Last night, as I read the numerous post-mortems on the Toronto Raptors season, I watched another NHL playoff game that didn't involve the Toronto Maple Leafs. I also watched the Toronto Blue Jays lose another heartbreaker (where is the bloody offense!?!?), that made me begin to think about better days.
Days back in 1993, in particular. "The good old days." Fifteen years ago. Geezus. Time flies.
As I thought to myself, "I shouldn't be watching the God damn Habs and Flyers," my thoughts drifted back to the spring of 1993 and the man who represented those wonderful times, number 93 himself.
Doug Gilmour. My first love. If that video doesn't bring a smile to your face, your heart is made of stone.
"Boy, oh boy, he's a beauty!" Indeed, Don Cherry, indeed.
Meanwhile, the offensive juggernot known as the Toronto Blue Jays wasted another magical pitching performance, this time from Dustin McGowan.
This team is really starting to piss me off. They've managed only one run and seven hits in their last 18 innings.
- B/R Ticket Guide
For a team that is supposed to be an above average hitting team, this is absolutely unacceptable, and utterly disheartening.
I'm more scared than I am upset.
The Jays finished April with a dismal record of 11-17. A season that began with so much promise is quickly fading to black.
The "road trip from hell" - one win in eight games - mercifully ends tonight in Boston.
Great column by Blair at The Globe. Check out the layout, even though it'll likely only make you more depressed. It seems J.P. Ricciardi could pull the trigger on a trade, but teams only want our pitching.
The struggles of my beloved Blue Jays got me thinking back to the fall of 1993, when our players could, you know, actually hit the baseball. Sometimes, they'd hit the ball so hard it would clear the fences. A home run. Remember those?
Looking back, I don't think I understood at the time just how truly dramatic and special that moment was.
I also didn't know it would be the last time we'd make the playoffs...
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8 months ago
"I also didn't know it would be the last time we'd make the playoffs..."
And it's going to stay that way for at least the next 5 years. Even Tampa Bay is looking better than them.
from 8 months ago
care to make a wager?
from 8 months ago
Yeah, sure. I'm sure we'll remember and know. I'd bet you a steak dinner if I knew you.
from 8 months ago
a steak dinner at mendys
from 8 months ago
And a lunch? No way.
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