Phillies @ Blue Jays in Philadelphia?

The G20 Summit is in Toronto at the end of June, and the much anticipated return of Roy Halladay to Toronto since his trade in December to the National League's Philadelphia Phillies. This decision here with the Summit and the Blue Jays really in my opinion shows what kind of respect there is for baseball in this area. I am a baseball guy, and that may influence my decision, but the Jays are averaging just over 15,000 fans a night at home, and are atrocious at home as well with a home record of 7-10 compared to a 12-5 road record. The Jays estimate that about 90,000 fans over the three game series would come to watch the Phillies take on the Blue Jays, but Toronto just lost a lot of revenue, and disgruntled a lot of their fans, by making the decision to move to Philly.

The G20 Summit is awarded at least one year in advance, as the host city needs time to prepare for increase of police, protesters, etc, so if the Blue Jays and Major League Baseball knew of this, why would they schedule a home game for Toronto on the same weekend of the summit? Initially the Summit was going to go Huntsville, but it was deemed a non sufficient site to host the G20 (too small), and got moved to Toronto. Right then and there, the Jays should have been on the phone attempting to change home dates in Interleague play. This seems kinda stupid, I mean why would MLB not make this change immediately, as to accommodate the Summit and the Jays?

I really believe that if the Leafs were already scheduled at home the Summit might be moved, or the Leafs would find a way to be on the road during that time.

Baseball in Canada is a great thing, and the Jays are nice to watch, but 15,000 a night will not pay the bills, moves like this will frustrate the fans, and anger season ticket holders. It is time for the Blue Jays to assert their importance in this community, and for them realize how important Roy Halladay truly is.

Up next, I have a couple of options- I want to realign baseball, but I also want to address the fan experience at the Rogers Centre this year, one of those two on the weekend for sure.