Today in Blue Jays history: The first ever Blue Jays game

Today in Blue Jays history: The first ever Blue Jays game
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44 Years Ago Today
Blue Jays played their first-ever game: April 7, 1977, at
Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. If you are old enough to remember Exhibition Stadium, you’ll remember it was a terrible place to watch a baseball game. The
Argonauts played their CFL games there, so the seats faced the 55 yard line, not the diamond. You had to turn your head to watch the play. They made some improvements there as time went on, but
Skydome was a huge improvement
It was cold. The official game temperature was 0 C, but there was wind and a little snow. It would have seemed colder sitting in those stands. The Jays won the game 9-5 beating the White Sox. Jays’ starting pitcher,

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