There’s place in my heart for both, so I’d never smack away my Leafs. BUT, now is the time for the Blue Jays.
I was eight years old the last time they won. I can’t believe they are one win away.
“The job is not done” – Daddymir Guerrero Jr.
One team has culture, the other does not
As a Leaf fan it’s been weird watching success.
It’s been that way for 3 weeks!!
it will always be a leaf city. If the leafs went on a run it would beat any jays/raptors hype by a mile. That being said, this is the jays time and all my focus is on them right now.
Just a reminder, the Leafs reached the conference finals the season* right after the jays won their first back to back world series. (92-93 NHL season).
EDIT: Edited a word in.
Watching the Jays not fold in the Seattle series brought a tear to my eye. Like completely different DNA from this era of Leafs
Jays making the Dodgers look like the Leafs
It really polarizes the difference between a championship team and whatever the Leafs are. I want them to win but they never have the right attitude, chemistry, and grit to get there.
Additionally, the fans at the games don’t offer the necessary energy because of how corporate the crowd is.
The Leaf’s shit the bed last night. Good grief. I’ve seen better beer league games.
Leafs and Jays have always been the two teams I’m all in on, and for years have joked hockey season doesn’t start till baseball is over. Thank you Blue Jays for saving me from a miserable October.
I’m a bigger Leafs fan, but definitely more into the Jays right now. Success aside, they’re likeable.
The Leafs for the past decade have been a team of underperforming stars. They lack physicality, they lack effort, they lack grit. They lose when they should win and never seem too bothered. Other teams can bully team and run their goalie and it changes nothing. They are perennial losers.
This year’s Jays are the opposite. They are overachievers. Half their roster are guys who barely made the MLB this year. They’re coming back from deficits, coming back from crushing losses. Every player is performing.
It has made it really hard to watch Leafs games.
The leafs are so lucky the jays are doing what they are doing. Or else we’d be calling for their heads .
It’s been a fun break from Leafs.
Leafs’ popularity is gonna take a pretty big dip after this insane Jays run. The Jays are everything the Leafs are not. Likeable, they love each other, they love the city, they overcome adversity,… been so much fun to watch!
watching nobody give a shit yesterday after tavares scored his 500th goal really pissed me off. the leafs play like they fuckin hate each other. it’s hard to like this team
the jays play like they are all best friends fighting for each other. it’s hard not to like this team
Every team goes through its ups and downs. Toronto FC, the Raptors, and the Blue Jays have all had stretches where they were utterly unwatchable, but at some point, they pulled themselves together and went on magical runs that reminded us why we fell in love with them in the first place.
In my lifetime, I’ve seen Toronto FC lift multiple Canadian Championships, an MLS Cup, a Supporters’ Shield, and come one penalty kick away from winning the North American equivalent of the Champions League, CONCACAF CL . One penalty away….they were that close to being kings of the continent, the first of any team outside Mexico to even come that close!
I’ve seen the Raptors live through two golden eras. First the Vince Carter years, when the city truly began to believe in basketball, and then that decade-long playoff stretch with Lowry and DeRozan. Yes, LeBron crushed their dreams time and again, but they still won their division multiple times, finished top in the East once and it all built up to that glorious 2019 Championship run. Game 7 Kawhi shot against the Sixers in the Semis, down 2-0 to the Bucks in the Eastern Final and came back to win it in 6. The Leafs could never!
And then there are the Blue Jays. I was too young to remember the back-to-back titles in ’92 and ’93, and for a while they completely lost their way. The early 2000s rebrand didn’t help either; they looked like a team without an identity. But the 2010s brought redemption. They brought back the classic uniforms, Bautista flipped his bat into history, and the Jays were electric again with Encarnación, Donaldson and Tulowitzki. They’ve won the AL East twice in my lifetime that I can remember, and now with Vladdy they’re one win away from another World Series!
The point is simple. Every Toronto team has had success at some point. That’s the natural rhythm of sport. You fall, you rise, you build again.
Now tell me, what on earth have the Leafs done since I started watching them in 1999-2000? Two division titles in 25 years, ironically….they won it the first time in 1999-00 and the next time just last season in 2024-25!
Compared to the other Toronto clubs, that’s pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
The fact is simple, The Maple Leafs don’t have a Sebastian Giovinco, Kawhi Leonard or Vlad Guerrero Jr. Players like these who you can count on to carry the team when absolutely necessary. The Leafs simply don’t have that kind of player who better yet haven’t developed one of that calibre.
And I’ll say it: I actually preferred the Kessel–Phaneuf Leafs. At least they bloody cared. They played with heart, even if they weren’t the most talented bunch. This current lot? Entitled, overpaid, spoiled brats who crumble the moment things get tough. And I’m talking about the stars here, not the role players, not Stolarz, not Woll. The so-called leaders.
For perspective, here’s the all-time Game 7 record:
Raptors: 3–3
Blue Jays: 2–1
Leafs: 6–15
It’s not just disappointing anymore. It’s embarrassing. The most storied franchise in the city, drowning in its own history, while everyone else has found a way to win.
The more I see the Blue Jays success and how they perform well in key situations, the more pissed off I get with the Leaf’s performances over the past 10 years. If the Blue Jays were a hockey team and the opposing team tried to hurt one of their players, like a rookie or goalie, they’d go after them like a pack of rabid dogs. To lose so many playoff series, often in Game 7s and sometimes to inferior opponents, is simply ridiculous. They are in so many way the anti-Blue Jays.
I’ve always been a big jays fan and a leafs fan but the Leafs were number one. This season might actually flip that for me, forever.
Leafs management take notes! As a leafs fan since ‘87, you gotta eventually figure this out! They’re not off to a good start this season and there is plenty of time to get the ball rolling since it’s early in the season and hopefully seeing the success of the blue jays might spark something in the buds to want to achieve the same success!
Matthews isn’t that guy
You want to cheer for the team that came around after sucking for the first part of the year and were unwatchable? Sure
Imagine cheering for a team with grit that never gives up
Watching the jays, I see a team that wants to win above all else and are willing to do whatever it takes to do get there. They also seem to be doing it for each other.
The leafs are just coworkers collecting a paycheck
Toronto disappointed us at the end of last season and everyone was sure our star was going to walk and sign a contract with another team…
A. Jays) but then he was like “for life” and we went to the finals while singing his praises.
B. Leafs) and everything fell apart.
When I was in the car that Canada Day we signed Tavares and nearly drove off the road in excitement, I would not have believed you if you’d tell me the Raps and Jays would make it to a final first.
I may never watch the leafs again if the jays win
Between living on the east coast and having late games, the team being incredibly mid level and mic in the cost of legal streams or the complex high seas, this team hasn’t earned my precious sleep hours
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There’s place in my heart for both, so I’d never smack away my Leafs. BUT, now is the time for the Blue Jays.
I was eight years old the last time they won. I can’t believe they are one win away.
“The job is not done” – Daddymir Guerrero Jr.
One team has culture, the other does not
As a Leaf fan it’s been weird watching success.
It’s been that way for 3 weeks!!
it will always be a leaf city. If the leafs went on a run it would beat any jays/raptors hype by a mile. That being said, this is the jays time and all my focus is on them right now.
Just a reminder, the Leafs reached the conference finals the season* right after the jays won their first back to back world series. (92-93 NHL season).
EDIT: Edited a word in.
Watching the Jays not fold in the Seattle series brought a tear to my eye. Like completely different DNA from this era of Leafs
Jays making the Dodgers look like the Leafs
It really polarizes the difference between a championship team and whatever the Leafs are. I want them to win but they never have the right attitude, chemistry, and grit to get there.
Additionally, the fans at the games don’t offer the necessary energy because of how corporate the crowd is.
The Leaf’s shit the bed last night. Good grief. I’ve seen better beer league games.
Leafs and Jays have always been the two teams I’m all in on, and for years have joked hockey season doesn’t start till baseball is over. Thank you Blue Jays for saving me from a miserable October.
I’m a bigger Leafs fan, but definitely more into the Jays right now. Success aside, they’re likeable.
The Leafs for the past decade have been a team of underperforming stars. They lack physicality, they lack effort, they lack grit. They lose when they should win and never seem too bothered. Other teams can bully team and run their goalie and it changes nothing. They are perennial losers.
This year’s Jays are the opposite. They are overachievers. Half their roster are guys who barely made the MLB this year. They’re coming back from deficits, coming back from crushing losses. Every player is performing.
It has made it really hard to watch Leafs games.
The leafs are so lucky the jays are doing what they are doing. Or else we’d be calling for their heads .
It’s been a fun break from Leafs.
Leafs’ popularity is gonna take a pretty big dip after this insane Jays run. The Jays are everything the Leafs are not. Likeable, they love each other, they love the city, they overcome adversity,… been so much fun to watch!
watching nobody give a shit yesterday after tavares scored his 500th goal really pissed me off. the leafs play like they fuckin hate each other. it’s hard to like this team
the jays play like they are all best friends fighting for each other. it’s hard not to like this team
Every team goes through its ups and downs. Toronto FC, the Raptors, and the Blue Jays have all had stretches where they were utterly unwatchable, but at some point, they pulled themselves together and went on magical runs that reminded us why we fell in love with them in the first place.
In my lifetime, I’ve seen Toronto FC lift multiple Canadian Championships, an MLS Cup, a Supporters’ Shield, and come one penalty kick away from winning the North American equivalent of the Champions League, CONCACAF CL . One penalty away….they were that close to being kings of the continent, the first of any team outside Mexico to even come that close!
I’ve seen the Raptors live through two golden eras. First the Vince Carter years, when the city truly began to believe in basketball, and then that decade-long playoff stretch with Lowry and DeRozan. Yes, LeBron crushed their dreams time and again, but they still won their division multiple times, finished top in the East once and it all built up to that glorious 2019 Championship run. Game 7 Kawhi shot against the Sixers in the Semis, down 2-0 to the Bucks in the Eastern Final and came back to win it in 6. The Leafs could never!
And then there are the Blue Jays. I was too young to remember the back-to-back titles in ’92 and ’93, and for a while they completely lost their way. The early 2000s rebrand didn’t help either; they looked like a team without an identity. But the 2010s brought redemption. They brought back the classic uniforms, Bautista flipped his bat into history, and the Jays were electric again with Encarnación, Donaldson and Tulowitzki. They’ve won the AL East twice in my lifetime that I can remember, and now with Vladdy they’re one win away from another World Series!
The point is simple. Every Toronto team has had success at some point. That’s the natural rhythm of sport. You fall, you rise, you build again.
Now tell me, what on earth have the Leafs done since I started watching them in 1999-2000? Two division titles in 25 years, ironically….they won it the first time in 1999-00 and the next time just last season in 2024-25!
Compared to the other Toronto clubs, that’s pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
The fact is simple, The Maple Leafs don’t have a Sebastian Giovinco, Kawhi Leonard or Vlad Guerrero Jr. Players like these who you can count on to carry the team when absolutely necessary. The Leafs simply don’t have that kind of player who better yet haven’t developed one of that calibre.
And I’ll say it: I actually preferred the Kessel–Phaneuf Leafs. At least they bloody cared. They played with heart, even if they weren’t the most talented bunch. This current lot? Entitled, overpaid, spoiled brats who crumble the moment things get tough. And I’m talking about the stars here, not the role players, not Stolarz, not Woll. The so-called leaders.
For perspective, here’s the all-time Game 7 record:
Raptors: 3–3
Blue Jays: 2–1
Leafs: 6–15
It’s not just disappointing anymore. It’s embarrassing. The most storied franchise in the city, drowning in its own history, while everyone else has found a way to win.
The more I see the Blue Jays success and how they perform well in key situations, the more pissed off I get with the Leaf’s performances over the past 10 years. If the Blue Jays were a hockey team and the opposing team tried to hurt one of their players, like a rookie or goalie, they’d go after them like a pack of rabid dogs. To lose so many playoff series, often in Game 7s and sometimes to inferior opponents, is simply ridiculous. They are in so many way the anti-Blue Jays.
I’ve always been a big jays fan and a leafs fan but the Leafs were number one. This season might actually flip that for me, forever.
Leafs management take notes! As a leafs fan since ‘87, you gotta eventually figure this out! They’re not off to a good start this season and there is plenty of time to get the ball rolling since it’s early in the season and hopefully seeing the success of the blue jays might spark something in the buds to want to achieve the same success!
Matthews isn’t that guy
You want to cheer for the team that came around after sucking for the first part of the year and were unwatchable? Sure
Imagine cheering for a team with grit that never gives up
Watching the jays, I see a team that wants to win above all else and are willing to do whatever it takes to do get there. They also seem to be doing it for each other.
The leafs are just coworkers collecting a paycheck
People keep forgetting the CHAMPS
https://preview.redd.it/8xyu8bg3w9yf1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=e672a9cb300c1ee53d2ccd800f1112f5ccdbddda
Choose your own adventure:
Toronto disappointed us at the end of last season and everyone was sure our star was going to walk and sign a contract with another team…
A. Jays) but then he was like “for life” and we went to the finals while singing his praises.
B. Leafs) and everything fell apart.
When I was in the car that Canada Day we signed Tavares and nearly drove off the road in excitement, I would not have believed you if you’d tell me the Raps and Jays would make it to a final first.
I may never watch the leafs again if the jays win
Between living on the east coast and having late games, the team being incredibly mid level and mic in the cost of legal streams or the complex high seas, this team hasn’t earned my precious sleep hours
So what happens if the Jays lose?