Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blue Jays-Tigers rivalry


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The result was Delete. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-09 10:20Z 

Blue Jays-Tigers rivalry

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If this rivalry ever existed, it was only for the 1987 season. Neither of the respective team articles (Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays) refer to any rivalry between them. Not that my opinion carries much any weight, but I'm a Tigers fan, and I can think of at least three teams I'd consider bigger rivals. Not that a Google search is terribly valuable here, but the phrase "'Detroit Tigers' 'Toronto Blue Jays' rivalry" doesn't turn up much indicating that there is one. This article is completely unsourced, and is authored almost entirely by one editor. Only incoming article link is from the dubiously sourced List of Major League Baseball rivalries. Expect to see a couple more of those up here, once I dig through them. Djrobgordon 05:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete. Aside from the fact that they used to both be in the AL East before the 1994 realignment, and thus had the same "rivalry" as any other set of two teams that fought for the same playoff spot, this is positively un-notable. In fact, I'd be hard pressed to find a less notable rivalry if I was just drawing names out of a hat. Yankees - Red Sox, definitely, that's a rivalry. Giants - Dodgers, sure, Yankees - Dodgers, even if they rarely meet, I'd still consider a candidate for a rivalry based on the World Series battles of the 50s. Hey, maybe you can even make a case for Twins - Rangers (both ex-Washington Senator teams) or the handful of "paired" expansion teams (Rockies - Marlins springs to mind, since they were both in the NL). Jury's still out with me on those last two hypotheticals. But Blue Jays and Tigers is absurd. --Action Jackson IV 06:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Action Jackson. If neither article refers to the rivalry, then it must be insignificant.  In contrast, the New York Yankees article clearly mentions the rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox throughout the article.  In fact, there's an entire article on the topic, the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry. - PoliticalJunkie 15:52, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The Jays and Expos had a bigger rivalry in the 1980s through the Pearson Cup than did the Jays and Tigers. Resolute 19:53, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-existent rivalry. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 06:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Yanks-Sox it ain't.  young  american  (ahoy hoy) 16:05, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


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