Blue Jays Open A Promising Season

While the Blue Jays’ first three games of the 2008 season against the New York Yankees may not have been as fruitful as us Jays fans would have hoped, it’s really tonight’s home opener against the Red Sox that will set the scene for the rest of the season.

It has been a long time since baseball fans in Toronto have celebrated a World Series championship (fifteen years now!) and an even longer time since the Jays had their humble beginnings on a snowy day at Exhibition Stadium in 1977. This year, however, the Blue Jays have moved past the “rebuilding phase” that has characterized the team for several seasons and are ready to be contenders.