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Ken Rosenthal Torches Toronto For It's Dunedin Field Conditions

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Just say no.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/toronto-blue-jays-michael-saunders-unsafe-field-injury-031915

The Jays immediately stopped using that field due to safety concerns, according to major-league sources. The field, one of five at the complex, normally receives little use after the team begins official workouts. But Saunders was an early arrival to camp, and he and other position players found the field convenient because of its proximity to the complex's batting cages.

The fields at the minor-league complex are owned by the city of Dunedin but maintained by the Blue Jays, according to Ken Carson, the team's former director of Florida operations. Groundskeepers repaired the area where Saunders went down after his injury occurred, a source said.

Shelby Nelson, the Jays director of Florida operations, referred an inquiry about the state of the facilities in Dunedin to Alex Anthopoulos, the Jays general manager. Anthopoulos could not be reached for comment.

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I figured they were just trying to get players used to what they will see in Toronto.

Shame grass won't grow in Canada.

(Actually they laid down a new carpet, let's hope it's an improvement.)

They tried to hire this guy to run the company in charge of the project to make real grass grow there. The also endowed a University to do the study. Too bad Peter would not let Dan go figure out how to do it.

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It wasn't that long ago you could have said the same about us, and the conditions of thetwin lakes complex.

Long enough. State of the Art since the Ft. Lauderdale issue was resolved. It seems such a short time ago. But if you have kids in high school, they were doing subtraction tables and hand Turkeys when that was the case.

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It wasn't that long ago you could have said the same about us, and the conditions of thetwin lakes complex.

As you know, I am not a fan of Ken Rosenthal sensationalizing these things for his own benefit. Next he will be blaming Angelos for not allowing Dan to go fix it.

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