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How many Canadian teams are in MLB? Explaining Canada's history of pro baseball clubs before Blue Jays

How many Canadian teams are in MLB?

Why are the Blue Jays the only Canadian team?

What happened to the Expos?

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Baseball has a long history in Canada. While the country didn’t get an established Major League Baseball team until 1969, with the formation of the Montreal Expos, several minor league teams had existed beforehand.

After the Expos’ founding, another MLB expansion team arrived in Canada in 1977 with the Toronto Blue Jays . For over 20 years, Canada had two MLB teams, but the Expos faced financial difficulties in the early 2000s. There was even a vote by the owners to eliminate the team from the league, though the action never wen

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