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Could the Toronto Blue Jays find a home on a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier?

Would the United States Navy lend one of their Nimitz-class aircraft carriers for the Blue Jays to play regular season games?

By Minor Leaguer
USS Eisenhower Conducts Naval Operations in Mediterranean
The American aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Strait of Gibraltar.
Photo by Michael R. Gendron/U.S. Navy via Getty Images

No.

But here are the possible dimensions of the field if they can. I’d imagine that they’d need to install a 60-foot-tall wall between the foul poles and power alleys in this setup.

A baseball diamond superimposed on a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
Dimensions (from left to right field): 183 ft, 369 ft, 400 ft, 355 ft, 180 ft.

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