Rivalries Toronto Blue Jays
1 rivalries
1.1 montreal expos
1.2 detroit tigers
1.3 seattle mariners
rivalries
montreal expos
the montreal expos blue jays geographic national league rival, being other canadian mlb team before relocated. 1978 1986, teams played annual mid-season exhibition game, known pearson cup, named after former prime minister lester b. pearson. teams began facing each other in regular season in 1997, advent of interleague play. during 2003 , 2004 seasons, expos last 2 seasons before relocating washington, d.c. nationals, pearson cup awarded after pair of three-game sets.
detroit tigers
the detroit tigers blue jays geographic , traditional rival, dating 1980s, when teams al east contenders. tigers moved al central in 1998, , rivalry has died down result, teams facing each other 6 7 times per year since 2011. depending on traffic , border delays, detroit four-hour drive toronto. according detroit news, july 2017 three-game series @ comerica park against blue jays drew season-best-to-date total attendance of 115,088.
seattle mariners
although seattle mariners not divisional rival, many blue jays fans western canada travel seattle when blue jays play there. depending on traffic , border delays, seattle three-hour drive vancouver, british columbia, canada. seattle times estimated blue jays fans represented around 70 percent of crowd june 2017 weekend series.
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