Kidspace: Sadness in Toronto Sports

Kidspace Blog #12

A lot of my friends are sports fans.  We like all kinds of sports but the major ones we follow are hockey, baseball, soccer and basketball. 

Being hometown fans, we like to support the local teams: the Maple Leafs (Hockey), the Blue Jays (Baseball), Toronto FC (Soccer) and the Raptors (Basketball). 

Here‘s the problem:  it’s been almost three years since ANY of these Toronto teams have made the playoffs.  While we’re not going to abandon our love for the teams, we need some sort of morale boost to cheer us up.  It could be an exciting new player, a promise to win or even cheaper tickets. Anything!(more)

Comment:

This is a manifestation of my frustration with the state of the Toronto professional sports scene.  Our teams suck.  The Leafs can barely make the play-offs, the Raptors haven't done anything significant in almost ten years and the Blue Jays haven't won the championship (or made the playoffs) since 1993.

Joe Carter's World Series home run in 1994 was my favourite sports moment until Sidney Crosby scored the Olympic goal last year.

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