Blue Jays Canada Day jersey revealed

[friarcanuck]

I was checking out the Blue Jays online store today and saw their Canada Day set on the front page.

Blue Jays store

Not bad IMO. I think they look alot better than the black jerseys with red shadow they had before.

[scarsofthumper]

I love the jerseys, and the hats look better than the ones they wore last year during July 4th/9-11

[DustDevil61]

Funny how this team called the Blue Jays seem to wear every other color than blue, though the national pride is understandable.

[kiwi_canadian]

I remember when they first started it. It was around the time when they started the interleague play and it was the Blue Jays against the Expos during the Canada Day weekend. Why didn't the Expos ever participate with this?

[CC97]

I remember when they first started it. It was around the time when they started the interleague play and it was the Blue Jays against the Expos during the Canada Day weekend. Why didn't the Expos ever participate with this?

First time was in 1996 -- you're thinking of the game in 1997. Why didn't the Expos participate? Quebec isn't exactly the hotbed of Canadian national pride.

[zer0dotcom]

dammit, why didn't they have those last year...

Very nice set, I've bee hoping for these jerseys since the late 90's

[DEAD!]

We are all Cardinals.... er.... Blue Jays.... er... Red Jays....

[Davey]

I love em . I like how they gone back to the full red over the script and using "Canada" on the back of the jerseys like the use too. Great design for the hat, but overall I like the set.

[DelayedPenalty]

The jersey looks great. Not crazy about the hat with the flag behind the jay. They should have just used the regular jay on a red cap, or perhaps the T logo.

[KJTALBOT]

Funny how this team called the Blue Jays seem to wear every other color than blue, though the national pride is understandable.

Oh, nostalgia. I think I made just about the same post in the late 1990s. I have since come to my senses. If the Jays want to celebrate Canada by wearing red, then I think my Canadian ancestors would be proud.

[Burmy]

"This land is your land, this land is my land,

From Bonavista to Vancouver Island,

From the Arctic Circle, to the Great Lakes waters,

This land was made for you and me!"

I remember when Cito Gaston (remember him?) had the team singing that for Canada Day!

[patsox]

We are all Cardinals.... er.... Blue Jays.... er... Red Jays....

And all this time I thought they were the Black Jays

[DelayedPenalty]

"This land is your land, this land is my land,

From Bonavista to Vancouver Island,

From the Arctic Circle, to the Great Lakes waters,

This land was made for you and me!"

I remember when Cito Gaston (remember him?) had the team singing that for Canada Day!

Jays fans know him well, since he's the current manager.

[SLAM]

Remember these?

[Swampee]

Remember these?

Those are the best...I would love to get my hands on one of those caps.

[DustDevil61]

Funny how this team called the Blue Jays seem to wear every other color than blue, though the national pride is understandable.

Oh, nostalgia. I think I made just about the same post in the late 1990s. I have since come to my senses. If the Jays want to celebrate Canada by wearing red, then I think my Canadian ancestors would be proud.

That's what I meant. They look good, and I find them refreshing. As the only MLB team in Canada, they should let it show. It's just odd that a team with Blue in its name hardly has any blue, but then again you have the Red Sox and White Sox. Hopefully these red Canada Day unis are a step toward being more colorful soon, but enough of my rant.

[IceCap]

All things considered (being their current identity package), this is a very nice jersey. It's a huge improvement over the "lets randomly insert red into the black alternates and call it day" jerseys.

Remember these?

I had a replica of that jersey. I love it in the same way I love the old Pens' crazy striped black alt/road.

[Korbyn]

I love those hats!

[The_Admiral]

Sorry, Roger, but our princess is in another castle.

[kiwi_canadian]

I remember when they first started it. It was around the time when they started the interleague play and it was the Blue Jays against the Expos during the Canada Day weekend. Why didn't the Expos ever participate with this?

First time was in 1996 -- you're thinking of the game in 1997. Why didn't the Expos participate? Quebec isn't exactly the hotbed of Canadian national pride.

Yes but Montreal has more Canadian National Pride then anywhere else in Quebec.