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MLB monitoring turf condition at Blue Jays’ Rogers Centre

By Alexandra Huber

Apr 14, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson (20) throws out Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria (not pictured) at second base in the sixth inning at the Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 14, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson (20) throws out Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria (not pictured) at second base in the sixth inning at the Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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MLB monitoring turf conditions at Blue Jays’ Rogers Centre after teams notice strange and irregular bounces.

Major League Baseball is actively monitoring the turf condition at Rogers Centre, the home of the Toronto Blue Jays, according to Fox Sports. Apparently, the new Rogers Centre turf is unpredictable and erratic, which results in baseballs responding in unusual, irregular ways.

The league’s primary concern is that the turf will actually affect the outcome of a game. This far, no conclusions have been made regarding the turf, however, if it continues to affect play, measures will have to be taken.

During a game at Rogers Centre on Tuesday, Rays bench coach Tom Foley, who served as a third base coach for 13 years, noticed a difference in the way the turf reacted. In fact, he said it was unlike anything he’d ever seen.

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“I don’t know if any of us have seen a ball do what that one did,” Foley said in reference to a swinging bunt by Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis.

Foley predicted that, at some point during the Blue Jays/Rays series, the turf will cause “something” to happen. MLB hopes no one finds out what that “something” might be.

According to one Blue Jays player, “it’s almost like they’ve given us a new stadium, or at least a place that plays like a different stadium.”

The plus side to this new turf, though, is that the strange bounces could make the games a little more interesting, which might get more fans in the seats. And the Blue Jays could use the attendance boost.

If worse comes to worst, maybe the Blue Jays could borrow the Air Canada Centre for their games. The Maple Leafs sure aren’t using it and, given the fact that the Raptors haven’t won a NBA playoff series since 2001, the arena might be empty rather soon. Cue sad Drake.

May 4, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Musical artist Drake reacts from the sideline against the Brooklyn Nets in game seven of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports
May 4, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Musical artist Drake reacts from the sideline against the Brooklyn Nets in game seven of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports /

Not to worry, Blue Jays, you are’t the only ones. The Chicago Bears understand your pain.

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