TORONTO - Bud Selig never made the Rogers Centre on his farewell tour last season. The outgoing commissioner visited over 20 stadia in 2014.
Toronto was not on the major-league map.
In fact, we don’t ever remember Selig visiting the Rogers Centre/SkyDome. Selig was in Toronto about eight or nine years ago for quarterly owners meetings in August, but the Jays were on the road.
New commissioner Rob Manfred, of strong upstate New York stock (Rome, N.Y., attended Le Moyne College in Syracuse, where the Dolphins play), found his way this far north on Monday.
Manfred was front and centre as the Blue Jays staged their 39th home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.