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The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team, founded in Toronto, Ontario, as an expansion franchise in 1977. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They have called three stadiums home including Exhibition Stadium (1977-1989), The SkyDome (1989-2005), and Rogers Centre (1989-present). The Blue Jays played their first game on April 7, 1977 against the Chicago White Sox before a home crowd of 44,649. The game was played in a minor snowstorm which began just before the game started. Toronto won 9-5. Their team colors are royal blue, navy blue, red, and white.
From 1985 to 1993, they were an American League East powerhouse wining two World Series titles (1992 and 1993), two American League Pennants (1992 and 1993), and six East Division titles (1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 2015). The Blue Jays became the first (and, to date, only) team outside the US to appear in and win a World Series.
It should be noted that in the early years baseball teams used pennants rather than flags (hence the practice of calling championships winning the pennant) and there were a host of unofficial manufacturer's variants of these and later fan flags marketed for their fans. They included flags, banners, and pennants too numerous to all be shown here.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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The Blue Jays won two consecutive World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. They first defeated the Atlanta Braves in 1992 (4-2) and becoming the first team based outside of the United States to win the World Series. They followed the very next year defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in 1993 also four games to two games.
However, the Jays did not play in the 2016 World Series as this flag suggests. The 2016 World Series was played between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians. The Cubs won 4 games to 3. According to Chris Creamer of SportsLogos.net the flag was produced as a one-off salesman's sample (possibly only virtual), but anybody owning a real version of this flag has an interesting collectors item.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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The fan flag features the Blue Jays logo used between 2000 and 2003 on a royal blue field. The second retro flag features the Blue Jays logo used between 1977-1996. Although the Jays team colors are royal blue, navy blue, red, and white, flag manufacturers interpret these color in a wide variety of shades.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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This Blue Jays flag uses the primary team logo used between 1997 and 1999 on a red field.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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This flag features a cartoonish blue jay holding a bat and ball while partly wrapped around a "T" for Toronto. This was the Blue Jays logo used between 2000 and 2003. Still my favorite, it has character.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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These two Blue Jays retro flags feature the Jays logo used between 2004 and 2011. They clearly illustrate the different size variants used by flag manufacturers.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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These three Blue Jays flags use various Team logos (1977-1996, 2012-present) with design elements consisting of horizontal stripes in team colors on various field colors and patterns.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
Two examples of Blue Jays fan flags illustrating different colors and size ratios used by different manufacturers.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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This popular flag design can be found for most professional teams (and sports), using the appropriate team colors and logos naturally.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
This style flag, a melding of Jays and Star Wars fandom, is being produced for most MLB and NFL (National Football League) teams in their appropriate team colors, etc.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
images from Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
I find these flags rather peculiar. Obviously based on the American flag, yet the Blue Jays are a Canadian team. These flags have been reproduced in team colors for all the MLB baseball teams (also for football and basketball teams in the United States) and displayed by their enthusiastic fans. The flags come in several manufacturer's variants using different logos in the cantons, some with stars, some not, and with different stripes at their fly end.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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Now this is more like it, these are definitely Canadian designs, with a traditional twist to them.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
images from Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
The flags come in several manufacturer's variants using different current Jays logos mixed with the red maple leave design of Canada.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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These flags are for those Canadian families with divided loyalties between different teams. In these cases, the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and San Francisco Giants.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
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image from Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019
The fan flag for that special place "The Man Cave". These flags are made for most professional teams and sports.
Pete Loeser, 30 March 2019