its conclusion, the Blue Jays and their fans still have one more Work From Dome game to suffer through with the surging New York Mets in town on Sept. 11.

If the Blue Jays are taking feedback on their promotions, this might be one to scrap in 2025 and give the team on the field a fighting chance in the half-dozen or so weekday home afternoon games they'll have on the schedule.