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> This news is maybe not quite as exciting for baseball fans as getting a new stadium, but there is plenty to be happy about in this story, I think.

I'm extremely happy about this news.

The SkyDome (fight me lol) IS baseball in Toronto. Maybe it doesn't have the retro charm of Comerica or the other new old-style parks. So what! It's nearly as iconic as the CN Tower. It doesn't need to be the best ballpark around (although I would argue there's really nothing wrong with it - it's not Tropicana, or the heinous eyesore that is MinuteMaid) - it's OUR ballpark.

Knocking it down and building a new one just so Rogers can extract more money from the city would have been a tragedy. And environmentally unconscionable.

The remnants of the Colosseum show that a stadium can last thousands of years if you want it to (a lot of the damage is actually from people looting finished stone over the centuries - if it had been maintained, it would be in usable condition today). Only capitalists would want to tear it down after 30 years...

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Love these updates. Thanks Stoeten!

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Happy New Year, Andrew. Let’s hope for a better 2022 that includes an end to the pandemic, baseball starting on time and a Blue Jays run to the WS.

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